153.15 - DENTAL HYGIENISTS -- SCOPE OF TERM.
153.15 DENTAL HYGIENISTS -- SCOPE OF TERM.
A licensed dental hygienist may perform those services which are
educational, therapeutic, and preventive in nature which attain or
maintain optimal oral health as determined by the board and may
include but are not necessarily limited to complete oral prophylaxis,
application of preventive agents to oral structures, exposure and
processing of radiographs, administration of medicaments prescribed
by a licensed dentist, obtaining and preparing nonsurgical, clinical
and oral diagnostic tests for interpretation by the dentist, and
preparation of preliminary written records of oral conditions for
interpretation by the dentist. Such services shall be performed
under supervision of a licensed dentist and in a dental office, a
public or private school, public health agencies, hospitals, and the
armed forces, but nothing herein shall be construed to authorize a
dental hygienist to practice dentistry. Section History: Early Form
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2571; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §
153.7; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 153.15] Section History: Recent Form
2007 Acts, ch 10, §134