Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 20, October 22, 2024
Section 16.5.65.9 - LIMITATIONS ON PRACTICE Dental therapists shall not perform, or attempt to perform, the following services or procedures:
B. Dental treatment planning that has not been authorized by a supervising dentist;C. the final fitting, adaptation, seating and cementation of any fixed or removable dental appliance or restoration except stainless steel crowns on teeth prepared by a dentist and the cementation of single tooth crowns previously cemented by a dentist;D. final impressions for restorations or prosthetic appliances except single tooth removable prostheses;E. administration of substances outside of a dental hygienist prescriptive authority as defined in 16.5.29.11 NMAC or under the orders of a prescribing dentist;F. other services defined as the practice of dentistry in Subsection A of Section 61-5A-4 NMSA 1978 of the act and not specifically listed in Subsection B and C of Section 61-5A-4 NMSA 1978, unless exempted by regulation.N.M. Admin. Code § 16.5.65.9
Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXII, Issue 10, May 25, 2021, eff. 5/30/2021