Ch. 1: Definitions

Summary: As used in the Board rules, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following words have the following meanings:

[NOTE: Additional definitions are found in Title 32, Chapter 143 “Dental Professions”]

I. DEFINITIONS

ACLS: “ACLS” means advanced cardiac life support.

ADA: “ADA” means the American Dental Association or its successor.

Advertising: “Advertising” means any verbal, written, or electronic medium designed to call public attention to or to attract patronage to an individual licensed under the Maine Dental Practice Act.

BLS: “BLS” means basic cardiac life support.

Certified Dental Assistant (CDA): “Certified Dental Assistant” means a dental assistant who has successfully passed a certification examination administered by the Dental Assisting National Board.

CDC: “CDC” means the Center for Disease Control and Prevention or its successor.

CODA: “CODA” means the ADA Commission on Dental Accreditation.

CPR: “CPR” means cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Deep Sedation: “Deep Sedation” means an induced state of depressed consciousness, accompanied by a partial loss of protective reflexes, including the inability to maintain independently and continuously an airway and/or to respond purposefully to physical stimulation or verbal command, produced by a pharmacologic or nonpharmacologic method or combination thereof.

FDA: “FDA” means the Food and Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

General Anesthesia: “General Anesthesia” means an induced state of unconsciousness, accompanied by a partial or complete loss of protective reflexes, including inability to maintain independently an airway and respond purposefully to physical stimulation or verbal command, produced by a pharmacologic or a nonpharmacologic method, or combination thereof.

Moderate Sedation: “Moderate Sedation” means a drug-induced depression of consciousness during which patients respond purposefully to verbal commands, either alone or accompanied by light tactile stimulation

bility to maintain independently an airway and respond purposefully to physical stimulation or verbal command, produced by a pharmacologic or a nonpharmacologic method, or combination thereof.

Moderate Sedation: “Moderate Sedation” means a drug-induced depression of consciousness during which patients respond purposefully to verbal commands, either alone or accompanied by light tactile stimulation.

OSHA: “OSHA” means the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor.

Patient: “Patient” means an individual who has established a professional relationship with a dental professional licensed under the Maine Dental Practice Act who is responsible for the delivery of the individual’s dental care.

PALS: “PALS” means pediatric advanced life support.

P. Jurisdiction. “Jurisdiction” means another state, a United States territory, a foreign nation or a foreign administrative division that issues licenses in the dental professions.