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2017 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XXX - OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS
Chapter 317-A - DENTISTS AND DENTISTRY
Section 317-A:12 - Rulemaking Authority.
Universal Citation: NH Rev Stat § 317-A:12 (2017)
317-A:12 Rulemaking Authority. –
The board shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:
I. The application procedure for a dental or dental hygiene license and for public health dental hygienist certification;
II. The design of all forms required to be filed under this chapter;
III. The qualifications of applicants in addition to those requirements set by statute, including experience requirements for application for license by endorsement;
IV. How an applicant shall be examined, including:
(a) Time and place of examination;
(b) The subjects to be tested;
(c) Passing grade; and
(d) Disposition of examination papers;
V. How a license or certification issued under this chapter shall be renewed;
VI. Ethical standards required to be met by each holder of a dental or dental hygiene license and how such licenses may be revoked for violation of these standards;
VII. The establishment of all fees required under this chapter;
VIII. Administration of the inactive list established under RSA 317-A:16;
IX. Procedures for the conduct of hearings consistent with due process;
X. Procedures and policies for board investigations and proceedings under RSA 317-A:17;
XI. Continuing education requirements for licensees and holders of certificates;
XII. The imposition of administrative fines authorized under RSA 317-A:17, III(f);
XII-a. The use of general anesthesia, deep sedation, and moderate sedation, in dental treatment under RSA 317-A:20, including:
(a) Required credentials.
(b) Application and application fee.
(c) On-site evaluations of personnel, facility, equipment, and records as they pertain to the use of general anesthesia, deep sedation, or moderate sedation, or any combination thereof.
(d) Fee for the on-site evaluations under subparagraph (c). If the evaluation is done by a third party, the fee need not be established by rule under or pursuant to RSA 541-A. Third party fees shall be paid directly to the third party.
(e) The issuance of permits for use of general anesthesia, deep sedation, and moderate sedation, or of permits for use of moderate sedation;
XII-b. Procedures which may be assigned by a licensed dentist to dental hygienists, public health dental hygienists, dental assistants, and to persons not licensed to practice dentistry;
XII-c. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rules, as the board deems necessary, relative to qualified dental assistants performing coronal polishing. Such rules shall not authorize a qualified dental assistant to perform a complete oral prophylaxis;
XIII. Prescribing controlled drugs pursuant to RSA 318-B:41; and
XIV. Other matters related to the proper administration of this chapter.
I. The application procedure for a dental or dental hygiene license and for public health dental hygienist certification;
II. The design of all forms required to be filed under this chapter;
III. The qualifications of applicants in addition to those requirements set by statute, including experience requirements for application for license by endorsement;
IV. How an applicant shall be examined, including:
(a) Time and place of examination;
(b) The subjects to be tested;
(c) Passing grade; and
(d) Disposition of examination papers;
V. How a license or certification issued under this chapter shall be renewed;
VI. Ethical standards required to be met by each holder of a dental or dental hygiene license and how such licenses may be revoked for violation of these standards;
VII. The establishment of all fees required under this chapter;
VIII. Administration of the inactive list established under RSA 317-A:16;
IX. Procedures for the conduct of hearings consistent with due process;
X. Procedures and policies for board investigations and proceedings under RSA 317-A:17;
XI. Continuing education requirements for licensees and holders of certificates;
XII. The imposition of administrative fines authorized under RSA 317-A:17, III(f);
XII-a. The use of general anesthesia, deep sedation, and moderate sedation, in dental treatment under RSA 317-A:20, including:
(a) Required credentials.
(b) Application and application fee.
(c) On-site evaluations of personnel, facility, equipment, and records as they pertain to the use of general anesthesia, deep sedation, or moderate sedation, or any combination thereof.
(d) Fee for the on-site evaluations under subparagraph (c). If the evaluation is done by a third party, the fee need not be established by rule under or pursuant to RSA 541-A. Third party fees shall be paid directly to the third party.
(e) The issuance of permits for use of general anesthesia, deep sedation, and moderate sedation, or of permits for use of moderate sedation;
XII-b. Procedures which may be assigned by a licensed dentist to dental hygienists, public health dental hygienists, dental assistants, and to persons not licensed to practice dentistry;
XII-c. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rules, as the board deems necessary, relative to qualified dental assistants performing coronal polishing. Such rules shall not authorize a qualified dental assistant to perform a complete oral prophylaxis;
XIII. Prescribing controlled drugs pursuant to RSA 318-B:41; and
XIV. Other matters related to the proper administration of this chapter.
Source. 1971, 364:1. 1981, 482:7. 1986, 219:25. 1987, 133:3. 1992, 2:2. 1996, 102:2. 1997, 204:2-4. 2000, 5:11-13. 2002, 91:2. 2003, 149:6. 2010, 139:2. 2012, 183:2-5, eff. June 11, 2012. 2016, 213:3, eff. June 7, 2016.
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