153.15 - DENTAL HYGIENISTS -- SCOPE OF TERM. - Iowa Statutes

153.15 DENTAL HYGIENISTS -- SCOPE OF TERM. A licensed dental hygienist may perform those services which are educational, therapeutic, and preventive in nature which attain or maintain optimal oral health as determined by the board and may include but are not necessarily limited to complete oral prophylaxis, application of preventive agents to oral structures, exposure and processing of radiographs, administration of medicaments prescribed by a licensed dentist, obtaining and preparing nonsurgical, clinical and oral diagnostic tests for interpretation by the dentist, and preparation of preliminary written records of oral conditions for interpretation by the dentist. Such services shall be performed under supervision of a licensed dentist and in a dental office, a public or private school, public health agencies, hospitals, and the armed forces, but nothing herein shall be construed to authorize a dental hygienist to practice dentistry.          Section History: Early Form [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2571; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, § 153.7; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 153.15]          Section History: Recent Form 2007 Acts, ch 10, §134