Pennsylvania Code › Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 33 - STATE BOARD OF DENTISTRY › Subchapter B - LICENSURE OF DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS AND CERTIFICATION OF EXPANDED FUNCTION DENTAL ASSISTANTS › Section 33.115 - Local anesthesia permit

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Permit required.
A dental hygienist shall possess a current
					 permit issued by the Board under this section before administering local
					 anesthesia to a patient in a dental office. For purposes of this section, the
					 term "local anesthesia" includes local infiltration anesthesia and intraoral
					 nerve block anesthesia limited to the 2nd (maxillary) and 3rd (mandibular)
					 divisions of the trigeminal nerve.
(b)
Application.
A dental
					 hygienist who desires to obtain a permit to administer local anesthesia shall
					 submit an application on a form provided by the Board, pay the permit fee
					 prescribed in §
											33.3 (relating to fees) and meet
					 the qualifications for the permit as prescribed in this section.
(c)
Qualifications.
To
					 obtain a local anesthesia permit, a dental hygienist shall:
(1) Hold a current license in good standing
					 to practice as a dental hygienist in this Commonwealth.
(2) Hold current certification in Basic Life
					 Support (BLS).
(3) Provide to the
					 Board one of the following:
(i) Certification
					 of education by the dental hygiene program on a form provided by the Board
					 verifying that the dental hygienist graduated, within the 5 years immediately
					 preceding the filing of the application for local anesthesia permit, from a
					 dental hygiene program that meets the following criteria:
(A) The dental hygiene program is accredited
					 by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation
					 (CODA).
(B) The dental hygiene
					 program included the successful completion of a didactic and clinical course in
					 the administration of local anesthesia.
(ii) Certification of education by the dental
					 or dental hygiene program on a form provided by the board verifying that the
					 dental hygienist successfully completed, within the 5 years immediately
					 preceding the filing of the application for local anesthesia permit, a course
					 consisting of a minimum of 30 hours of didactic and clinical instruction in the
					 administration of local anesthesia sponsored by a dental or dental hygiene
					 education program accredited by CODA.
(iii) A certificate or letter of good
					 standing from the proper licensing authority of another state, territory or
					 district of the United States, or of a province or territory of Canada,
					 verifying that the dental hygienist possesses a current license or permit
					 issued by the proper licensing authority of another state, territory or
					 district of the United States, or by the proper licensing authority of a
					 province or territory of Canada, where the dental hygienist is authorized under
					 the laws of that jurisdiction to administer local anesthesia, provided that the
					 following additional conditions are met:
(A)
					 The jurisdiction where the dental hygienist is so licensed or permitted
					 requires completion of a course in the administration of local anesthesia
					 accredited by CODA or by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada
					 (CDAC) prior to obtaining certification, endorsement or other such
					 authority.
(B) The dental hygienist
					 signs a certification statement on the application for a local anesthesia
					 permit verifying that the dental hygienist actively engaged in the
					 administration of local anesthesia under a current license or permit within the
					 5 years immediately preceding the filing of the application for a local
					 anesthesia permit.
(C) The dental
					 hygienist signs a certification statement on the application for a local
					 anesthesia permit verifying that, at all times prior to filing the application
					 for local anesthesia permit, the dental hygienist administered local anesthesia
					 in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations of the jurisdiction
					 where the dental hygienist is so licensed or permitted.
(D) The jurisdiction where the dental
					 hygienist is so licensed or permitted verifies that there has been no
					 disciplinary action taken against the dental hygienist relating to the
					 administration of local anesthesia.