2015 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 40 - Professions and Occupations
CHAPTER 15 - DENTISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS, AND DENTAL TECHNICIANS
Section 40-15-420. Staff must be certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the basic life support level; training; continuing education.
(A) All dental staff who provide direct, hands-on patient care must be certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the basic life support level by a board-approved training course. The certification must have been received in the immediately preceding two years.
(B) The operating dentist shall provide training for staff with hands-on patient care commensurate with the level and mode of sedation administered. This training must be documented and available for inspection by the department upon request.
(C) The dentist must include four hours in pharmacology, anesthesia, emergency medicine, or sedation every two years as part of the continuing educational requirements of this chapter.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 222 (S.1036), Section 2, eff January 1, 2015.
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