ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                            S.B. 361

(B) THE BOARD MAY NOT ISSUE A PERMIT TO A FACILITY NOT OTHERWISE
REGULATED WHERE REQUIRE A FACILITY OR A DENTIST TO OBTAIN A PERMIT IF A
DENTIST:

(1)     ADMINISTERS NITROUS OXIDE THAT IS NOT ADMINISTERED IN
CONJUNCTION WITH:

(I)      ANOTHER METHOD OF DIMINISHING OR ELIMINATING PAIN; OR

(II)     MEDICATION USED FOR THE DIMINUTION OR ELIMINATION OF
DIMINISHING OR ELIMINATING ANXIETY; OR

(2)      PRESCRIBES OR ADMINISTERS ORAL MEDICATION TO A PATIENT
WITHIN THE MAXIMUM RECOMMENDED DOSAGE FOR THAT PATIENT FOR THE SOLE
PURPOSE OF DIMINISHING OR ELIMINATING ANXIETY THAT IS NOT PRESCRIBED IN
CONJUNCTION WITH:

(I)      ANOTHER METHOD OF DIMINISHING OR ELIMINATING PAIN; OR

(II)     THE ADMINISTRATION OF NITROUS OXIDE.

(C) THE BOARD MAY NOT ISSUE A PERMIT TO A DENTIST WHO;

(1) ADMINISTERS NITROUS OXIDE THAT IS NOT ADMINISTERED IN
CONJUNCTION WITH:

(I) ANOTHER METHOD OF DIMINISHING OR ELIMINATING PAIN; OR

(II) MEDICATION USED FOR THE DIMINUTION OR ELIMINATION OF
ANXIETY; OR

(2) PRESCRIBES MEDICATION TO A PATIENT WITHIN THE MAXIMUM
RECOMMENDED DOSAGE FOR THAT PATIENT FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF
DIMINISHING OR ELIMINATING ANXIETY THAT IS NOT PRESCRIBED IN
CONJUNCTION WITH:

(I) ANOTHER METHOD OF DIMINISHING OR ELIMINATING PAIN; OR

(II) THE ADMINISTRATION OF NITROUS OXIDE.

[(b)] (D) (C) In addition to the duties set forth elsewhere in this title, the
Board shall:

(1)     Keep a record of each license and each action taken under § 4-315 of
this title;

(2)     Have an official seal; and

(3)     Adopt rules, regulations, and bylaws as may be necessary to carry out
the provisions of this title.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the State Board of
Dental Examiners shall develop and draft regulations concerning the administration

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