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Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title IV - Auxiliary Personnel › Chapter 21 - Dental Laboratory Technician › Rule 650-21.1 - Definition

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Dental laboratory technician" as used in these rules shall
				  include a person other than a licensed dentist who fabricates, constructs,
				  makes, or repairs oral prosthetic appliances solely and exclusively for a
				  licensed dentist and under the dentist's supervision or direction. A dental
				  laboratory technician who performs any of the duties of a dental assistant, as
				  defined in
				  650-20.2 (153), must
				  be registered with the board as a dental assistant.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title IV - Auxiliary Personnel › Chapter 21 - Dental Laboratory Technician › Rule 650-21.2 - Unlawful Practice by Dental Laboratory Technician

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Any dental laboratory technician who assists a dentist in
				  practicing dentistry in any capacity other than as an employee or independent
				  contractor, or who directly or indirectly procures a licensed dentist to act as
				  nominal owner, proprietor or director of a dental office as a guise or
				  subterfuge to enable such dental laboratory technician to engage directly or
				  indirectly in the practice of dentistry, or who renders dental service directly
				  or indirectly on or for members of the public other than as an employee or
				  independent contractor for an employing dentist shall be deemed to be
				  practicing dentistry without a license.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title IV - Auxiliary Personnel › Chapter 21 - Dental Laboratory Technician › Rule 650-21.3 - Advertising and Soliciting Dental Services Prohibited

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
No dental laboratory or dental laboratory technician shall
				  advertise, solicit, represent or hold themselves, or itself out in any manner
				  to the general public that they or it will furnish, construct, repair or alter
				  prosthetic, orthodontic or other appliances, with or without consideration, to
				  be used as substitutes for or as part of natural teeth or associated structures
				  or for the correction of malocclusions or deformities, or that they or it will
				  render any other dental service.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title IV - Auxiliary Personnel › Chapter 22 - Dental Assistant Radiography Qualification › Rule 650-22.1 - Qualification Required

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
A person who is not otherwise actively licensed by the board
				  shall not participate in dental radiography unless the person holds a current
				  registration certificate or active nursing license and holds an active
				  radiography qualification issued by the board, and a dentist provides general
				  supervision.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title IV - Auxiliary Personnel › Chapter 22 - Dental Assistant Radiography Qualification › Rule 650-22.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
As used in this chapter:
"Dental radiography "
means the application
				  of X-radiation to human teeth and supporting structures for diagnostic purposes
				  only.
"Radiography qualification"
means
				  authorization to engage in dental radiography issued by the
				  board.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title IV - Auxiliary Personnel › Chapter 22 - Dental Assistant Radiography Qualification › Rule 650-22.3 - Exemptions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The following individuals are exempt from the requirements of
				 this chapter.
(1) A student enrolled in
				an accredited dental, dental hygiene, or dental assisting program, who, as part
				of the student's course of study, applies ionizing radiation.
(2) A dental assistant pursuant to
				650-Chapter 20, or an Iowa-licensed nurse, who is engaging in on-the-job
				training in dental radiography.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title IV - Auxiliary Personnel › Chapter 22 - Dental Assistant Radiography Qualification › Rule 650-22.4 - Application Requirements for Dental Radiography Qualification

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Applicants must apply for registration as a dental assistant
				 or hold an active license issued by the board of nursing. Applications for
				 dental radiography qualification must be filed on official board forms and
				 include the following:
(1) Evidence of
				one of the following requirements:
a. The
				applicant is a dental assistant trainee who has completed on-the-job training
				or registered dental assistant with an active registration status;
b. The applicant is a graduate of an
				accredited dental assisting program;
c. The applicant is a nurse who holds an
				active Iowa license issued by the board of nursing and has completed on-the-job
				training; or
d. The applicant
				practiced as a dental assistant in another state within the previous five
				years, and that practice included clinical experience taking dental
				radiographs.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title IV - Auxiliary Personnel › Chapter 22 - Dental Assistant Radiography Qualification › Rule 650-22.5 - Examination Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
An applicant for dental assistant radiography qualification
				 shall successfully pass an examination in dental radiography.
(1) Examination may be completed as part of
				one of the following:
a. The board's
				examination for dental assistants, which includes sections on infection
				control/hazardous materials, radiography, and jurisprudence;
b. A board-approved examination in the area
				of dental radiography;
c. The
				DANB's Radiation Health and Safety (RHS) Examination;
d. An examination in the area of dental
				radiography administered by accredited dental assisting programs; or
e. A board-approved continuing education
				course in the area of dental radiography, which includes a posttest examination
				at the conclusion of the course.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title IV - Auxiliary Personnel › Chapter 22 - Dental Assistant Radiography Qualification › Rule 650-22.6 - Penalties

