§ 1909

A registered dental hygienist is authorized to perform the following procedures under direct supervision of a licensed dentist, after submitting to the committee evidence of satisfactory completion of a course of instruction, approved by the committee, in the procedures:

(a) Soft-tissue curettage.

(b) Administration of local anesthesia.

(c) Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered alone or in combination with each other.

(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 31, Sec. 47. Effective January 1, 2009. Operative July 1, 2009, by Sec. 55 of Ch. 31.)