Section 317-A:23 Non-practice. - New Hampshire Statutes

None of the following procedures may be assigned to a dental hygienist or assistant or to any other person not licensed to practice dentistry:
   I. Diagnosis, treatment planning and prescriptions (including prescriptions for drugs and medicaments or authorization for restorative, prosthodontic, or orthodontic appliances).
   II. Surgical procedures on hard or soft tissues within the oral cavity; or any other inter-oral procedure that contributes to, or results in, an irremediable alteration of the oral anatomy.

Source. 1971, 364:1, eff. July 1, 1971.