2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 59. Professions and Occupations
§59-328.29a. Dental assistant – Revocation or suspension of permit, probation or censure – Reinstatement.

A. The Board of Dentistry shall have the power, after a hearing, to revoke or suspend a permit of a dental assistant or oral maxillofacial surgery assistant or to discipline by a probation or censure, public or private, for:

1. Any of the causes now existing in the laws of the State of Oklahoma;

2. A violation of the provisions of the State Dental Act; or

3. A violation of the rules of the Board promulgated pursuant to the State Dental Act.

B. The Board shall also have the power to act upon a petition by a dental assistant or oral maxillofacial surgery assistant for reinstatement to good standing. The Board shall keep a record of the evidence and proceedings in all matters involving the revocation or suspension of a permit, censure or probation of a dental assistant or oral maxillofacial surgery assistant. The Board shall make findings of fact and a decision thereon. The Board shall immediately forward a certified copy of the decision to the dental assistant or oral maxillofacial surgery assistant involved by registered mail to the last-known official address as recorded by the Board.

C. The decision shall be final unless the dental assistant or oral maxillofacial surgery assistant appeals the decision as provided by the State Dental Act.

D. The Board shall have power to revoke or suspend the permit, censure, or place on probation a dental assistant or oral maxillofacial surgery assistant for a violation of one or more of the following:

1. Pleading guilty or nolo contendere to, or being convicted of, a felony, a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or a violation of federal or state controlled dangerous substances laws;

2. The presentation to the Board of false application or documentation for a permit;

3. Being, by reason of persistent inebriety or addiction to drugs, incompetent to continue to function as a dental assistant or oral maxillofacial surgery assistant;

4. Functioning outside the supervision of a dentist;

5. Performing any function prohibited by Chapter 15 of the Oklahoma Administrative Code or any violation that would be a violation for a dentist or hygienist under Section 328.32 or 328.33 of this title; or

6. Failure to secure an annual registration as specified in Section 328.41 of this title.

Added by Laws 2005, c. 377, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2005. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 405, § 10, eff. July 1, 2013.