Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 11. DENTISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS, AND DENTAL ASSISTANTS · Article 4. DENTAL ASSISTANTS

43-11-81. Direct supervision required.

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Dental assistants shall perform their duties only under the direct, personal supervision of a licensed dentist. No dental assistant shall practice dentistry, dental hygiene, or do any kind of dental work other than those acts, services, procedures, and practices prescribed by rule or regulation of the board.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Code 1981, § 43-11-81, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 932, § 9.

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1987, “board” was substituted for “Georgia Board of Dentistry” at the end of the second sentence.

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