North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 16 - DENTAL EXAMINERS › Subchapter Q - GENERAL ANESTHESIA AND SEDATION › Section .0500 - ENTERAL MINIMAL CONSCIOUS SEDATION › Section 16Q .0507 - PROCEDURE FOR MINIMAL CONSCIOUS SEDATION EVALUATION OR INSPECTION AND RE-INSPECTION

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) When an
				  evaluation or on-site inspection is required, the Board shall designate one or
				  more persons to serve as evaluators, each of whom has administered sedation or
				  general anesthesia in accordance with this Subchapter for at least three years
				  preceding the inspection. Training in minimal conscious sedation or other
				  levels of sedation shall not be counted in the three years.
(b) The inspection fee set out in Rule
				  .0504(a) of this Section shall be paid no later than 10 days after the
				  applicant or permit holder receives notice of the inspection for each
				  additional location at which the applicant or permit holder administers minimal
				  conscious sedation.
(c) Any
				  dentist-member of the Board may observe or consult in any evaluation or
				  inspection.
(d) Each evaluator
				  shall determine compliance with the requirements of the rules in this
				  Subchapter, as applicable, by assigning a recommended grade of "pass" or
				  "fail."
(e) Each evaluator shall
				  report his or her recommendation to the Board through the Board member serving
				  as the Chair of the Board's Anesthesia and Sedation Committee, setting forth
				  the details supporting his or her conclusion. The Committee Chair shall not be
				  bound by these recommendations. The Committee Chair shall determine whether the
				  applicant or permit holder has passed the evaluation or inspection and shall
				  notify the applicant or permit holder in writing of its decision.
(f) An applicant who fails an inspection or
				  evaluation shall not receive a permit to administer minimal conscious sedation.
				  If a permit holder's facility fails an inspection, no further minimal conscious
				  sedation procedures shall be performed at the facility until it passes a
				  re-inspection by the Board.
(g) An
				  applicant or permit holder 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 or permit holder 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) An
				  applicant who 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 failed the written portion of the examination
				  three times shall complete an additional Board-approved course of study in the
				  areas 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 satisfy all the
				  requirements of Rule .0505 of this Section, including passing the written
				  examination, evaluation, and inspection, within 12 months of submitting the
				  application to the Board.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 90-30.1;
					 90-39;
Eff. August 1,
					 2021.