{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-225.2","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-225.2","heading":"Current hygiene students in CODA-approved curriculum programs.","body":"Programs required for dental hygienists licensed in this State to qualify to administer local anesthetics pursuant to G.S. 90-221(a) shall be taught using lecture and laboratory or clinical formats at the University of North Carolina Adams School of Dentistry, the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine, or a dental hygiene program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA), or a similar organization approved by the United States Department of Education. The training program will include, at a minimum, a 30-hour session composed of 16 didactic hours and 14 clinical hours. Clinical instruction shall be provided by a dentist holding a DDS or DMD degree, and the faculty-to-student ratio shall be no greater than 1:5 for the laboratory and clinical instruction. Courses must be taught to a minimum score of eighty percent (80%) in the parenteral administration of local anesthesia, and successful students shall be awarded a certificate of completion. (2021-95, s. 2(c).)","path":["Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations.","Article 16. Dental Hygiene Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90/GS_90-225.2.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:12:48Z","sha256":"e1545bee8396f8d89e9c3c3c8f5ff741ad327494b06b9c65501ce3f4078c4000","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-225.1","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-225.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}