Dental therapists: Authorized services in accordance with written practice agreement.

1. In accordance with a written practice agreement required pursuant to NRS 631.3122 , a dental therapist may: (a) Provide the following services to a patient who has first been examined by the authorizing dentist: (1) Making and exposing cone-beam radiographs; (2) Application of topical preventive or prophylactic agents, including, without limitation, fluoride varnishes and pit and fissure sealants; (3) Removal of excess cement from cemented restorations or orthodontic appliances without rotary; (4) Re-cementing permanent crowns and bridges with nonpermanent material as a palliative treatment; (5) Administering local intraoral chemotherapeutic agents in any form except aerosol, including, without limitation, antimicrobial agents, fluoride preparations, topical anesthetics and topical desensitizing agents; (6) Minor adjustments and repairs of removable partial dentures; (7) Placement and removal of space maintainers; (8) Cavity preparation; (9) Restoration of primary and permanent teeth; (10) Extractions of primary teeth and permanent teeth with grade three plus mobility with recorded periodontal charting; (11) Preparation and placement of preformed crowns on primary teeth; (12) Indirect and direct pulp capping of permanent teeth; (13) Administration of local anesthetic; (14) Sub-gingival curettage; (15) Fabricating mouth guards for temporomandibular joint dysfunction or sleep disorders; and (16) Definitive charting of the oral cavity. (b) Provide the following services to a patient who has not first been examined by the authorizing dentist: (1) Making a radiograph through periapical, bitewing or panorex; (2) Mechanical polishing; (3) Application of desensitizing medication or resin; (4) Preliminary charting of an oral cavity; (5) Removal of sutures; (6) Instruction and education on oral health and disease prevention, including, without limitation, nutritional counseling and dietary analysis; and (7) Fabricating mouth guards for use in sports protection. 2. In addition to performing the examination required by paragraph (a) of subsection 1, the authorizing dentist of a dental therapist who provides a service listed in that paragraph shall: (a) Document in the record of the patient the name of the dental therapist; and (b) Provide instructions for treating the patient before the dental therapist begins treating the patient.