TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

CHAPTER 4. DENTISTRY AND DENTAL HYGIENE

Part 5. Regulatory Provisions

Limitations Regarding Deep Sedation Or General Anesthesia

37-4-511. Limitations regarding deep sedation or general anesthesia. (1) A person engaged in the practice of dentistry or oral surgery may not conduct any dental or surgical procedure upon another person under deep sedation or general anesthesia unless the vital signs of the patient are continually monitored by another trained health care professional.

(2) The facility in which deep sedation or general anesthesia is to be administered as part of a dental or surgical procedure must be equipped with proper drugs and equipment to safely administer anesthetic agents, to monitor the well-being of the patient under deep sedation or general anesthesia, and to treat the complications that may arise from deep sedation or general anesthesia.

History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 518, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1365, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 100, L. 2011.