Section 828 IAC 4-1-2 - ExceptionsAuthority: IC 25-14-1-13
Affected: IC 25-13-1-10; IC 25-13-1-11; IC 25-14
Sec. 2.
(a) Federal, state, and local governmental agencies are exempt from the requirements of this rule.(b) Dentists licensed to practice in Indiana who have not registered with the board to operate a mobile dental facility or a portable dental operation may provide dental services through use of dental instruments, materials, and equipment taken out of a dental office without registering if the service is provided as emergency treatment for their patients of record.(c) Dentists who: (1) do not operate a mobile dental facility or portable dental operation; or(2) are not employed by or independently contracting with a mobile dental facility or portable dental operation; may provide treatment for their patients of record in the county in which the dentist maintains a physically stationary office or in a county adjacent to the county in which the dentist maintains a physically stationary office if such services are provided outside the physically stationary office or outside the county of the physically stationary office fewer than thirty (30) days per year.
(d) Dental hygienists who are providing dental hygiene services, instruction, and in-service training in accordance with IC 25-13-1-10 and IC 25-13-1-11 of the dental hygienist practice act are exempt from the requirements of this rule. Furthermore, dental hygienists may provide dental hygiene services, instruction, and in-service training in accordance with IC 25-13-1-10 and IC 25-13-1-11 in a mobile dental facility or portable dental operation. State Board of Dentistry; 828 IAC 4-1-2; filed May 2, 2002, 10:24 a.m.: 25 IR 2736; readopted filed Sep 26, 2008, 10:49 a.m.: 20081015-IR-828080336RFAReadopted filed 12/1/2014, 8:31 a.m.: 20141231-IR-828140388RFA