NRS 631.3453: Exemption from requirement to designate actively licensed dentist as dental director of dental office or clinic.

The provisions of NRS 631.3452 requiring the designation of an actively licensed dentist as a dental director do not apply to a program for the provision of public health dental hygiene or dental therapy if:

1. The program is owned or operated by a dental hygienist who holds a special endorsement of his or her license to practice public health dental hygiene pursuant to NRS 631.287 or a dental therapist licensed pursuant to this chapter; and

2. Each person employed to provide public health dental hygiene pursuant to the program is either a dental hygienist who holds a special endorsement of his or her license to practice public health dental hygiene pursuant to NRS 631.287 or a dental therapist licensed pursuant to this chapter.