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 .0204 - PROCEDURE FOR GENERAL ANESTHESIA EVALUATION OR INSPECTION AND RE-INSPECTION

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) When both an evaluation and on-site
				  inspection is required, the Board shall designate two or more qualified persons
				  to serve as evaluators, each of whom has administered general anesthesia for at
				  least three years preceding the inspection. Training in general anesthesia
				  shall not be counted in the three years. The fee for an evaluation and on-site
				  inspection shall be three-hundred seventy-five dollars ($375.00). When an
				  on-site inspection involves only a facility and equipment check and not an
				  evaluation of the dentist, the inspection may be accomplished by one evaluator,
				  and the fee for the on-site inspection shall be two-hundred seventy-five
				  dollars ($275.00).
(b) An
				  inspection fee of two-hundred seventy-five dollars ($275.00) shall be due 10
				  days after the dentist receives notice of the inspection of each additional
				  location at which the dentist administers general anesthesia.
(c) Any dentist-member of the Board may
				  observe or consult in any evaluation or inspection.
(d) The inspection team shall determine
				  compliance with the requirements of the rules in this Subchapter, as
				  applicable, by assigning a grade of "pass" or "fail."
(e) Each evaluator shall report his or her
				  recommendation to the Board's Anesthesia and Sedation Committee, setting forth
				  the details supporting his or her conclusion. The Committee shall not be bound
				  by these recommendations. The Committee shall determine whether the applicant
				  has passed the evaluation and inspection and shall notify the applicant in
				  writing of its decision.
(f) An
				  applicant who fails an inspection or evaluation shall not receive a permit to
				  administer general anesthesia. If a permit holder's facility fails an
				  inspection, no further general anesthesia procedures shall be performed at the
				  facility until it passes a re-inspection by the Board.
(g) An applicant who fails an inspection or
				  evaluation may request a re-evaluation or re-inspection within 15 days of
				  receiving the notice of failure. The request shall be directed to the Board in
				  writing and shall include a statement of the grounds supporting the
				  re-evaluation or re-inspection. Except as set forth in Paragraph (h) of this
				  Rule, the Board shall require the applicant to receive additional training
				  prior to the re-evaluation to address the areas of deficiency determined by the
				  evaluation. The Board shall notify the applicant in writing of the need for
				  additional training.
(h) A permit
				  applicant who has failed the written examination portion of the evaluation but
				  passed all other aspects of the evaluation and inspection may retake the
				  written examination two additional times at the Board office. The applicant
				  must wait a minimum of 72 hours before attempting to retake a written
				  examination. Any applicant who has failed the written portion of the
				  examination three times shall complete an additional Board approved course of
				  study in the area(s) of deficiency and provide the Board evidence of the
				  additional study before written reexamination.
(i) Re-evaluations and re-inspections shall
				  be conducted by Board-appointed evaluators not involved in the failed
				  evaluation or inspection.
(j) An
				  applicant must complete all the requirements of Rule .0202, including passing
				  the written examination, evaluation and inspection, within 12 months of
				  submitting the application to the Board.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 90-28;
					 90-30.1;
					 90-39;
Eff. February
					 1, 1990;
Amended April 1, 2016; February 1, 2009; December 4, 2002;
					 January 1, 1994;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. January 9, 2018;
Amended Eff.
					 February 1, 2019; August 1, 2018.