NRS631.3452. Designation and responsibilities of dental director of dental office or clinic; retention of records.

  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 631.3453, an entity that owns or operates a dental office or clinic as described in paragraph (f) of subsection 2 of NRS 631.215 must:

      1.  Designate an actively licensed dentist as the dental director of the dental office or clinic. The dental director shall have responsibility for the clinical practice of dentistry at the dental office or clinic, including, without limitation:

      (a) Diagnosing or treating any of the diseases or lesions of the oral cavity, teeth, gingiva or the supporting structures thereof.

      (b) Administering or prescribing such remedies, medicinal or otherwise, as are needed in the treatment of dental or oral diseases.

      (c) Determining:

             (1) Whether a particular treatment is necessary or advisable; or

             (2) Which particular treatment is necessary or advisable.

      (d) The overall quality of patient care that is rendered or performed in the clinical practice of dentistry.

      (e) Supervising dental hygienists, dental assistants and other personnel involved in direct patient care and authorizing procedures performed by the dental hygienists, dental assistants and other personnel in accordance with the standards of supervision established by law or regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

      (f) Providing any other specific services that are within the scope of clinical dental practice.

      (g) Retaining patient dental records as required by law and regulations adopted by the Board.

      (h) Ensuring that each patient receiving services from the dental office or clinic has a dentist of record.

      2.  Maintain current records of the names of licensed dentists who supervise the clinical activities of dental hygienists, dental assistants or other personnel involved in direct patient care. The records must be available to the Board upon written request.

      (Added to NRS by 2009, 1092; A 2013, 479)