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(1) Any individual
				except a licensed dentist or a licensed dental hygienist who participates in
				dental radiography in violation of this chapter or Iowa Code chapter 136C shall
				be subject to the criminal and civil penalties set forth in Iowa Code sections
				136C.4 and
				136C.5.
(2) Any licensee who permits a person to
				engage in dental radiography or a registrant who engages in dental radiography
				contrary to this chapter or Iowa Code chapter 136C shall be subject to
				discipline by the board pursuant to 650-Chapter 30.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title IV - Auxiliary Personnel › Chapter 23 - Expanded Functions › Rule 650-23.2 - Expanded Function Requirements and Eligibility

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) Dental hygienists or dental assistants
				may only perform expanded function procedures upon successful completion of a
				board-approved course of training and certification by the board. All expanded
				function procedures must be delegated by and performed under the direct
				supervision of a dentist licensed pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 153 unless
				otherwise specified in this rule. A dental assistant trainee is not eligible to
				perform or receive training in expanded function procedures. This shall not
				preclude dental hygienists or dental assistants from practicing expanded
				function procedures for training purposes while enrolled in a board-approved
				course of training.
(2) To be
				eligible to train in Level 1 expanded function procedures, dental hygienists or
				dental assistants must comply with one of the following:
a. Hold an active dental hygiene license in
				Iowa; or
b. Hold an active dental
				assistant registration, and comply with at least one of the following:
(1) Be a graduate of an accredited school;
				or
(2) Be currently certified by
				the Dental Assisting National Board (DANB); or
(3) Have at least one year of clinical
				practice as a registered dental assistant; or
(4) Have at least one year of clinical
				practice as a dental assistant in a state that does not require
				registration.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title IV - Auxiliary Personnel › Chapter 23 - Expanded Functions › Rule 650-23.3 - Expanded Function Categories

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(1)
Basic Level 1.
Dental
				hygienists or dental assistants who train in some, but not all, Level 1
				expanded function procedures are deemed to be basic expanded function dental
				hygienists or dental assistants. Dental hygienists and dental assistants must
				be issued a certificate of completion for the corresponding function by a
				board-approved training program before performing a specific expanded function
				procedure. A dentist may delegate to dental hygienists or dental assistants
				only those Level 1 expanded function procedures for which training has been
				successfully completed.
(2)
Certified Level 1.
Expanded function dental hygienists or
				dental assistants who have successfully completed training for all Level 1
				expanded function procedures and have been issued a certificate of completion
				by a board-approved training program are deemed to be certified Level 1 dental
				hygienists or dental assistants.
(3)
Certified Level 2.
Before beginning Level 2 training to become certified in Level 2, expanded
				function dental hygienists or dental assistants must have a minimum of one year
				of clinical practice as a certified Level 1 dental hygienist or dental
				assistant and pass an entrance examination administered by the Level 2 training
				program.
a. Dental hygienists or dental
				assistants who have successfully completed training in Level 2 expanded
				function procedures and have been issued a certificate of completion by a
				board-approved training program are deemed to be certified Level 2 dental
				hygienists or dental assistants.
b.
				A dentist may delegate any Level 1 or Level 2 expanded function procedures to
				dental hygienists or dental assistants who are certified Level 2.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title IV - Auxiliary Personnel › Chapter 23 - Expanded Functions › Rule 650-23.4 - Level 1 Expanded Function Procedures for Dental Assistants

