2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 133 - Dentistry, Dental Hygiene, and Registered Dental Assisting › 6608 - Definition of Practice of Registered Dental Assisting.

§ 6608. Definition  of  practice  of  registered dental assisting. The
  practice  of  registered  dental  assisting  is  defined  as   providing
  supportive  services  to  a  dentist in his or her performance of dental
  services authorized under  this  article.  Such  support  shall  include
  providing  patient  education,  taking preliminary medical histories and
  vital signs to be reviewed by the dentist, placing and  removing  rubber
  dams,   selecting  and  prefitting  provisional  crowns,  selecting  and
  prefitting  orthodontic  bands,  removing  orthodontic  arch  wires  and
  ligature ties, placing and removing matrix bands, taking impressions for
  study casts or diagnostic casts, removing periodontal dressings, placing
  and  removing  temporary  restorations, and such other dental supportive
  services  authorized  by  the  dentist   consistent   with   regulations
  promulgated  by  the  commissioner,  provided  that  such  functions are
  performed under the direct personal supervision of a licensed dentist in
  the course of the performance of dental services.  Such  services  shall
  not   include   diagnosing   and/or   performing   surgical  procedures,
  irreversible procedures or procedures that would alter the hard or  soft
  tissue  of  the  oral  and  maxillofacial  area  or any other procedures
  determined  by  the  department.  The  practice  of  registered   dental
  assisting  may  be conducted in the office of any licensed dentist or in
  any appropriately equipped school or public institution but must be done
  under the direct personal supervision  of  a  licensed  dentist.  Direct
  personal supervision, for purposes of this section, means supervision of
  dental  procedures  based on instructions given by a licensed dentist in
  the course of a procedure who remains in the  dental  office  where  the
  supportive  services  are  being  performed,  personally  diagnoses  the
  condition to be  treated,  personally  authorizes  the  procedures,  and
  before  dismissal  of the patient, who remains the responsibility of the
  licensed dentist, evaluates the services  performed  by  the  registered
  dental   assistant.   Nothing  herein  authorizes  a  registered  dental
  assistant to perform any of the services or functions defined as part of
  the practice of dental hygiene in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of
  subdivision one of section sixty-six hundred six of this article, except
  those   functions  authorized  pursuant  to  this  section.  All  dental
  supportive services  provided  in  this  section  may  be  performed  by
  currently   registered   dental  hygienists  either  under  a  dentist's
  supervision, as defined in regulations of the commissioner, or,  in  the
  case  of a registered dental hygienist working for a hospital as defined
  in article  twenty-eight  of  the  public  health  law,  pursuant  to  a
  collaborative  arrangement  with  a  licensed dentist in accordance with
  subdivision one of section sixty-six hundred six of this  article.  Such
  collaborative  arrangement  shall  not  obviate  or supersede any law or
  regulation which requires identified services to be performed under  the
  personal supervision of a dentist.