North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 16 - DENTAL EXAMINERS › Subchapter Q - GENERAL ANESTHESIA AND SEDATION › Section .0300 - MODERATE CONSCIOUS SEDATION › Section 16Q .0305 - ANNUAL RENEWAL OF MODERATE PARENTERAL AND ENTERAL CONSCIOUS SEDATION PERMIT REQUIRED

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Moderate
				  conscious sedation permits and itinerant moderate 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 permit 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 conscious sedation permit or itinerant moderate
				  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 this Rule. Dentists whose moderate conscious sedation permits or itinerant
				  moderate 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 .0302 and .0306 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 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 conscious sedation permit and itinerant moderate conscious sedation
				  permit, the permit holder shall meet the clinical and equipment requirements
				  set out in Rule .0302 of this Section, the itinerant moderate conscious
				  sedation permit holder shall also meet the clinical and equipment requirements
				  set out in Rule .0304 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;