37-4-511. Limitations regarding deep sedation or general anesthesia. (1) A person engaged in the practice of dentistry or oral surgery may not conduct any dental or surgical procedure upon another person under deep sedation or general anesthesia unless the vital signs of the patient are continually monitored by another trained health care professional.
     (2) The facility in which deep sedation or general anesthesia is to be administered as part of a dental or surgical procedure must be equipped with proper drugs and equipment to safely administer anesthetic agents, to monitor the well-being of the patient under deep sedation or general anesthesia, and to treat the complications that may arise from deep sedation or general anesthesia.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 518, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1365, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 100, L. 2011.