TABLE
OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER Den 100
ORGANIZATIONAL RULES
PART Den 101 DEFINITIONS
Section Den 101.01 Active License
Section Den 101.02 Base
Section Den 101.03 Board
Section Den 101.04 Certification
Section Den 101.05 Certified Dental Assistant
Section Den 101.06 Clinical
Section Den 101.07 Dental Assistant
Section Den 101.08 Dental Hygienist
Section Den 101.09 Dentist
Section Den 101.10 Diagnosis
Section Den 101.11 Direct Supervision
Section Den 101.12 General Supervision
Section Den 101.13 Graduate Dental Assistant
Section Den 101.14 Indirect Supervision
Section Den 101.15 Letter of Concern
Section Den 101.16 Licensure
Section Den 101.17 Licensure by Endorsement Certification
Section Den 101.18 Licensure by Examination
Section Den 101.19 Liner
Section Den 101.20 Monitor
Section Den 101.21 Moral Turpitude
Section Den 101.22 Personally Evaluated
Section Den 101.23 President
Section Den 101.24 Public Health Supervision
Section Den 101.25 Qualified
Section Den 101.26 Registration
Section Den 101.27 Supervision
Section Den 101.28 Temporary Dental Restoration
Section Den 101.29 Traditional Dental Assistant
Section Den 101.30 Vice President
Section Den 101.31 Volunteer
PART Den 102 DESCRIPTION OF BOARD
Section Den 102.01 Organization of Board
Section Den 102.02 Financial Interests
PART Den 103 ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION
Section Den 103.01 Record of Official Actions
Section Den 103.02 Custodian of Records
Section Den 103.03 Copies of Records
CHAPTER Den 200
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
PART Den 201 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
Section Den 201.01 Purpose
Section Den 201.02 Scope
PART Den 202 DEFINITIONS
Section Den 202.01 Definitions
PART Den 203 COMPLIANCE WITH PROCEDURAL RULES OR ORDERS
Section Den 203.01 Failure to Comply with Procedural Rules or
Orders
Section Den 203.02 Waiver or Suspension of Procedural Rules or
Orders
PART
Den 204 APPEARANCES BEFORE THE AGENCY
Section Den 204.01 Representatives
PART Den 205 TIME PERIODS
Section Den 205.01 Computation of Time
Section Den 205.02 Change in Allowed Times
Section Den 205.03 Limitations
PART Den 206 FILING AND SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS
Section Den 206.01 Filing Documents with the Board
Section Den 206.02 Subscription and Veracity of Documents
Section Den 206.03 Service of Documents
PART Den 207 PLEADINGS, COMPLAINTS AND MOTIONS
Section Den 207.01 Pleadings
Section Den 207.02 Complaints of Licensee Misconduct
Section Den 207.03 Motions and Objections Thereto
Section Den 207.04 Suspension Pending Completion of Disciplinary
Proceedings
Section Den 207.05 Voluntary Surrender by Licensees Under
Disciplinary Investigation
Section Den 207.06 Continuances
PART Den 208 ADJUDICATIVE PROCEEDINGS
Section Den 208.01 Applicability
Section Den 208.02 Commencement of Proceedings
Section Den 208.03 Docketing, Service of Notice, Public Notice
Section Den 208.04 Intervention
Section Den 208.05 Right to Counsel
Section Den 208.06 Prehearing and Other Informal Conferences
Section Den 208.07 Discovery and Disclosure
Section Den 208.08 Subpoenas
Section Den 208.09 Evidence
Section Den 208.10 Burden of Proof
Section Den 208.11 Methods of Proceeding
Section Den 208.12 Inquiry by Presiding Officer or Board Members
Section Den 208.13 Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of
Law
Section Den 208.14 Ex Parte Communications
Section Den 208.15 Adjudicatory Proceedings
Section Den 208.16 Reciprocal Discipline
PART Den 209 PRESIDING OFFICER
Section Den 209.01 Designation
Section Den 209.02 Authority of Presiding Officer
Section Den 209.03 Exceptions to Interlocutory Rulings by the
Presiding Officer
Section Den 209.04 Proposed Decisions by Presiding Officer
Section Den 209.05 Withdrawal of Presiding Officer
PART Den 210 RECONSIDERATION AND STAY
Section Den 210.01 Motion for Reconsideration or Rehearing
Section Den 210.02 Reconsideration on the Board's Own Motion
Section Den 210.03 Stay of Board Orders
Section Den 210.04 Retention of Adjudicatory Decisions
PART Den 211 CONSOLIDATION AND SEVERANCE
Section Den 211.01 Consolidation
Section Den 211.02 Severance
PART
