Kentucky Statutes 313.045 – Administrative regulations governing dental assistants
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(1) The board shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to define registration requirements, duties, training, and standards of practice that may be performed by a dental assistant who has a minimum of one (1) year of dental office experience.
(2) The board shall approve the instructor and the courses of study for approving duties, training, and standards of practice that may be performed by a registered dental assistant.
(3) A registered dental assistant shall practice under the supervision, order, control, and full responsibility of a dentist licensed under this chapter.
(4) The registration for each registered dental assistant shall be continuously displayed in a conspicuous place in the office of the licensee.
(5) Supervising dentists shall only assign to registered dental assistants procedures that do not require the professional competence of a licensed dentist or a licensed dental hygienist.
(6) Registered dental assistant services may include coronal polishing, a cosmetic procedure that is not essential to therapeutic oral prophylaxis, if the following criteria are observed:
(a) Polishing activities are limited to the use of a rubber cap attached to a slow- speed rotary dental handpiece;
(b) The assistant has received a certificate from the board’s approved instructor that ensures the assistant has successfully completed a dental assisting course developed by the board and a committee of dental educators from the Kentucky institutions of dental education accredited by the Council on Dental Accreditation; and
(c) The dental assisting course includes basic dental assisting and coronal polishing instruction that includes didactic, preclinical, clinical training, and competency testing.
(7) Registered dental assistant services shall not include the following:
(a) The practice of dental hygiene or the performance of the duties of a licensed dental hygienist that require the use of any instrumentation which may elicit the removal of calcareous deposits or accretions on the crowns and roots of teeth;
(b) Diagnosis;
(c) Treatment planning and prescription, including prescriptions for drugs or medicaments, or authorization for restorative, prosthodontic, or orthodontic appliances;
(d) Surgical procedures on hard or soft tissues of the oral cavity, or any other intaoral procedure that contributes to or results in an irreversible alteration of the oral anatomy; and
(e) The making of final impressions from which casts are made to construct any dental restoration.
(8) A licensed dentist may delegate the taking of radiographs to registered dental assistants who have completed a board-approved course in radiography technique and safety. The course completion certificate shall be maintained by the supervising dentist and be made available to the board upon request.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Repealed and reenacted 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 8, effective July 15, 2010. –
– Created 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 6.
(2) The board shall approve the instructor and the courses of study for approving duties, training, and standards of practice that may be performed by a registered dental assistant.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 313.045
- Board: means the Kentucky Board of Dentistry. See Kentucky Statutes 313.010
- Dental hygiene: means the treatment of the oral cavity, including but not limited to dental hygiene assessment or screening, scaling and root planing, nonsurgical therapy, removing calcareous deposits, removing accumulated accretion from beneath the free gingival margin, cavity preventive procedures, periodontal procedures that require administering antimicrobial agents along with other general dentistry activities outlined in the treatment care plan and not prohibited by this chapter or by administrative regulation promulgated by the board. See Kentucky Statutes 313.010
- Dental hygienist: means any person who has graduated from a CODA accredited dental hygiene program at an institute of higher learning and has been credentialed as a "Registered Dental Hygienist". See Kentucky Statutes 313.010
- Dentist: means any person who has graduated from a Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) accredited dental school and has been conferred with the degree of "Doctor of Medical Dentistry" (D. See Kentucky Statutes 313.010
- Registered dental assistant: means any person who is registered with the board and works under the direct supervision of a dentist. See Kentucky Statutes 313.010
- Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010 - Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(3) A registered dental assistant shall practice under the supervision, order, control, and full responsibility of a dentist licensed under this chapter.
(4) The registration for each registered dental assistant shall be continuously displayed in a conspicuous place in the office of the licensee.
(5) Supervising dentists shall only assign to registered dental assistants procedures that do not require the professional competence of a licensed dentist or a licensed dental hygienist.
(6) Registered dental assistant services may include coronal polishing, a cosmetic procedure that is not essential to therapeutic oral prophylaxis, if the following criteria are observed:
(a) Polishing activities are limited to the use of a rubber cap attached to a slow- speed rotary dental handpiece;
(b) The assistant has received a certificate from the board’s approved instructor that ensures the assistant has successfully completed a dental assisting course developed by the board and a committee of dental educators from the Kentucky institutions of dental education accredited by the Council on Dental Accreditation; and
(c) The dental assisting course includes basic dental assisting and coronal polishing instruction that includes didactic, preclinical, clinical training, and competency testing.
(7) Registered dental assistant services shall not include the following:
(a) The practice of dental hygiene or the performance of the duties of a licensed dental hygienist that require the use of any instrumentation which may elicit the removal of calcareous deposits or accretions on the crowns and roots of teeth;
(b) Diagnosis;
(c) Treatment planning and prescription, including prescriptions for drugs or medicaments, or authorization for restorative, prosthodontic, or orthodontic appliances;
(d) Surgical procedures on hard or soft tissues of the oral cavity, or any other intaoral procedure that contributes to or results in an irreversible alteration of the oral anatomy; and
(e) The making of final impressions from which casts are made to construct any dental restoration.
(8) A licensed dentist may delegate the taking of radiographs to registered dental assistants who have completed a board-approved course in radiography technique and safety. The course completion certificate shall be maintained by the supervising dentist and be made available to the board upon request.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Repealed and reenacted 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 8, effective July 15, 2010. –
– Created 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 6.