{"data":{"id":"us-nm/61-5a-13.2","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"61-5A-13.2","heading":"Dental therapy; scope of practice; supervision.","body":"A. A dental therapist shall provide care in accordance with a dental therapy practice agreement; provided that the dental therapy practice agreement is limited to:\n(1) the following activities performed under general supervision:\n(a) oral evaluation and assessment of dental disease;\n(b) formulation of an individualized treatment plan as authorized by a supervising dentist;\n(c) place and shape direct restorations without mechanical preparation;\n(d) impressions for single-tooth removable prosthesis;\n(e) temporary cementation;\n(f) atraumatic restorative therapy;\n(g) temporary and sedative restorations;\n(h) extraction of primary teeth without radiological evidence of roots;\n(i) palliative treatments;\n(j) fabrication and placement of temporary crowns;\n(k) recementation of permanent crowns;\n(l) removal and nonsurgical placement of space maintainers;\n(m) repairs and adjustments to prostheses;\n(n) tissue conditioning;\n(o) administration of analgesics, anti-inflammatory substances and antibiotics that a supervising dentist orders; and\n(p) other closely related procedures that the board authorizes through rules it has adopted and promulgated; and\n(2) the following activities that a dental therapist performs under indirect supervision or, if the dental therapist has completed a dental therapy post-graduate clinical experience, under general supervision:\n(a) preparation and direct restoration of cavities in primary and permanent teeth; and\n(b) fitting, shaping and cementing of stainless steel crowns on teeth prepared by a dentist.\nB. A dental therapist may treat a patient prior to a dentist's examination or diagnosis, subject to a dental therapy practice agreement.","path":["Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses","ARTICLE 5A Dental Health Care"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18564/index.do","current_through":"2026-05-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:20Z","sha256":"24ebc62e64646c5086c386d6a21da3d0b751bc4c307290014bcc877e4d653e47","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/61-5a-13.1","next":"us-nm/61-5a-13.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}