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exemption. An individual who does not hold a registration to practice as a registered dental assistant may perform dental assisting duties or procedures and expanded functions, if the following requirements are met: (1) The individual is enrolled in an American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation accredited dental assisting program or board approved dental assisting educational program, and is performing the dental assisting duty, procedure, or expanded function under the auspices of that program; (2) The duty, procedure, or expanded function is performed under the supervision of a faculty member of that program who is appropriately registered or licensed in the state where the program is located; and (3) The faculty member authorizes the dental assisting duty, procedure, or expanded function to be performed, remains in the dental clinic while it is performed, and before dismissal of a patient, the faculty member approves the work that was performed.

Source: 19 SDR 32, effective September 6, 1992; repealed, 26 SDR 37, effective September 20, 1999; 46 SDR 75, effective December 4, 2019.