Exemption from requirement to designate actively licensed dentist as dental director of dental office or clinic.

NRS 631.3453 Exemption from requirement to designate actively licensed dentist as dental director of dental office or clinic. The provisions of NRS 631.3452 requiring the designation of an actively licensed dentist as a dental director do not apply to a program for the provision of public health dental hygiene or dental therapy if: 1. The program is owned or operated by a dental hygienist who holds a special endorsement of his or her license to practice public health dental hygiene pursuant to NRS 631.287 or a dental therapist licensed pursuant to this chapter; and 2. Each person employed to provide public health dental hygiene pursuant to the program is either a dental hygienist who holds a special endorsement of his or her license to practice public health dental hygiene pursuant to NRS 631.287 or a dental therapist licensed pursuant to this chapter. (Added to NRS by 2013, 478; A 2019, 3217)