Prohibited services.

20-03-01-02. Prohibited services. Dental assistants are prohibited from performing the following services: 1. Diagnosis and treatment planning. 2. Surgery on hard or soft tissue. 3. Administer local anesthetics, sedation or general anesthesia drugs or titrate local anesthetics, sedation or general anesthesia drugs without a board authorized permit. 4. Any irreversible dental procedure or procedures which require the professional judgment and skill of a licensed dentist. 5. Adjust a crown which has been cemented by a dentist. 6. Activate any type of orthodontic appliance or fabricate orthodontic impressions for an individual who is not a patient of record. 7 7. Cement or bond orthodontic bands or brackets that have not been previously placed by a dentist. 8. Place bases or cavity liners. 9. Scaling, root planing, or gingival curettage. 10. Measure the gingival sulcus with a periodontal probe. 11. Use a high-speed handpiece inside the mouth, unless authorized to do so through a permit issued pursuant to section 20-03-01-01.1. 12. Unless acting as a trained dental sedation staff member or holding a dental anesthesia assistant permit, monitor a patient who has been induced to a level of moderate sedation, deep sedation, or general anesthesia until the dentist authorized by permit to administer sedation or anesthesia determines the patient may be discharged for recovery. History: Effective February 1, 1992; amended effective October 1, 1993; April 1, 2000; June 1, 2002; July 1, 2004; January 1, 2011; April 1, 2015; July 1, 2022; October 1, 2024; April 1, 2026. General Authority: NDCC 43-20-10 Law Implemented: NDCC 43-20-01.1, 43-20-08, 43-20-10, 43-20-13