Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 195 - Board of Dentistry › Chapter 15 - Duties for Dental Assistants and the Rules Regulating the Practice of Dental Hygiene › Section 195:15-1-4 - Education and Training for expanded duty permits for dental assistants

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Dental assistants may apply for up to
			 seven (7) expanded duty permits as found at 59 O.S., Section 328.24, upon
			 successful completion of the following education and training
			 requirements:
(b) Courses for
			 dental assistant expanded duties as found at 59 O.S. §328.24(D), shall be
			 provided in a CODA (Commission on Dental Accreditation) accredited school or
			 affiliated with a CODA approved program, or another course meeting the same
			 requirements as a CODA approved program and approved by the Board. Within
			 thirty (30) days of completion of the course, each program shall send a copy of
			 the syllabus and a list of the students that have passed the course to the
			 Board. Programs must maintain class and syllabus records for five (5) years.
			 Courses offered pursuant to this rule are subject to unannounced audits by the
			 Board. Any Board member or designee of the Board shall be provided full access
			 to course materials or the classroom or clinic during instruction. Failure to
			 provide access pursuant to this provision may subject the provider to
			 invalidation of course results.
(c)
			 Courses and/or certification programs for assisting a dentist with anesthesia,
			 vaccinations, venipuncture and phlebotomy shall be approved by the
			 Board.
(d) All courses shall
			 include State Dental Act statutes and rules and the United States Center for
			 Disease Control (CDC) and United States Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
			 guidelines, safety protocols and requirements as utilized with each expanded
			 duty.
(e) Written examinations over
			 didactic portions shall have a requirement of a 70% accuracy rate.
(f) Student faculty ratio for each course
			 shall be as required by CODA.
(g)
			 Students must submit an application for the expanded duty to the Board within
			 two (2) years after the date of the completion of the course or the course will
			 have to be repeated.
(h) A dental
			 assistant that has a previous action or sanction by the board within the
			 previous (5) five years, shall not be eligible for an elder care public health
			 permit.
(1) Radiation Safety.
(A) Definition: A dental assistant holding
			 this expanded duty permit may expose intraoral and extraoral
			 radiographs.
(B) Requirements:
			 Satisfactory completion of a course of study in radiation safety and
			 protection, consisting of a minimum of four (4) hours of instruction.
(C) The Radiation safety course shall be
			 taught by licensed dentists or hygienists; or a dental assistant with a minimum
			 of five (5) years of experience with a valid expanded duty permit. This course
			 will train dental assistants with a valid permit, to expose intraoral and
			 extraoral radiographs.
(D) The
			 didactic portion shall include radiation physics and biology, health safety and
			 protection and radiographic quality.