Section 6605-B. Dental hygiene restricted local infiltration anesthesia/nitrous oxide analgesia certificate

1.  A  dental  hygienist  shall  not  administer  or  monitor  nitrous  oxide  analgesia  or local
  infiltration anesthesia in the practice  of  dental  hygiene  without  a
  dental  hygiene  restricted  local infiltration anesthesia/nitrous oxide
  analgesia certificate and except under the  personal  supervision  of  a
  dentist  and  in  conjunction  with  the  performance  of dental hygiene
  procedures  authorized  by  law  and  in  accordance  with   regulations
  promulgated  by  the commissioner. Personal supervision, for purposes of
  this section, means that the supervising dentist remains in  the  dental
  office   where  the  local  infiltration  anesthesia  or  nitrous  oxide
  analgesia  services  are  being  performed,  personally  authorizes  and
  prescribes  the  use  of  local infiltration anesthesia or nitrous oxide
  analgesia  for  the  patient  and,  before  dismissal  of  the  patient,
  personally  examines the condition of the patient after the use of local
  infiltration anesthesia or nitrous oxide analgesia is completed.  It  is
  professional misconduct for a dentist to fail to provide the supervision
  required  by  this  section,  and  any  dentist  found  guilty  of  such
  misconduct under the procedures prescribed in section sixty-five hundred
  ten of this title shall  be  subject  to  the  penalties  prescribed  in
  section sixty-five hundred eleven of this title.
    2.   The   commissioner   shall  promulgate  regulations  establishing
  standards and procedures for the  issuance  of  such  certificate.  Such
  standards  shall  require  completion  of  an educational program and/or
  course of training or experience sufficient  to  ensure  that  a  dental
  hygienist  is  specifically trained in the administration and monitoring
  of nitrous  oxide  analgesia  and  local  infiltration  anesthesia,  the
  possible  effects of such use, and in the recognition of and response to
  possible emergency situations.
    3.  The  fee  for  a  dental  hygiene  restricted  local  infiltration
  anesthesia/nitrous  oxide  analgesia  certificate  shall  be twenty-five
  dollars and shall be paid on a triennial  basis  upon  renewal  of  such
  certificate.  A  certificate  may  be  suspended  or revoked in the same
  manner as a license to practice dental hygiene.