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title: O.C.G.A. § 43-11-81. Direct supervision required.
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# O.C.G.A. § 43-11-81. Direct supervision required.

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.

## History

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

## Code Commission Notes

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