447.06(2)(a)

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(a) A hygienist may practice dental hygiene or perform remediable procedures only as an employee or as an independent contractor and only as follows:

447.06(2)(a)7.

7. For a nonprofit home health care agency.

447.06(2)(c)2.

2. The dentist who made the written or oral prescription has examined the patient at least once during the 12-month period immediately preceding:

447.06(2)(e)3.

3. Subgingival sustained release chemotherapeutic agents specified by the examining board by rule.

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447.06 Practice limitations.

447.06(2)

(2)

447.06(2)(a)1.

1. In a dental office.

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3. For a school for the education of dentists or dental hygienists.

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6. For a charitable institution open to the general public or to members of a religious sect or order.

447.06(2)(c)2.a.

a. The date on which the written or oral prescription was made; and

447.06(2)(c)2.b.

b. The date on which the dental hygiene practices or remediable procedures are performed.

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4. If the practices or procedures are performed in a dental office, the patient has been the dentist’s patient of record for not less than 6 months.

447.06(2)(e)1.

1. Oral systemic premedications specified by the examining board by rule.

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8. For a nonprofit dental care program serving primarily indigent, economically disadvantaged or migrant worker populations.

447.06(2)(c)1.

1. The dental hygiene practices or remediable procedures are performed under a written or oral prescription.

447.06(1)

(1) No contract of employment entered into between a dentist and any other party under which the dentist renders dental services may require the dentist to act in a manner which violates the professional standards for dentistry set forth in this chapter. Nothing in this subsection limits the ability of the other party to control the operation of the dental practice in a manner in accordance with the professional standards for dentistry set forth in this chapter.

447.06(2)(a)2.

2. For a school board or a governing body of a private school or of a tribal school, as defined in § 115.001 (15m).

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4. For a facility, as defined in § 50.01 (1m), a hospital, as defined in § 50.33 (2), a state or federal prison, county jail or other federal, state, county or municipal correctional or detention facility, or a facility established to provide care for terminally ill patients.

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5. For a local health department, as defined in § 250.01 (4).

447.06(2)(b)

(b) A dental hygienist may practice dental hygiene or perform remediable procedures under par. (a) 1., 4., 6., 7. or 8. only as authorized by a dentist who is licensed to practice dentistry under this chapter and who is present in the facility in which those practices or procedures are performed, except as provided in para. (c).

447.06(2)(c)3.

3. The written or oral prescription specifies the practices and procedures that the dental hygienist may perform with the informed consent of the patient or, if applicable, the patient’s parent or legal guardian.

447.06(2)(d)

(d) A dental hygienist may not diagnose a dental disease or ailment, determine any treatment or any regimen of any treatment outside of the scope of dental hygiene, prescribe or order medication or perform any procedure that involves the intentional cutting of soft or hard tissue of the mouth by any means.

447.06(2)(e)

(e) Pursuant to a treatment plan approved by a dentist who is licensed under this chapter, a dental hygienist licensed under this chapter may administer the following upon delegation by the dentist if the dentist remains on the premises in which the practices are performed and is available to the patient throughout the completion of the appointment:

447.06(2)(e)2.

2. If the dental hygienist is certified under s. 447.04 (2) (c) 1., local anesthesia.

447.06(2)(c)

(c) A dental hygienist may practice dental hygiene or perform remediable procedures under par. (a) 1., 4., 6., 7. or 8. if a dentist who is licensed to practice dentistry under this chapter is not present in the facility in which those practices or procedures are performed only if all of the following conditions are met: