Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 2301 - Regulations Adopted by the Mississippi State Board of Dental Examiners › Chapter 1 › Rule 30-2301-1.45 - BOARD REGULATION NUMBER 45 CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION

Current through June 25, 2024
Purpose: To establish Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
				  requirements for dentists, dental hygienists, and all other dental auxiliary
				  personnel.
1. Cardiopulmonary
				Resuscitation (CPR) requirements will be effective on July 1, 1994, and
				reporting will be incorporated with the annual registration to be submitted
				July 1, 1995. Refer to Rule 1.41 --Board Regulation 41 concerning reporting
				requirements.
2. Effective July 1,
				2012, all dental offices in the State of Mississippi shall be required to have
				a minimum of one (1) properly functioning Automated External Defibrillator
				(AED), or equivalent defibrillator, on the premises of each dental office. Each
				AED, or equivalent defibrillator, shall be maintained in a properly functioning
				capacity at all times. Proof of the availability of a properly functioning AED,
				or equivalent defibrillator, shall be made available for review at any time by
				any member of the Board or by any designated agent of the Board.
3. All dentists and dental hygienists
				licensed by the State of Mississippi and holding active licenses shall be
				currently certified in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Further, all auxiliary
				personnel involved in direct patient care must be certified in Cardiopulmonary
				Resuscitation. All auxiliaries must be certified in CPR within one hundred
				eighty (180) days of employment.
4.
				Proof of certification shall be maintained by the dentist or dental hygienist
				for the time period specified in Rule 1.41 --Board Regulation 41 and shall be
				made available for review at any time by any member of the Board or by any
				designated agent of the Board. When a Board member or any designated agent
				thereof shall conduct any authorized investigation, any and all proof of
				certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation will be reviewed and/or audited
				by such Board member or authorized agent during the course of the
				investigation. Finally, when any licensee is noticed to appear before the Board
				to show cause why that licensee's dental or dental hygiene license should not
				be suspended, revoked, or have other action taken against it, that licensee is
				required to present proof of compliance with this Regulation.
5. False certification of CPR courses or
				failure to comply with this Regulation shall subject the dentist or dental
				hygienist to disciplinary action, including revocation of license. Fines will
				be assessed for failure to comply with this Regulation. Fines assessed herein
				will correspond to those fines enumerated in Rule 1.45 --Board Regulation 41
				for non-compliance with continuing education requirements.
6. Participation in approved Advanced Cardiac
				Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), American Heart
				Association (AHA), or American Red Cross (ARC) courses may be used to fulfill
				the requirements of this Regulation. All other equivalent courses shall be
				approved by the Board on a case-by-case basis; however, in no instance shall
				any course be approved by the Board that does not contain a hands-on mannequin
				component.
7. Any dentist or dental
				hygienist requesting a change from inactive to active status is not required to
				meet the CPR requirements for the reporting period during which that dentist or
				dental hygienist was inactive. However, any dentist or dental hygienist
				requesting active status
must
, within the previous
				twelve (12) months prior to requesting active status, be certified in
				Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
8.
				Any dentist or dental hygienist requesting reinstatement of a license which was
				voided for a failure to re-register or which was revoked
must
, within the previous twelve (12) months prior to
				requesting licensure reinstatement, be certified in Cardiopulmonary
				Resuscitation.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										73-9-19.