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Level 1 expanded function procedures for dental assistants
				  include:
(1) Taking occlusal
				registrations;
(2) Placement and
				removal of gingival retraction material;
(3) Fabrication, temporary cementation, and
				removal of provisional restorations;
(4) Applying cavity liners and bases;
				desensitizing agents; and bonding systems, to include the placement of
				orthodontic brackets, following the determination of location by the
				supervising dentist;
(5) Monitoring
				of patients receiving nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia, which may include
				increasing oxygen levels as needed, pursuant to the following:
a. A dentist shall induce a patient and
				establish the maintenance level;
b.
				A dental assistant may make adjustments that decrease the nitrous oxide
				concentration during the administration of nitrous oxide;
c. A dental assistant may turn off the oxygen
				delivery at the completion of the dental procedure;
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title IV - Auxiliary Personnel › Chapter 23 - Expanded Functions › Rule 650-23.5 - Level 1 Expanded Function Procedures for Dental Hygienists

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Level 1 expanded function procedures for dental hygienists
				  include:
(1) Taking occlusal
				registrations;
(2) Placement and
				removal of gingival retraction material;
(3) Fabrication, temporary cementation, and
				removal of provisional restorations;
(4) Applying cavity liners and bases and
				applying bonding systems for restorative purposes, including the placement of
				orthodontic brackets, following the determination of location by the
				supervising dentist;
(5) Taking
				final impressions;
(6) Placement of
				Class 1 temporary filling materials; and
(7) Recementation of provisional
				restorations.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title IV - Auxiliary Personnel › Chapter 23 - Expanded Functions › Rule 650-23.6 - Level 2 Expanded Function Procedures for Dental Hygienists and Dental Assistants

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) Level 2 expanded function procedures for
				dental hygienists and dental assistants include:
a. Placement and shaping of amalgam following
				preparation of a tooth by a dentist;
b. Placement and shaping of adhesive
				restorative materials following preparation of a tooth by a dentist;
c. Polishing of adhesive restorative material
				using a slow-speed handpiece;
d.
				Fitting of stainless steel crowns on primary posterior teeth, and cementation
				after fit verification by a dentist;
e. Tissue conditioning (soft reline
				only);
f. Extraoral adjustment to
				acrylic dentures without making any adjustments to the prosthetic teeth;
				and
g. Placement of intracoronal
				temporary fillings following preparation of a tooth by a dentist.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 25 - Continuing Education › Rule 650-25.2 - Continuing Education Administrative Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) Each person licensed to practice
				dentistry or dental hygiene in this state shall complete during the biennium
				renewal period a minimum of 30 hours of continuing education approved by the
				board.
(2) Each person registered
				to practice dental assisting in this state shall complete during the biennium
				renewal period a minimum of 20 hours of continuing education approved by the
				board.
(3) Each person who holds a
				qualification in dental radiography in this state shall complete during the
				biennium renewal period a minimum of two hours of continuing education in the
				area of dental radiography.
(4) The
				continuing education compliance period shall be the 24-month period commencing
				September 1 and ending on August 31 of the renewal cycle.
(5) Hours of continuing education credit may
				be obtained by attending and participating in a continuing education activity
				either previously approved by the board or which otherwise meets the
				requirements herein and is approved by the board pursuant to rule
				650-25.5
				(153).
(6) It is the responsibility
				of each licensee or registrant to finance the costs of continuing
				education.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 25 - Continuing Education › Rule 650-25.3 - Documentation of Continuing Education Hours

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(1) Every licensee or registrant shall
				maintain a record of all courses attended by keeping the certificates of
				attendance for four years. The board reserves the right to require any licensee
				or registrant to submit the certificates of attendance for the continuing
				education courses attended. If selected for continuing education audit, the
				licensee or registrant shall file a signed continuing education form and submit
				certificates or other evidence of attendance.
(2) Licensees and registrants are responsible
				for obtaining proof of attendance forms when attending courses. Clock hours
				must be verified by the sponsor with the issuance of proof of attendance forms
				to the licensee or registrant.
(3)
				Each licensee or registrant shall report the number of continuing education
				credit hours completed during the current renewal cycle in compliance with this
				chapter. Such report shall be filed with the board at the time of application
				for renewal of a dental or dental hygiene license or renewal of dental
				assistant registration.
(4) No
				carryover of credits from one biennial period to the next will be
				allowed.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 25 - Continuing Education › Rule 650-25.4 - Required Continuing Education Courses

