Mich. Admin. Code R. 338.11218 - Dental therapy clinical practice in board approved program; requirements

Rule 1218.

(1) The dental therapy clinical practice required for licensure must comply with all of the following:

(a) The clinical practice must be included in a dental therapy education program that meets the standards in R 338.11302.

(b) A dental therapy student shall complete not less than 500 clinical practice hours within the educational program, including practice hours in extractions and restorations as determined by the educational program.

(c) A dental therapy student shall be under the direct supervision of a dentist.

(2) A dentist under disciplinary action or who has been under disciplinary action in the past 5 years shall not provide direct supervision of a dental therapy student in a clinical practice. If a dentist is notified by the department that the dentist is under disciplinary review or action by any state, within 7 days after notification, the dentist shall notify the dental therapist program and discontinue directly supervising the dental therapy student in the student's clinical practice.

(3) As used in this rule:

(a) "Dentist" means a dentist licensed in this state or an individual authorized under the laws of another state to engage in the practice of dentistry.

(b) "Direct supervision" means that the supervising dentist complies with all of the following:

(i) Designates a patient of record upon whom the procedures are to be performed by the dental therapy student.

(ii) Describes the procedures to be performed to the dental therapy student.

(iii) Examines the patient before prescribing the procedures to be performed by the dental therapy student.

(iv) Examines the patient upon completion of the procedures that were performed by the dental therapy student.

(v) Is physically present in the office when the procedures are being performed by the dental therapy student.

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Mich. Admin. Code R. 338.11218

2021 AACS; 2023 MR 19, Eff. 10/2/2023