OAR 818-035-0065: Expanded Practice Dental Hygiene Permit

The Board shall issue an Expanded Practice Permit to a Dental Hygienist who holds an unrestricted Oregon license, and completes an application approved by the Board, pays the permit fee, and (1) Certifies on the application that the dental hygienist has completed at least 2,500 hours of supervised dental hygiene clinical practice, or clinical teaching hours, and also completes 40 hours of courses chosen by the applicant in clinical dental hygiene or public health sponsored by continuing education providers approved by the Board; or (2) Certifies on the application that the dental hygienist has completed a course of study, before or after graduation from a dental hygiene program, that includes at least 500 hours of dental hygiene practice on patients described in ORS 680.205; and (3) Provides the Board with a copy of the applicant's current professional liability policy or declaration page which will include, the policy number and expiration date of the policy. (4) Notwithstanding OAR 818-035-0025(1), prior to performing any dental hygiene services an Expanded Practice Dental Hygienist shall examine the patient, gather data, interpret the data to determine the patient's dental hygiene treatment needs and formulate a patient care plan. (5) An Expanded Practice Dental Hygienist may render the services described in paragraphs (6), (7)(a) to (e) of this rule to the patients described in ORS 680.205(1) if the Expanded Practice Dental Hygienist has entered into a written collaborative agreement in a format approved by the Board with a dentist licensed under ORS Chapter 679. (6) Upon completion of a Board-approved curriculum, an Expanded Practice Permit Dental Hygienist may perform interim therapeutic restorations as allowed by ORS 680.205. (7) The collaborative agreement must set forth the agreed upon scope of the dental hygienist’s practice with regard to: (a) Administering local anesthesia; (b) Administering temporary restorations with or without excavation; (c) Prescribing prophylactic antibiotics and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; and (d) Performing interim therapeutic restorations after diagnosis by a dentist; and (e) Referral parameters. (8) The collaborative agreement must comply with ORS 679.010 to 680.990