A dental assistant, qualified dental assistant, or registered dental assistant may not perform the following services:
1. Diagnosis and treatment planning.2. Surgery on hard or soft tissue.3. Administer local anesthetics, sedation or general anesthesia drugs or titrate local anesthetics, sedation or general anesthesia drugs without a board authorized permit.4. Any irreversible dental procedure or procedures which require the professional judgment and skill of a licensed dentist.5. Adjust a crown which has been cemented by a dentist.6. Activate any type of orthodontic appliance or fabricate orthodontic impressions for an individual who is not a patient of record.7. Cement or bond orthodontic bands or brackets that have not been previously placed by a dentist.8. Place bases or cavity liners.9. Scaling, root planing, or gingival curettage.10. Measure the gingival sulcus with a periodontal probe.11. Use a high-speed handpiece inside the mouth.12. Unless authorized by permit in accordance with subsection 1 of section 20-02-01-05.1, monitor a patient who has been induced to a level of moderate sedation, deep sedation, or general anesthesia until the dentist authorized by permit to administer sedation or anesthesia determines the patient may be discharged for recovery.N.D. Admin Code 20-03-01-02
Effective February 1, 1992; amended effective October 1, 1993; April 1, 2000; June 1, 2002; July 1, 2004; January 1, 2011.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2015-355, January 2015, effective 1/1/2015.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2015-356, April 2015, effective 4/1/2015.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2021-380, April 2021, effective 4/1/2021.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2022-385, July 2022, effective 7/1/2022.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2024-394, October 2024, effective 10/1/2024.General Authority: NDCC 43-20-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-20-01.1, 43-20-08, 43-20-10, 43-20-13