3 Colo. Code Regs. § 709-1.12

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 22, November 25, 2024

Section 3 CCR 709-1.12 - Denture Construction by Assistants and Unlicensed Technicians

This Rule is promulgated pursuant to sections 12-20-204, 12-220-105(3), 12-220-106, 12-220-501(3)(d), and 12-220-502, C.R.S. This Rule relates to tasks authorized to be performed by dental assistants as defined in section 12-220-501(3)(d), C.R.S., and tasks authorized to be performed by unlicensed technicians as defined in section 12-220-502, C.R.S.

A. Dentures are defined as fixed, removable, full, or partial appliances designed to replace teeth.

B. Dental assistants who render direct patient treatment as allowed by section 12-220-501(3)(d), C.R.S., necessary for the construction of dentures, shall be supervised by the dentist.

C. A dental assistant or unlicensed technician shall not practice dentistry as defined in section 12-220-305, C.R.S, unless pursuant to sections 12-220-501 and 12-220-502, C.R.S.

D. All tasks authorized to be performed by a dental assistant pursuant to section 12-220-501(3)(d), C.R.S., shall be performed in the "regularly announced office location" of a dentist where the dentist is the proprietor and in which the dentist regularly practices dentistry, unless that person is operating as an unlicensed technician pursuant to section 12-220-502(1)(b), C.R.S., which allows an unlicensed technician that possesses a valid laboratory work order to provide extraoral construction, manufacture, fabrication, supply, or repair of identified dental and orthodontic devices. Intraoral service in a human mouth by a dental assistant or unlicensed technician is authorized and permissible only if under the direct supervision of a dentist pursuant to section 12-220-501(3)(d), C.R.S.

E. Nothing in this Rule shall prevent the filling of a valid work order pursuant to section 12-220-502, C.R.S., by any unlicensed technician, association, corporation, or other entity for the construction, reproduction, or repair of prosthetic dentures, bridges, plates, or appliances to be used or worn as substitutes for natural teeth or for restoration of natural teeth.

3 CCR 709-1.12

Effective February 1, 1999; Amended October 1, 1999, December 2, 2002; Amended January 21, 2010, Effective March 30, 2010; Re-numbered December 30, 2011; Amended January 22, 2015, Effective March 30, 2015; Amended and Re-numbered November 5, 2020; Effective December 30, 2020

38 CR 04, February 25, 2015, effective 3/30/2015

38 CR 11, June 10, 2015, effective 6/30/2015

39 CR 04, February 25, 2016, effective 3/16/2016

39 CR 10, May 25, 2016, effective 6/30/2016

39 CR 16, August 25, 2016, effective 9/14/2016

41 CR 04, February 25, 2018, effective 3/17/2018

41 CR 11, June 10, 2018, effective 7/3/2018

41 CR 14, July 25, 2018, effective 8/14/2018

42 CR 11, June 10, 2019, effective 6/30/2019

42 CR 23, December 10, 2019, effective 1/1/2020

44 CR 11, June 10, 2021, effective 6/30/2021

44 CR 16, August 25, 2021, effective 9/14/2021

44 CR 23, December 10, 2021, effective 12/30/2021

45 CR 21, November 10, 2022, effective 10/4/2022

45 CR 23, December 10, 2022, effective 12/10/2022

45 CR 23, December 10, 2022, effective 12/30/2022