North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 16 - DENTAL EXAMINERS › Subchapter Q - GENERAL ANESTHESIA AND SEDATION › Section .0200 - GENERAL ANESTHESIA › Section 16Q .0207 - ANNUAL RENEWAL OF GENERAL ANESTHESIA AND ITINERANT (MOBILE) GENERAL ANESTHESIA PERMIT REQUIRED

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) General
				  anesthesia permits and itinerant general anesthesia permits shall be renewed by
				  the Board annually at the same time as dental licenses. For each permit to be
				  renewed, the permit holder shall pay a one-hundred dollar ($100.00) fee and
				  complete the renewal application requirements of this Rule. If the completed
				  permit renewal application and renewal fee are not received before midnight on
				  January 31 of each year, a fifty dollar ($50.00) late fee shall be charged. The
				  renewal application shall be submitted electronically through the Board's
				  website, www.ncdentalboard.org, and shall include the information required by
				  Rule .0102(e) of this Subchapter and a report of compliance with the conditions
				  for renewal in Paragraph (d) of this Rule.
(b) Any permit holder who fails to renew a
				  general anesthesia permit or itinerant general anesthesia permit before March
				  31 of each year shall complete a reinstatement application, pay the renewal fee
				  and late fee set out in Paragraph (a) of this Rule, and comply with all
				  conditions for renewal set out in this Rule. Dentists whose general anesthesia
				  permits or itinerant general anesthesia permits have been lapsed for more than
				  12 calendar months shall pass an inspection and an evaluation as part of the
				  reinstatement process in accordance with Rules .0202 and .0204 of this Section.
				  All applicants for reinstatement of a permit shall be in good standing. All
				  applications for reinstatement of a permit shall be submitted on forms
				  furnished by the Board at www.ncdentalboard.org and shall include the
				  information required by Rule .0102(f) of this Subchapter and a report of
				  compliance with the conditions for renewal set out in Paragraph (d) of this
				  Rule.
(c) A dentist who administers
				  general anesthesia in violation of this Rule shall be subject to the penalties
				  prescribed by Rule .0701 of this Subchapter.
(d) As a condition for renewal of the general
				  anesthesia permit and itinerant general anesthesia permit, the permit holder
				  shall meet the clinical equipment and requirements set out in Rule .0202 of
				  this Section, the itinerant general anesthesia permit holder shall also meet
				  the clinical equipment and requirements set out in Rule .0206 of this Section,
				  and the permit holder shall document the following:
(1) six hours of continuing education each
				  year in one or more of the following areas, which shall be counted toward
				  fulfillment of the continuing education required each calendar year for license
				  renewal:
(A) sedation;
(B) medical emergencies;
(C) monitoring IV sedation and the use of
				  monitoring equipment;
(D)
				  pharmacology of drugs and agents used in general anesthesia and IV
				  sedation;
(E) physical evaluation,
				  risk assessment, or behavioral management; or
(F) airway management;