Utah Code 58-69-301. License required — License classifications — Anesthesia and analgesia permits

58-69-301. License required — License classifications — Anesthesia and analgesia permits.

(1)	A license is required to engage in the practice of dentistry, including teledentistry, or dental hygiene except as specifically provided in Section 58-69-306 or 58-1-307.

Board: means the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Licensing Board created in Section 58-69-201. See Utah Code 58-69-102
Practice of dentistry: means the following, regarding humans:

(a)

to offer, undertake, or represent that a person will undertake by any means or method, including teledentistry, to:

(i)	examine, evaluate, diagnose, treat, operate, or prescribe therapy for any disease, pain, injury, deficiency, deformity, or any other condition of the human teeth, alveolar process, gums, jaws, or adjacent hard and soft tissues and structures in the maxillofacial region;

(ii)	take an appropriate history and physical consistent with the level of professional service to be provided and the available resources in the facility in which the service is to be provided;

(iii)

take impressions or registrations;

(iv)	supply artificial teeth as substitutes for natural teeth;

(v)	remove deposits, accumulations, calculus, and concretions from the surfaces of teeth; and

(vi)	correct or attempt to correct malposition of teeth;

(b)	to administer anesthetics necessary or proper in the practice of dentistry only as allowed by an anesthesia permit obtained from the division;

(c)	to administer and prescribe drugs related to and appropriate in the practice of dentistry;

(d)	to supervise the practice of a dental hygienist or dental assistant as established by division rule made in collaboration with the board; or

(e)

to represent oneself by any title, degree, or in any other way that one is a dentist. See Utah Code 58-69-102

Teledentistry: means the practice of dentistry using synchronous or asynchronous technology. See Utah Code 58-69-102

(2)

The division shall issue to individuals qualified under the provisions of this chapter a license in the classification:

(a)	dentist; or

(b)	dental hygienist.

(3)	A permit is required to engage in administration of anesthesia or analgesia in the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene.

(4)

The division in collaboration with the board shall establish by rule:

(a)	the classifications of anesthesia and analgesia permits and the scope of practice permitted under each permit; and

(b)	the qualifications for each classification of anesthesia and analgesia permit.

Amended by Chapter 273, 2020 General Session