Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
TITLE 195. Board of Dentistry |
Chapter 15. Duties for Dental Assistants and the Rules Regulating the Practice of Dental Hygiene |
SECTION 195:15-1-2. Responsibility of employing dentist for dental hygienists and dental assistants
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- Every dentist who employs one or more dental hygienists or dental assistants has the primary responsibility to ensure that the dental hygienists or dental assistants do not perform any procedure or duty except as authorized by this Chapter or the State Dental Act. No dentist shall delegate to a dental hygienist or dental assistant, nor shall any dental hygienist or dental assistant perform, any procedure or duty not authorized by this Chapter or the State Dental Act.