North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 16 - DENTAL EXAMINERS › Subchapter Q - GENERAL ANESTHESIA AND SEDATION › Section .0400 - PEDIATRIC MODERATE CONSCIOUS SEDATION › Section 16Q .0407 - ANNUAL RENEWAL OF MODERATE PEDIATRIC CONSCIOUS SEDATION PERMIT REQUIRED

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Moderate pediatric conscious sedation
				  permits and itinerant moderate pediatric conscious sedation 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 in this Rule.
				  If the completed 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
				  moderate pediatric conscious sedation permit or itinerant moderate pediatric
				  conscious sedation 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 Paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Rule. Dentists whose moderate pediatric
				  conscious sedation permits or itinerant moderate pediatric conscious sedation
				  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 .0405 and .0408 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 moderate
				  pediatric conscious sedation 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
				  moderate pediatric conscious sedation permit and itinerant moderate pediatric
				  conscious sedation permit, the permit holder shall meet the clinical and
				  equipment requirements of Rule .0405 of this Section, the itinerant moderate
				  pediatric conscious sedation permit holder shall also meet the clinical and
				  equipment requirements of Rule .0406 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
				  IV sedation;
(E) physical
				  evaluation, risk assessment, or behavioral management; or
(F) airway management;