# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 44 — Board of Dental Examiners

### Chapter 04 — Practice of Dental Hygiene

#### Regulation .04 Exceptions.

*COMAR 10.44.04.04*

The following intraoral functions may not be performed in the practice of dental hygiene:

A. Diagnosis;

B. Extraction;

C. Cavity repair;

D. Tooth placement correction;

E. Surgical procedures;

F. Anesthesia procedures other than:

  (1) Administering topical anesthesia; or

  (2) Administering local anesthesia by infiltration or local anesthesia by inferior alveolar nerve block in accordance with:

    (a) Health Occupations Article, §§4-206.1 and 4.206.3, Annotated Code of Maryland; and

    (b) The requirements of Regulation .06 of this chapter; and

  (3) Administering nitrous oxide in accordance with:

    (a) Health Occupations Article, §4-206.2, Annotated Code of Maryland; and

    (b) The requirements of Regulation .17 of this chapter;

G. Prescribing or administering medication other than:

  (1) Prescribing and administering medication in accordance with Health Occupations Article, §§4-205 and 4-206.4, Annotated Code of Maryland; and

  (2) The requirements of Regulation .27 of this chapter;

H. Condensing, carving, or finishing any restoration; and

I. Cementing permanent crowns or restorations.