P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 94j
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Dental assistants are hereby authorized to practice in Puerto Rico, subject to the provisions of §§ 81—94u of this title.
[It] is hereby understood [that] “dental assistant” [is] the auxiliary dental personnel who works directly with the dentist while the latter is rendering his services to patients in his office. His function and work are aimed at attaining a greater efficiency in the rendering of dental services [by] relieving the dentist from those tasks which do not require a higher degree of academic preparation characteristic of the dentist.
History —Aug. 8, 1925, No. 75, p. 550, added as § 14I on June 23, 1971, No. 74, p. 216, § 5, eff. 60 days after June 23, 1971.