§ 1909

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 456, Sec. 12. (SB 786) Effective January 1, 2020.

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

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