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(1) The following courses are required for
				all licensees and registrants:
a. Mandatory
				reporter training for child abuse and dependent adult abuse.
b. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
c. Infection control.
d. Jurisprudence.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 25 - Continuing Education › Rule 650-25.5 - Acceptable Programs and Activities

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(1) A continuing education activity shall be
				acceptable and not require board approval if it meets the following criteria:
a. It constitutes an organized program of
				learning (including a workshop or symposium) which contributes directly to the
				professional competency of the licensee or registrant and is of value to
				dentistry and applicable to oral health care; and
b. It pertains to common subjects or other
				subject matters which relate to the practice of dentistry, dental hygiene, or
				dental assisting which are intended to refresh and review, or update knowledge
				of new or existing concepts and techniques, and enhance the dental health of
				the public; and
c. It is conducted
				by individuals who have sufficient special education, training and experience
				to be considered experts concerning the subject matter of the program. The
				program must include a written outline or manual that substantively pertains to
				the subject matter of the program.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 25 - Continuing Education › Rule 650-25.6 - Unacceptable Programs and Activities

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(1) Unacceptable subject matter and activity
				types include, but are not limited to, personal development, business aspects
				of practice, business strategy, financial management, marketing, sales,
				practice growth, personnel management, insurance, and collective bargaining.
				While desirable, those subjects and activities are not applicable to dental
				skills, knowledge, and competence. Therefore, such courses will receive no
				credit toward renewal. The board may deny credit for any course.
(2) Inquiries relating to acceptability of
				continuing dental education activities, approval of sponsors, or exemptions
				should be directed to Advisory Committee on Continuing Dental Education, Iowa
				Dental Board, 400 S.W. 8th Street, Suite D, Des Moines, Iowa
				50309-4687.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 25 - Continuing Education › Rule 650-25.7 - Prior Approval of Activities

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A person or organization, other than an approved sponsor,
				  that desires prior approval for a course, program or other continuing education
				  activity or that desires to establish approval of the activity prior to
				  attendance may apply for approval to the board, using board-approved forms, at
				  least 90 days in advance of the commencement of the activity. Within 90 days
				  after receipt of such application, the board shall advise the licensee or
				  registrant in writing whether the activity is approved and the number of hours
				  allowed. All requests may be reviewed by the advisory committee on continuing
				  education prior to final approval or denial by the board. An application fee as
				  specified in 650-Chapter 15 is required. Continuing education course approval
				  shall be valid for a period of five years following the date of board approval.
				  Thereafter, courses may be resubmitted for approval. Courses which clearly meet
				  the criteria listed under acceptable programs and activities are not required
				  to be submitted for approval.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 25 - Continuing Education › Rule 650-25.8 - Postapproval of Activities

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
A licensee or registrant seeking credit for attendance and
				  participation in an educational activity which was not conducted by an approved
				  sponsor or otherwise approved and which does not clearly meet the acceptable
				  programs and activities listed in rule
				  650-25.5
				  (153) may apply for approval to the board using board-approved forms. Within 90
				  days after receipt of such application, the board shall advise the licensee or
				  registrant in writing whether the activity is approved and the number of hours
				  allowed. All requests may be reviewed by the advisory committee on continuing
				  education prior to final approval or denial by the board. An application fee as
				  specified in 650-Chapter 15 is required.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 25 - Continuing Education › Rule 650-25.9 - Designation of Continuing Education Hours

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Continuing education hours shall be determined by the length
				  of a continuing education course in clock hours. For the purpose of calculating
				  continuing education hours for renewal of a license or registration, the
				  following rules shall apply:
(1)
				Attendance at a multiday convention.
a.
				Attendees at a multiday convention may receive a maximum of 1.5 hours of credit
				per day with the maximum of six hours of credit allowed per biennium.
b. Sponsors of multiday conventions shall
				submit to the board for review and prior approval guidelines for awarding
				credit for convention attendance.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 25 - Continuing Education › Rule 650-25.10 - Extensions and Exemptions

