{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-25-13-3-5","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 25-13-3-5","heading":"Requirements for dental hygiene services; subsequent therapeutic procedures","body":"Sec. 5. (a) A dental hygienist who meets the following requirements may provide preventive dental hygiene services directly to a patient without a prior examination, presence, or authorization of the access practice dentist:\n(1) The dental hygienist is licensed under IC 25-13-1.\n(2) The dental hygienist has at least two thousand (2,000) documented clinical hours of dental hygiene services during two (2) years of active practice under the direct supervision of a dentist.\n(3) The dental hygienist has entered into an access practice agreement that meets the requirements under section 6 of this chapter with a licensed dentist.\n(4) The dental hygienist maintains liability insurance that meets the requirements under section 10 of this chapter.\n(5) Before providing dental hygiene services to a patient under an access practice agreement, the dental hygienist has obtained a signed consent form that includes the information under section 11 of this chapter.\n(6) The dental hygienist has met any other requirements of this chapter.\n(b) A dental hygienist who meets the requirements under subsection (a) and has provided preventive dental hygiene services directly to a patient under an access practice agreement may not perform subsequent therapeutic procedures on the patient under an access practice agreement until after the access practice dentist has performed a clinical evaluation of the patient.","path":["TITLE 25. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","ARTICLE 13. DENTAL HYGIENISTS","Chapter 3. Access Practice Agreements"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_25.html#25-13-3-5","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-10-06T20:43:28Z","sha256":"1f878561e5ca8b32c4f30e081ee96562bbb38c18b91d227d1e32a4a185f46727","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-25-13-3-4","next":"us-in/ic-25-13-3-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}