{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-317-a-23","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 317-A:23","heading":"Non-Practice.","body":"I. None of the following procedures may be assigned to a dental hygienist or assistant or to any other person not licensed to practice dentistry:\n(a) Diagnosis, treatment planning and prescriptions (including prescriptions for drugs and medicaments or authorization for restorative, prosthodontic, or orthodontic appliances).\n(b) Surgical procedures on hard or soft tissues within the oral cavity; or any other inter-oral procedure that contributes to, or results in, an irremediable alteration of the oral anatomy.\nII. Under the public health supervision of an actively licensed dentist and in accordance with a written practice agreement, a certified public health dental hygienist may provide services pursuant to RSA 317-A:21-e, I for which certified public health dental hygienists have been trained and which have been authorized by a supervising dentist in writing. Services may be provided to an individual patient without the patient first seeing a dentist for an examination, diagnosis, and treatment planning if the supervising dentist has provided written general authorization and standing protocols for the certified public health dental hygienist.","path":["Title XXX: OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS","Chapter 317-A: DENTISTS AND DENTISTRY","Dental Hygienist"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXX/317-A/317-A-23.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:59:59Z","sha256":"219f3dcbef49d4c95223ec03b8271effc19d9ed1a5c61901927b9794e825b128","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-317-a-22","next":"us-nh/rsa-317-a-24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}