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(1)
Illness or disability.
The board may, in individual cases
				involving physical disability or illness, grant an exemption of the continuing
				education requirements or an extension of time within which to fulfill the same
				or make the required reports. No exemption or extension of time shall be
				granted unless written application is made on forms provided by the board and
				signed by the licensee or registrant and a licensed health care professional.
				Extensions or exemptions of the continuing education requirements may be
				granted by the board for any period of time not to exceed one calendar year. In
				the event that the physical disability or illness upon which an exemption has
				been granted continues beyond the period granted, the licensee or registrant
				must apply for an extension of the exemption. The board may, as a condition of
				the exemption, require the applicant to make up a certain portion or all of the
				continuing education requirements.
(2)
Other extensions or
				exemptions.
Extensions or exemptions of continuing education
				requirements will be considered by the board on an individual basis. Licensees
				or registrants will be exempt from the continuing education requirements for:
a. Periods that the person serves honorably
				on active duty in the military services;
b. Periods that the person practices the
				person's profession in another state or district having a continuing education
				requirement and the licensee or registrant meets all requirements of that state
				or district for practice therein;
c. Periods that the person is a government
				employee working in the person's licensed or registered specialty and assigned
				to duty outside the United States;
d. Other periods of active practice and
				absence from the state approved by the board;
e. The current biennium renewal period, or
				portion thereof, following original issuance of the license;
f. For dental assistants registered pursuant
				to rule 650-20.6 (153), the current
				biennium renewal period, or portion thereof, following original issuance of the
				registration.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 25 - Continuing Education › Rule 650-25.11 - Approval of Sponsors

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(1) An organization or
				person which desires approval as a sponsor of courses, programs, or other continuing
				education activities shall apply for approval to the board stating its education
				history, including approximate dates, subjects offered, total hours of instruction
				presented, and names and qualifications of instructors. All applications shall be
				reviewed by the advisory committee on continuing education prior to final approval
				or denial by the board.
(2) Prospective
				sponsors must apply to the board using approved forms in order to obtain approved
				sponsor status. An application fee as specified in 650-Chapter 15 is required.
				Sponsors must pay the biennial renewal fee as specified in 650-Chapter 15 and file a
				sponsor recertification record report biennially.
(3) The person or organization sponsoring
				continuing education activities shall make a written record of the Iowa licensees or
				registrants in attendance, maintain the written record for a minimum of five years,
				and submit the record upon the request of the board. The sponsor of the continuing
				education activity shall also provide proof of attendance and the number of credit
				hours awarded to the licensee or registrant who participates in the continuing
				education activity.
(4) Sponsors must be
				formally organized and adhere to board rules for planning and providing continuing
				dental education activities. Programs sponsored by individuals or institutions for
				commercial or proprietary purposes, especially programs in which the speaker
				advertises or urges the use of any particular dental product or appliance, may be
				recognized for credit on a prior-approval basis only. When courses are promoted as
				approved continuing education courses which do not meet the requirements as defined
				by the board, the sponsor will be required to refund the registration fee to the
				participants. Approved sponsors may offer noncredit courses provided the
				participants have been informed that no credit will be given. Failure to meet this
				requirement may result in loss of approved sponsor status.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 25 - Continuing Education › Rule 650-25.12 - Review of Programs or Sponsors

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The board on its own motion or at the recommendation of the
				  advisory committee on continuing education may monitor or review any continuing
				  education program or sponsors already approved by the board. Upon evidence of a
				  failure to meet the requirements of rule 650-25.11 (153), the board may revoke the
				  approval status of the sponsor. Upon evidence of significant variation in the
				  program presented from the program approved, the board may deny all or any part of
				  the approved hours granted to the program. A provider that wishes to appeal the
				  board's decision regarding revocation of approval status or denial of continuing
				  education credit shall file an appeal within 30 days of the board's decision. A
				  timely appeal shall initiate a contested case proceeding. The contested case shall
				  be conducted pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 17A and 650-Chapter 51. The written
				  decision issued at the conclusion of a contested case hearing shall be considered
				  final agency action.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 25 - Continuing Education › Rule 650-25.13 - Noncompliance With Continuing Dental Education Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
It is the licensee's or registrant's personal responsibility to
				  comply with these rules. The license or registration of individuals not complying
				  with the continuing dental education rules may be subject to disciplinary action by
				  the board or nonrenewal of the license or registration.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 25 - Continuing Education › Rule 650-25.14 - Dental Hygiene Continuing Education

