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Commission advised to back legislation letting certified dental assistants take X‑rays under remote dentist direction
Summary
Department of Public Health staff told the Connecticut State Dental Commission a legislative change could allow certified dental assistants to take X‑rays when a dentist gives remote, verbal authorization; the department offered a template and asked the commission to submit details for consideration.
Miriam Miller of the Department of Public Health told the Connecticut State Dental Commission the department can include a proposal allowing certified dental assistants to take X‑rays when a dentist authorizes the imaging remotely as part of its next legislative package. "If the assistant can take the X‑ray and then just, email it or or text it to the doctor, then he can... make a decision," Miller said, describing cases where a patient presents with an emergency and no dentist is physically onsite.
Miller said assistants already must hold a radiation/radiology certificate in…
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