38-1140 Permit to administer parenteral sedation; issuance; conditions. - Nebraska Statutes

38-1140. Permit to administer parenteral sedation; issuance; conditions.The department, with the recommendation of the board, shall issue a permit to a Nebraska-licensed dentist to administer parenteral sedation on an outpatient basis to dental patients if the dentist:(1) Maintains a properly equipped facility for the administration of parenteral sedation as determined by the board;(2) Is currently certified in basic life-support skills or the equivalent thereof;(3) Has successfully completed an onsite evaluation covering the areas of physical evaluation, monitoring, sedation, and emergency medicine; and(4) Is certified as competent in the administration of parenteral sedation and in handling all related emergencies by a university, teaching hospital, or other facility approved by the board or by completing the curriculum of an accredited school or college of dentistry. Such certification shall specify the type, the number of hours, and the length of formal training completed at such school or college of dentistry. The formal training shall include, but not be limited to, forty didactic hours and twenty patient contact hours, including documentation of a minimum of fifteen supervised parenteral sedation cases. A dentist who has been issued a permit pursuant to this section may administer inhalation analgesia. SourceLaws 1986, LB 438, § 7; R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-193.27; Laws 2007, LB463, § 473.