California Dental Sedation Assistant
California Dental Sedation Assistant
BPC Division 2, Chapter 4, Article 7, Section 1750.4 and 1750.5
"1750.4. (a) The board may issue a dental sedation assistant permit to a person who files a completed application including a fee and provides evidence, satisfactory to the board, of all of the following eligibility requirements:
(1) Current, active, and valid licensure as a registered dental assistant or completion of at least 12 months of verifiable work experience as a dental assistant.
(2) Successful completion of a two-hour board-approved course in the Dental Practice Act and an eight-hour board-approved course in infection control.
(3) Successful completion of a course in basic life support
offered by an instructor approved by the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association, or any other course approved by the board as equivalent.
(4) Successful completion of a board-approved dental sedation assistant course, which may commence after the completion of six months of work experience as a dental assistant.
(5) Passage of a written examination administered by the board after completion of all of the other requirements of this subdivision. The written examination shall encompass the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to competently perform the duties specified in Section 1750.5.
(b) A person who holds a permit pursuant to this section shall be subject to the continuing education requirements established by the board pursuant to Section 1645 and the renewal requirements of Article 6 (commencing with Section 1715).
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 703, Sec. 18. (SB 1491) Effective January 1, 2019.)
1750.5. A person holding a dental sedation assistant permit pursuant to Section 1750.4 may perform the following duties under the direct supervision of a licensed dentist or other licensed health care professional authorized to administer conscious sedation or general anesthesia in the dental office:
(a) All duties that a dental assistant is allowed to perform.
(b) Monitor patients undergoing conscious sedation or general anesthesia utilizing data from noninvasive instrumentation such as pulse oximeters, electrocardiograms, capnography, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration rate monitoring devices. Evaluation of the condition of a sedated patient shall remain the responsibility of the dentist or other licensed health care professional authorized to administer conscious sedation or general anesthesia, who shall be at the patient’s chairside while conscious sedation or general anesthesia is being administered.
(c) Drug identification and draw, limited to identification of appropriate medications, ampule and vial preparation, and withdrawing drugs of correct amount as verified by the supervising licensed dentist.
(d) Add drugs, medications, and fluids to intravenous lines using a syringe, provided that a supervising licensed dentist is present at the patient’s chairside, limited to determining patency of intravenous line, selection of injection port, syringe insertion into injection port, occlusion of intravenous line and blood aspiration, line release and injection of drugs for appropriate time interval. The exception to this duty is that the initial dose of a drug or medication shall be administered by the supervising licensed dentist.
(e) Removal of intravenous lines.
(f) Any additional duties that the board may prescribe by regulation.
(g) The duties listed in subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, may not be performed in any setting other than a dental office or dental clinic.
(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2022, and as of that date is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 929, Sec. 14. (SB 501) Effective January 1, 2019. Repealed as of January 1, 2022, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 929.)
1750.5. (a) A person holding a dental sedation assistant permit pursuant to Section 1750.4 may perform the following duties under the direct supervision of a licensed dentist or other licensed health care professional authorized to administer moderate sedation, deep sedation, or general anesthesia in the dental office:
(1) All duties that a dental assistant is allowed to perform.
(2) Monitor patients undergoing moderate sedation, deep sedation, or general anesthesia utilizing data from noninvasive instrumentation such as pulse oximeters, electrocardiograms, capnography, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration rate monitoring devices. Evaluation of the condition of a sedated patient shall remain the responsibility of the dentist or other licensed health care professional authorized to administer moderate sedation, deep sedation, or general anesthesia, who shall be at the patient’s chairside while moderate sedation, deep sedation, or general anesthesia is being administered.
(3) Drug identification and draw, limited to identification of appropriate medications, ampule and vial preparation, and withdrawing drugs of correct amount as verified by the supervising licensed dentist.
(4) Add drugs, medications, and fluids to intravenous lines using a syringe, provided that a supervising licensed dentist is present at the patient’s chairside, limited to determining patency of intravenous line, selection of injection port, syringe insertion into injection port, occlusion of intravenous line and blood aspiration, line release, and injection of drugs for appropriate time interval. The exception to this duty is that the initial dose of a drug or medication shall be administered by the supervising licensed dentist.
(5) Removal of intravenous lines.
(6) Any additional duties that the board may prescribe by regulation.
(7) The duties listed in paragraphs (2) to (5), inclusive, may not be performed in any setting other than a dental office or dental clinic.
(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2022.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 929, Sec. 15. (SB 501) Effective January 1, 2019. Section operative January 1, 2022, by its own provisions.)"
