Dental assistants shall perform their duties only under the direct, personal supervision of a licensed dentist. No dental assistant shall practice dentistry, dental hygiene, or do any kind of dental work other than those acts, services, procedures, and practices prescribed by rule or regulation of the board.
O.C.G.A. § 43-11-81
Direct supervision required
Known as the Georgia Volunteers in Dentistry and Dental Hygiene Act
The act spans §§ 43-11-1 to 43-11-9 (54 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Deen v. Egleston (2009)
Most recently applied in Deen v. Egleston (February 2009)
1987, “board” was substituted for “Geor- Code 1981, § 43-11-81, enacted by Ga. gia Board of Dentistry” at the end of the L. 1987, p. 932, § 9. second sentence.
Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.