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The dental hygiene committee, in its discretion, shall make
				  recommendations to the board for approval or denial of requests pertaining to dental
				  hygiene education. The dental hygiene committee may utilize the continuing education
				  advisory committee as needed. The board's review of the dental hygiene committee
				  recommendation is subject to 650-Chapter 1. The following items pertaining to dental
				  hygiene shall be forwarded to the dental hygiene committee for review.
1. Dental hygiene continuing education
				requirements and requests for approval of programs, activities and
				sponsors.
2. Requests by dental
				hygienists for waivers, extensions and exemptions of the continuing education
				requirements.
3. Requests for
				reinstatement from lapsed dental hygiene practitioners.
4. Appeals of denial of dental hygiene continuing
				education and conduct of hearings as necessary.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 26 - Advertising › Rule 650-26.2 - Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The board of dental examiners may require a dentist to
				  substantiate the truthfulness of any assertion or representation of material
				  fact set forth in an advertisement.
(1) At the time an advertisement is placed,
				the dentist must possess and rely upon information which, when produced, would
				substantiate the truthfulness of any assertion, omission, or representation of
				material fact set forth in the advertisement.
(2) The failure to possess and rely upon the
				information required in subrule 26.2(1) at the time the advertisement is placed
				shall be deemed professional misconduct.
(3) The failure or refusal to provide the
				factual substantiation to support a representation or assertion when requested
				by the board shall be deemed professional misconduct.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 26 - Advertising › Rule 650-26.3 - Fees

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Advertising that states a fee must clearly define the
				  professional service being offered in the advertisement. Advertised offers
				  shall be presumed to include everything ordinarily required for such a
				  service.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 26 - Advertising › Rule 650-26.4 - Public Representation

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
All advertisements and public representations shall contain
				 the name and address or telephone number of the practitioner who placed the
				 ad.
(1) If one's practice is referred
				to in the advertisement, the ad may state either "general/family practice" or
				"specialist," "specializes," or "specializing." A dentist advertising or
				representing oneself as a specialist must comply with the other provisions of
				this rule.
(2) A dentist may
				advertise as a specialist if the dentist meets the standards set forth in this
				rule.
a. The dentist wishing to advertise as a
				specialist must be a diplomate of, or board-eligible for, a national certifying
				board of a specialty recognized by the American Dental Association (ADA), or a
				diplomate of a board recognized by the American Board of Dental Specialties
				(ABDS); and
b. The indicated area
				of specialty must be board-approved. Board-approved ADA specialties are as
				follows: dental public health, endodontics, oral and maxillofacial pathology,
				oral and maxillofacial surgery, orofacial pain, orthodontics and dentofacial
				orthopedics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, prosthodontics and oral and
				maxillofacial radiology. Board-approved ABDS specialties are as follows: oral
				implantology/implant dentistry, oral medicine, orofacial pain, and
				anesthesiology.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 26 - Advertising › Rule 650-26.5 - Responsibility

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Each professional who is a principal partner, officer, or
				  licensed professional employee, acting as an agent of the firm or entity
				  identified in the advertisement, is jointly and severally responsible for the
				  form and content of any advertisement offering services or
				  materials.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 26 - Advertising › Rule 650-26.6 - Advertisement Records

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A recording of every advertisement communicated by electronic
				  media, and a copy of every advertisement communicated by print media indicating
				  the date and place of the advertisement shall be retained by the dentist for a
				  period of two years and be made available for review upon request by the board
				  or its designee.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 27 - Standards of Practice and Principles of Professional Ethics › Rule 650-27.1 - General

