North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 16 - DENTAL EXAMINERS › Subchapter A - ORGANIZATION › Section 16A .0101 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
As used in this Chapter:
(1) "Applicant" means a person applying for
				any license or permit issued by the Board;
(2) "Board" means the North Carolina State
				Board of Dental Examiners;
(3)
				"Candidate" means a person who has applied and been accepted for examination to
				practice dentistry or dental hygiene in North Carolina;
(4) "Current license" means a license that is
				renewed by the licensing board;
(5)
				"CPR certification" means that the licensee has completed a CPR course that
				meets American Red Cross or American Heart Association standards for
				certification and that provides manikin testing on the subjects of
				cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. The course must also cover the use of an
				automatic external defibrillator, unconscious and conscious choking and rescue
				breathing, provided that the foregoing requirements shall not be interpreted in
				any way that violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. The manikin testing
				shall be provided by an instructor who is present with the students;
(6) "Internship" means practice in an
				educational training program. Internship does not mean practice under an intern
				permit while holding an unrestricted general dental or dental specialty license
				issued by a state, U.S. territory or the District of Columbia;
(7) "Unrestricted license" means a license
				that is not under suspension or inactivation, or subject to the terms of a
				consent order or other disciplinary action imposed by the jurisdiction that
				issued the license, or limited by supervision or location
				requirements;
(8) Except where
				otherwise defined by these Rules or by statute, "supervision," "direct
				supervision," and "supervision and direction" means that the dentist overseeing
				treatment is present in the same facility or location and available during the
				performance of the acts that are being performed pursuant to that dentist's
				order, control, and approval and that the dentist must examine and evaluate the
				results of such acts; and
(9)
				Except where otherwise defined by these Rules or by statute, "direction" or
				"under direction" means that the dentist ordering treatment does not have to be
				present in the same facility or location during the performance of the acts
				that are being performed pursuant to that dentist's order, control, and
				approval, but that dentist shall be responsible for all consequences or results
				arising from such acts.
Authority
				  G.S.
				  90-28;
				  90-29(a);
				  90-29.3;
				  90-29.4;
				  90-29.5;
				  90-30;
				  90-48;
				  90-224;
				  90-224.1;
				  90-226;
Eff. September
				  3, 1976;
Readopted Eff. September 26, 1977;
Amended
				  Eff. May 1, 1991; May 1, 1989; September 1, 1988; October 1, 1986;
Temporary Amendment Eff. January 1, 2003;
Amended Eff. May 1, 2011;
				  January 1, 2004;
Pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
				  substantive public interest Eff. January 9, 2018;
Amended Eff.
				  October 1, 2019.