KRS 321.255: Scope of practice -- Allied animal health professional equine dental

provider.

(1) The services provided by allied animal health professional licensees are considered

the practice of veterinary medicine that an AAHP licensee may provide to th e

public through authorization by the General Assembly and within strict limitations

on the scope of practice for each allowable license type as established in KRS

321.251(2).

(2) For a licensed AAHP -equine dental provider, the scope of practice is limited to the

following:

(a) A licensed AAHP -equine dental provider may not perform equine dentistry

unless the provider holds an AAHP license as an equine dental provider from

the board;

(b) A licensed AAHP -equine dental provider shall work under the indirect

supervision of a veterinarian;

(c) A licensed AAHP -equine dental provider may perform only the following

equine dental procedures in equine species:

1. Removing sharp enamel dental points;

2. Removing small dental overgrowths;

3. Rostral profiling of the first cheek teeth;

4. Reducing incisors;

5. Extracting loose, deciduous teeth;

6. Removing supragingival calculus;

7. Extracting loose, mobile, or diseased teeth or dental fragments with

minimal periodontal attachments by hand and without the use of an

elevator; and

8. Removing erupted, nondisplaced wolf teeth;

(d) Paragraph (b) of this subsection shall not be construed to prohibit a licensed

veterinary technician employed by a veter inarian who is not a licensed

AAHP-equine dental provider from performing the equine dental procedures

described in paragraph (c) of this subsection if the licensed veterinary

technician is under the direct supervision of a veterinarian;

(e) A copy of the dental chart of an equine animal shall be left with the person

who authorizes an equine dental procedure and be made available to the

veterinarian holding the VCPR with the client within an appropriate

timeframe according to the condition, but no more than three (3) business

days after services are provided; and

(f) Dispensing or prescribing any medication or drug associated with any equine

dental procedure remains solely the domain of the veterinarian holding a valid

VCPR with the client.