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... (A) The state dental board may define the duties that may be performed by dental assistants and other individuals designated by the board as qualified personnel. If defined, the duties shall be defined in rules adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The rules may include training and practice standards for dental assistants and other qualified personnel. The standards may include examination an...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the state dental board shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

...The state dental board shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.

... (A)(1) As used in this section: (a) "Free clinic" has the same meaning as in section 3701.071 of the Revised Code. (b) "Indigent and uninsured person" and "operation" have the same meanings as in section 2305.234 of the Revised Code. (2) For the purposes of this section, a person shall be considered retired from practice if the person's license has been surrendered or allowed to expire with the intention of ce...

... (A) As used in this section and in sections 4715.431 to 4715.437 of the Revised Code: (1) "Authorizing dentist" means the holder of a current, valid teledentistry permit issued under this section who authorizes a dental hygienist or expanded function dental auxiliary to perform services under section 4715.431 of the Revised Code. (2) "Dental hygiene services" means the prophylactic, preventive, and other proced...

... (A) If all of the conditions in division (B) of this section are met, an authorizing dentist may do either of the following under a teledentistry permit without examining a patient in person: (1) Authorize a dental hygienist or expanded function dental auxiliary to perform services as set forth in division (E) or (F) of this section, as applicable, at a location where no dentist is physically present; (2) Prescr...

... A teledentistry permit issued under section 4715.43 of the Revised Code expires on the thirty-first day of December of the first odd-numbered year occurring after the permit's issuance. A dentist who desires to renew a permit shall apply, under oath, to the state dental board on a form prescribed by the board and pay a renewal fee of twenty dollars. The board shall renew a teledentistry permit for a two- year per...

... The state dental board may, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, suspend or revoke a permit issued under section 4715.43 of the Revised Code if the permit holder fails to comply with sections 4715.431 to 4715.437 of the Revised Code, including any rules adopted by the board under section 4715.346 of the Revised Code.

... At the request of the state dental board, an authorizing dentist, or a dental hygienist or expanded function dental auxiliary who has been authorized to perform services in accordance with section 4715.431 of the Revised Code, shall make available to the board a list of all locations where the dental hygienist or expanded function dental auxiliary provided services, the locations where the hygienist or auxiliary is...

...(A) No person shall provide services under section 4715.431 of the Revised Code unless one of the following applies: (1) The person is a dentist who holds a current, valid teledentistry permit issued under section 4715.43 of the Revised Code. (2) The person is providing services in accordance with section 4715.431 of the Revised Code and is either a dental hygienist or an expanded function dental auxiliary. (B) No...

... The state dental board shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as it considers necessary to implement sections 4715.43 to 4715.435 of the Revised Code. The rules shall include all of the following: (A) Requirements that must be met for issuance of a teledentistry permit under section 4715.43 of the Revised Code; (B) Approval of courses on the proper placement of interim therapeuti...

... Nothing in sections 4715.43 to 4715.436 of the Revised Code authorizes any activity prohibited by division (F) of section 4715.22 of the Revised Code, prohibited or not authorized by section 4715.23 of the Revised Code, or prohibited by this chapter or a rule adopted by the state dental board under this chapter.

... Nothing in H.B. 122 of the 134th general assembly shall be interpreted as altering any law related to the practice of dentistry or rule adopted by the state dental board that is in effect on the effective date of this section.

...As used in sections 4715.52 to 4715.57 of the Revised Code, "dental x-ray machine operator" means an individual who, under the direct supervision of a dentist, performs standard, diagnostic, radiologic procedures for the purpose of contributing to the provision of dental care to a dental patient. As used in this section, "standard, diagnostic, radiologic procedures" means those procedures involved in using dental equ...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall practice or hold that person out as a dental x-ray machine operator without a valid certificate issued under section 4715.53 of the Revised Code. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any of the following: (1) Dentists or dental hygienists licensed under this chapter; (2) As specified in 42 C.F.R. 75, radiologic personnel emplo...

... (A) Each individual seeking a certificate to practice as a dental x-ray machine operator shall apply to the state dental board on a form the board shall prescribe and provide. Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the application shall be accompanied by an application fee of thirty-two dollars. (B) The board shall review all applications received and, except as provided in division (C) of this sectio...

... (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a dental x-ray machine operator may perform radiologic procedures only if a dentist is providing direct supervision. Direct supervision does not require the dentist to observe each radiologic procedure performed by the operator, but does require that the dentist be present at the location where the operator is performing radiologic procedures for purposes of co...

...(A) Each person seeking approval for an educational program in dental x-ray machine operation shall apply to the state dental board on a form the board shall prescribe and provide. The application shall be accompanied by the fee established in rules adopted under division (C) of this section. (B) The board shall approve educational programs that meet the standards established in rules adopted under division (C) of ...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall practice as an expanded function dental auxiliary without being registered under this chapter as an expanded function dental auxiliary. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any of the following: (1) A dentist licensed under this chapter; (2) A dental student who engages in any activities performed by expanded function dental auxi...

... (A) Each individual seeking to register with the state dental board as an expanded function dental auxiliary shall file with the secretary of the board a written application for registration, under oath, on a form the board shall prescribe and provide. Except as provided in division (C) of this section, an applicant shall include with the completed application all of the following: (1) An application fee of twenty...

...(A) Registration under section 4715.62 of the Revised Code expires on the thirty-first day of December of the year following the year in which the registration occurs. An individual may renew a registration for subsequent two-year periods by submitting both of the following to the secretary of the state dental board each time the individual seeks to renew a registration: (1) A completed application for renewal, unde...

...(A) Subject to divisions (B), (C), and (D) of this section and section 4715.431 of the Revised Code, the practice of an expanded function dental auxiliary shall consist of the following: (1) Procedures involved in the placement of restorative materials limited to amalgam restorative materials and nonmetallic restorative materials, including direct-bonded restorative materials; (2) Application of pit and fissure sea...

... The secretary of the state dental board shall keep a record of all persons registered under this chapter as expanded function dental auxiliaries. For each expanded function dental auxiliary, the record shall identify the location where the person primarily practices and the person's one or more supervising dentists.

... (A) The state dental board shall adopt rules as the board considers necessary to implement and administer sections 4715.61 to 4715.64 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (B) In adopting rules under this section, all of the following apply: (1) The board shall adopt rules specifying the education or training necessary for an individual to register a...

... As used in this section and sections 4715.71 to 4715.73 of the Revised Code: (A) "Dental hygiene services" means the prophylactic, preventive, and other procedures that dentists are authorized by this chapter and rules of the state dental board to assign to dental hygienists, except for procedures while a patient is anesthetized, definitive root planing, definitive subgingival curettage, the administration of loca...