201 KAR 8:135. Auxiliary personnel.

      RELATES TO: KRS 313.220(4)

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 313.220

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: Permits licensed dentists in this state to assign to competent auxiliary personnel any duty which he feels

she is capable of performing; makes exceptions to those duties which the dentist may assign to auxiliary personnel.

      Section 1. A legally licensed and registered dentist may delegate to competent dental auxiliary personnel those procedures for which the dentist exercises direct supervision and full responsibility as long as the delegated powers do not include any of the following:

      (1) Those procedures which require professional judgment and skill such as diagnosis and treatment planning and the cutting of hard and/or soft tissues or any intra-oral procedure which will be used directly in the fabrication of an appliance which, when worn by the patient, would come in direct contact with hard or soft tissue.

      (2) Those procedures allocated by the dental law to licensed and registered dental hygienists.

      (3) No injectable medication or anesthesia would be administered by auxiliary personnel unless otherwise authorized by law.

      (4) Radiographic exposures without training prescribed by 201 KAR 8:130. (Den:G:14-1; 1 Ky.R. 337; eff. 2-5-75.)