La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XXXIII-508
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 12, December 20, 2024
Section XXXIII-508 - Dental Assistants Graduating from Dental Assisting Schools Approved by the Commission on Dental AccreditationA. Since the inception of R.S. 37:751(A)(7) defining an expanded duty dental assistant as a graduate from a dental assisting program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association, many changes in technology and dental materials have taken place, and in the interest of the protection of the public those persons seeking expanded duty dental assistant status and who have graduated from CODA accredited schools, must comply with the following: 1. present satisfactory documentation from their dental assisting school evidencing training in all functions which expanded duty dental assistants are allowed to perform. If their training is inadequate, they must undergo remediation in a program approved by the board; or2. complete a full expanded duty dental assistant program approved by the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry.La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XXXIII-508
Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Dentistry, LR 28:1778 (August 2002), Amended LR 411284 (7/1/2015).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R. S. 37:760(8).