Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:792.1 – Duties of a dental assistant and an expanded duty dental assistant
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:792.1
- Board: means the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:751
- Dental assistant: means a person who is employed by a licensed practicing dentist and performs the duties authorized by the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry only under his direct on-premises supervision, direction, and responsibility. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:751
- Dental hygienist: means a person licensed under the provision of this Chapter to perform those duties authorized by the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry as set forth in rules and regulations promulgated by the board in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:751
- Expanded duty dental assistant: means a person who is employed by a licensed practicing dentist and has passed an expanded function for dental assistants course approved by the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry that shall not consist of less than thirty classroom hours, or who has graduated from a dental assisting program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association provided the program teaches functions as provided for in LAC 46:XXXIII. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:751
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
A. A dental assistant may perform only those duties in accordance with rules promulgated by the board, and then only under the direct on-premises supervision, direction, and responsibility of the dentist who employs him or her or a dentist who assumes responsibility for the treatment of that patient, and as ordered by the dentist.
B. An expanded duty dental assistant shall perform only those duties which are in accordance with rules promulgated by the board, and then only under the direct, on-premises supervision, direction, and responsibility of the dentist who employs him or her or a dentist who assumes responsibility for the treatment of that patient, and as ordered by the dentist.
C. A licensed dentist is prohibited from:
(1) Delegating an act to an individual who, by order of the board, is prohibited from performing the dental procedure.
(2) Delegating the performance of any of the following procedures to a person not licensed as a dentist or dental hygienist:
(a) Removal of calculus, deposits, or accretions from the natural and restored surfaces of exposed teeth and restoration in the human mouth.
(b) Root planing or smoothing of roughened root surfaces or exposed teeth.
(c) Any other procedure the delegation of which is prohibited by the rules of the board.
(3) REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 129, §2, EFF. AUG. 1, 1993.
D. The board shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the provisions of this Section, regarding the dental procedures that may be appropriately delegated by the dentist, including a determination as to which delegated dental procedures require competency testing before a person may perform the procedure and establish training requirements.
E. Any dental procedure that is delegated by a dentist to a dental assistant may also be delegated to a dental hygienist.
F, G. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 129, §2, EFF. AUG. 1, 1993.
Acts 1992, No. 430, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 129, §§1 and 2, eff. Aug. 1, 1993.