Den 212 NONADJUDICATIVE INVESTIGATIONS
AND HEARINGS
Section Den 212.01 Informal Investigations
Section Den 212.02 Formal Investigations
Section Den 212.03 Investigators
Section Den 212.04 Investigations
Section Den 212.05 Informational Hearings
PART Den 213 RULEMAKING
Section Den 213.01 How Adopted
Section Den 213.02 Petition for Rulemaking
Section Den 213.03 Disposition of Petition for Rulemaking
Section Den 213.04 Deficiencies in Petitions
PART Den 214 DECLARATORY RULINGS
Section Den 214.01 Petitions for Declaratory Rulings
Section Den 214.02 Action on Petitions for Declaratory Rulings
PART Den 215 WAIVER OF SUBSTANTIVE RULES
Section Den 215.01 Petitions for Waiver
PART Den 216 EXPLANATION OF ADOPTED RULES
Section Den 216.01 Requests for Explanation of Adopted Rules
Section Den 216.02 Contents of Explanation
CHAPTER Den 300
LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
PART Den 301 APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Section Den 301.01 Application for Dental Hygienist Licensure
Section Den 301.02 Application for Dental Licensure
Section Den 301.03 Application for Dental Hygienist License
Registration and Renewal
Section Den 301.04 Application for Dentist License Registration
and Renewal
Section Den 301.05 Application for Temporary Licensure
Section Den 301.06 License Activation
Section Den 301.07 Application for Temporary Licensure to
Provide Voluntary Services
Section Den 301.08 Board Fees
Section Den 301.09 Change in Name or Address
Section Den 301.10 Military Service Active License
Section Den 301.11 Use of Social Security Number
Section Den 301.12 Reinstatement of Lapsed Licenses
Section Den 301.13 Restricted License
PART Den 302 QUALIFICATIONS AND SUPERVISION
Section Den 302.01 Purpose
Section Den 302.02 Supervision
Section Den 302.03 Dental Hygienist Qualifications
Section Den 302.04 Dentist Qualifications
Section Den 302.05 Dental Hygienist Qualification in Specific
Area
Section Den 302.06 Dental Assistant Qualification in Specific
Area
Section Den 302.07 Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary (EFDA)
Section Den 302.08 Certified Public Health Dental Hygienist
(CPHDH)
PART Den 303 EXAMINATION
Section Den 303.01 Dental Examination
Section Den 303.02 Dental Hygienist Examination
Section Den 303.03 Jurisprudence Exam
PART
Den 304 USE OF GENERAL ANESTHESIA AND
SEDATION BY DENTISTS
Section Den 304.01 Definitions
Section
Den 304.02 Administration of General
Anesthesia or Sedation Exclusively by a New Hampshire Licensed Anesthesiologist
or Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Section
Den 304.03 Permits for Use of General
Anesthesia, Deep Sedation and Moderate Sedation
Section
Den 304.04 Permits for Moderate Sedation
Only
Section
Den 304.05 General Anesthesia, Deep
Sedation and Moderate Sedation, and Moderate Sedation Only Permit Application
Procedures and Evaluations
Section
Den 304.06 Minimal Sedation
Section
Den 304.07 Mortality Reports
CHAPTER Den 400
DENTAL ASSISTANTS AND HYGIENISTS DUTIES
PART Den 401 ASSISTANTS
Section Den 401.01 Assistants' Duties
Section Den 401.02 Certified Dental Assistants' and Graduate
Dental Assistants' Duties
Section Den 401.03 Qualified Dental Assistants' Duties
PART Den 402 HYGIENISTS
Section Den 402.01 Hygienists' Duties
Section Den 402.02 Public Health Supervision Status
Section Den 402.03 Program Application for Public Health
Supervision
PART Den 403 CONTINUING EDUCATION
Section Den 403.01 Purpose
Section Den 403.02 Definitions of Terms
Section Den 403.03 Continuing Education Requirement
Section Den 403.04 Renewal and Monitoring
Section Den 403.05 Waivers
Section Den 403.06 Criteria of Acceptance
Section Den 403.07 Categories of Credit
CHAPTER Den 500
ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL DUTIES
PART Den 501 ETHICAL DUTIES
Section Den 501.01 Ethical Duties
PART Den 502 PROFESSIONAL DUTIES
Section Den 502.01 Professional Misconduct
PART Den 503 OPIOID PRESCRIBING
Section Den 503.01 Applicability
Section
Den 503.02 Obligation to Obey
Section Den 503.03 Definitions
Section Den 503.04 Acute Pain
Section Den 503.05 Chronic Pain
Section Den 503.06 Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Section Den 503.07 Medication Assisted Treatment