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(1)
Dental
				ethics.
The following principles relating to dental ethics are
				compatible with the Code of Professional Ethics and advisory opinions published
				in August 1998 by the American Dental Association. These principles are not
				intended to provide a limitation on the ability of the board to address
				problems in the area of ethics but rather to provide a basis for board review
				of questions concerning professional ethics. The dentist's primary professional
				obligation shall be service to the public with the most important aspect of
				that obligation being the competent delivery of appropriate care within the
				bounds of the clinical circumstances presented by the patient, with due
				consideration being given to the needs and desires of the patient.
				Unprofessional conduct includes, but is not limited, to any violation of these
				rules.
(2)
Dental hygiene
				ethics.
The following principles relating to dental hygiene ethics are
				compatible with the Code of Ethics of the American Dental Hygienists'
				Association published in 1995. Standards of practice for dental hygienists are
				compatible with the Iowa dental hygienists' association dental hygiene
				standards of practice adopted in May 1993. These principles and standards are
				not intended to provide a limitation on the ability of the dental hygiene
				committee to address problems in the area of ethics and professional standards
				for dental hygienists but rather to provide a basis for committee review of
				questions regarding the same. The dental hygienist's primary responsibility is
				to provide quality care and service to the public according to the clinical
				circumstances presented by the patient, with due consideration of
				responsibilities to the patient and the supervising dentist according to the
				laws and rules governing the practice of dental hygiene.
(3)
Dental assistant ethics.
Dental assistants shall utilize the principles of professional dental and
				dental hygiene ethics for guidance, and the laws and rules governing the
				practice of dental assisting.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 27 - Standards of Practice and Principles of Professional Ethics › Rule 650-27.2 - Patient Acceptance

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Dentists, in serving the public, may exercise reasonable
				  discretion in accepting patients in their practices; however, dentists shall
				  not refuse to accept patients into their practice or deny dental service to
				  patients because of the patient's race, creed, sex or national
				  origin.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 27 - Standards of Practice and Principles of Professional Ethics › Rule 650-27.3 - Emergency Service

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Emergency services in dentistry are deemed to be those
				  services necessary for the relief of pain or to thwart infection and prevent
				  its spread.
(1) Dentists shall make
				reasonable arrangements for the emergency care of their patients of
				record.
(2) Dentists shall, when
				consulted in an emergency by patients not of record, make reasonable
				arrangements for emergency care.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 27 - Standards of Practice and Principles of Professional Ethics › Rule 650-27.4 - Consultation and Referral

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(1)
				Dentists shall seek consultation, if possible, whenever the welfare of patients
				will be safeguarded or advanced by utilizing those practitioners who have
				special skills, knowledge and experience.
(2) The specialist or consulting dentist upon
				completion of their care shall return the patient, unless the patient expressly
				states a different preference, to the referring dentist or, if none, to the
				dentist of record for future care.
(3) The specialist shall be obliged, when
				there is no referring dentist and upon completion of the treatment, to inform
				the patient when there is a need for further dental care.
(4) A dentist who has a patient referred for
				a second opinion regarding a diagnosis or treatment plan recommended by the
				patient's treating dentist, should render the requested second opinion in
				accordance with these rules. In the interest of the patient being afforded
				quality care, the dentist rendering the second opinion should not have a vested
				interest in the ensuing recommendation.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 27 - Standards of Practice and Principles of Professional Ethics › Rule 650-27.5 - Use of Personnel

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Dentists shall protect the health of their patients by
				  assigning to qualified personnel only those duties that can be legally
				  delegated. Dentists shall supervise the work of all personnel working under
				  their direction and control.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 27 - Standards of Practice and Principles of Professional Ethics › Rule 650-27.6 - Evidence of Incompetent Treatment

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(1) Licensees or registrants shall report to
				the board instances of gross or continually faulty treatment by other licensees
				or registrants.
(2) Licensees or
				registrants may provide expert testimony when that testimony is essential to a
				just and fair disposition of a judicial or administrative action.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 27 - Standards of Practice and Principles of Professional Ethics › Rule 650-27.7 - Representation of Care and Fees

