Virginia Regulatory Town Hall

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Action:
Correction to non-delegable duties
Stage: Final
 
18VAC60-20-190

Part VI
Direction and Delegation of Duties

18VAC60-20-190. Nondelegable duties; dentists.

Only licensed dentists shall perform the following duties:

1. Final diagnosis and treatment planning;

2. Performing surgical or cutting procedures on hard or soft tissue;

3. Prescribing or parenterally administering drugs or medicaments, except a dental hygienist, who meets the requirements of 18VAC60-20-81, may parenterally administer Schedule VI local anesthesia to patients 18 years of age or older;

4. Authorization of work orders for any appliance or prosthetic device or restoration to be inserted into a patient's mouth;

5. Operation of high speed rotary instruments in the mouth;

6. Performing pulp capping procedures;

7. Administering and monitoring general anesthetics and conscious sedation except as provided for in ยง 54.1-2701 of the Code of Virginia and 18VAC60-20-108 C, 18VAC60-20-110 F, and 18VAC60-20-120 F;

8. Condensing, contouring or adjusting any final, fixed or removable prosthodontic appliance or restoration in the mouth;

9. Final positioning and attachment of orthodontic bonds and bands;

10. Taking impressions for master casts to be used for prosthetic restoration of teeth or oral structures;

11. Final cementation of crowns and bridges; and

12. Placement of retraction cord.