Okla. Admin. Code § 195:15-1-5 - Duties not assignable to dental assistants
A dentist shall not delegate to a dental assistant, nor shall a dental assistant perform, any of the following procedures and duties:
(1) Any procedure that may contribute to or
result in an irreversible alteration of the human oral anatomy;
(2) Diagnosis;
(3) Treatment planning;
(4) Prescription of medications;
(5) Removal of fully hardened cement with a
high-speed hand piece;
(6) Surgery
or the cutting or severance of hard and soft tissue;
(7) Final cementation of a fixed prosthesis
or delivery of a removable prosthesis;
(8) Adjustment of a prosthesis
intraorally;
(9) Placement or
removal of restorative materials in a human oral cavity;
(10) Administration of injectable local
anesthesia or any other form of injectable including anesthesia including IV
sedation;
(11) Utilization of a
laser, high-speed hand piece, power scaler, prophy jet or ultrasonic;
(12) Administration of nitrous
oxide;
(13) An expanded duty as set
forth in 195:15-1-4, when the dental
assistant does not hold a current permit issued by the Board for the expanded
duty; and
(14) Those procedures
allocated exclusively to dental hygienists or dentists pursuant to the rules or
the State Dental Act.
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A dentist shall not delegate to a dental assistant, nor shall a dental assistant perform, any of the following procedures and duties:
(1) Any procedure that may contribute to or result in an irreversible alteration of the human oral anatomy;
(2) Diagnosis;
(3) Treatment planning;
(4) Prescription of medications;
(5) Removal of fully hardened cement with a high-speed hand piece;
(6) Surgery or the cutting or severance of hard and soft tissue;
(7) Final cementation of a fixed prosthesis or delivery of a removable prosthesis;
(8) Adjustment of a prosthesis intraorally;
(9) Placement or removal of restorative materials in a human oral cavity;
(10) Administration of injectable local anesthesia or any other form of injectable including anesthesia including IV sedation;
(11) Utilization of a laser, high-speed hand piece, power scaler, prophy jet or ultrasonic;
(12) Administration of nitrous oxide;
(13) An expanded duty as set forth in 195:15-1-4, when the dental assistant does not hold a current permit issued by the Board for the expanded duty; and
(14) Those procedures allocated exclusively to dental hygienists or dentists pursuant to the rules or the State Dental Act.