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(1)
				Dentists shall not represent the care being rendered to their patients or the
				fees being charged for providing the care in a false or misleading
				manner.
(2) A dentist who accepts a
				third-party payment under a copayment plan as payment in full without
				disclosing to the third-party payer that the patient's payment portion will not
				be collected is engaging in deception and misrepresentation by this overbilling
				practice.
(3) A dentist shall not
				increase a fee to a patient solely because the patient has insurance.
(4) Payments accepted by a dentist under a
				governmentally funded program, a component or constituent dental society
				sponsored access program, or a participating agreement entered into under a
				program of a third party shall not be considered as evidence of overbilling in
				determining whether a charge to a patient or to another third party on behalf
				of a patient not covered under any of these programs, constitutes overbilling
				under this rule.
(5) A dentist who
				submits a claim form to a third party reporting incorrect treatment dates is
				engaged in making unethical, false or misleading representations.
(6) A dentist who incorrectly describes a
				dental procedure on a third party claim form in order to receive a greater
				payment or incorrectly makes a noncovered procedure appear to be a covered
				procedure is engaged in making an unethical, false or misleading representation
				to the third party.
(7) A dentist
				who recommends or performs unnecessary dental services or procedures is engaged
				in unprofessional conduct.
(8) A
				dentist shall not bill for services not rendered. A dentist shall not be
				prohibited from billing for those services which have been rendered, for actual
				costs incurred in the treatment of the patient, or for charges for missed
				appointments.
(9) A dentist shall
				not bill or draw on a patient's line of credit prior to services being
				rendered. A dentist may bill or draw on a patient's line of credit for those
				services which have been rendered or for actual costs incurred in the treatment
				of the patient.
(10) A dentist
				shall not be prohibited from permitting patients to prepay for services, in
				whole or in part, on a voluntary basis.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 27 - Standards of Practice and Principles of Professional Ethics › Rule 650-27.8 - General Practitioner Announcement of Services

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General dentists who wish to announce the services available
				  in their practices are permitted to announce the availability of those services
				  so long as they avoid any communications that express or imply specialization.
				  General dentists shall also state that the services are being provided by a
				  general dentist.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 27 - Standards of Practice and Principles of Professional Ethics › Rule 650-27.9 - Unethical and Unprofessional Conduct

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(1) Licensee or registrant actions determined
				by the board to be abusive, coercive, intimidating, harassing, untruthful or
				threatening in connection with the practice of dentistry shall constitute
				unethical or unprofessional conduct.
(2) A treatment regimen shall be fully
				explained and patient authorization obtained before treatment is
				begun.
(3) A licensee or registrant
				determined to be infected with HIV or HBV shall not perform an exposure-prone
				procedure except as approved by the expert review panel as specified in Iowa
				Code section
				139A.22,
				established by the Iowa department of public health, or if the licensee or
				registrant works in a hospital setting, the licensee or registrant may elect
				either the expert review panel established by the hospital or the expert review
				panel established by the Iowa department of public health for the purpose of
				making a determination of the circumstances under which the licensee or
				registrant may perform expo sure-prone procedures. The licensee or registrant
				shall comply with the recommendations of the expert review panel. Failure to do
				so shall constitute unethical and unprofessional conduct and is grounds for
				disciplinary action by the board.
(4) Knowingly providing false or misleading
				information to the board or an agent of the board is considered unethical and
				unprofessional conduct.
(5)
				Prohibiting a person from filing or interfering with a person's filing a
				complaint with the board is considered unethical and unprofessional
				conduct.
(6) A licensee shall not
				enter into any agreement with a patient that the patient will not file a
				complaint with the board.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 27 - Standards of Practice and Principles of Professional Ethics › Rule 650-27.10 - Retirement or Discontinuance of Practice

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(1) A licensee, upon retirement, or upon
				discontinuation of the practice of dentistry, or upon leaving or moving from a
				community, shall notify all active patients in writing, or by publication once
				a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the
				community, that the licensee intends to discontinue the practice of dentistry
				in the community, and shall encourage patients to seek the services of another
				licensee. The licensee shall make reasonable arrangements with active patients
				for the transfer of patient records, or copies thereof, to the succeeding
				licensee. "Active patient" means a person whom the licensee has examined,
				treated, cared for, or otherwise consulted with during the two-year period
				prior to retirement, discontinuation of the practice of dentistry, or leaving
				or moving from a community.
(2)
				Nothing herein provided shall prohibit a licensee from conveying or
				transferring the licensee's patient records to another licensed dentist who is
				assuming a practice, provided that written notice is furnished to all patients
				as hereinbefore specified.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 27 - Standards of Practice and Principles of Professional Ethics › Rule 650-27.11 - Record Keeping

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Dentists shall maintain patient records in a manner
				  consistent with the protection of the welfare of the patient. Records shall be
				  permanent, timely, accurate, legible, and easily understandable.
(1)
Dental records.
Dentists
				shall maintain dental records for each patient. The records shall contain all
				of the following:
a.
Personal
				data.
(1) Name, date of birth,
				address and, if a minor, name of parent or guardian.
(2) Name and telephone number of person to
				contact in case of emergency.