{"id":"AL-083","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Alabama","state":"AL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama","authority":"Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-2-.15; State Health Officer\u0027s order of April 28, 2020 ¶ 12","instrument":"Dental Protocol for Return to Practice in Response to COVID-19 Mandates (Board opinion issued April 29, 2020; revised May 7, May 30 and June 11, 2020, February 11, 2021 and April 9, 2021)","title":"Return-to-practice protocol: teledentistry and pre-visit screening, temperature checks, masked escort, PPE and operatory rules, made a recommendation on April 9, 2021 with the Board\u0027s CDC-compliance rule continuing","dateIssued":"2021-04-09","effective":"2020-04-30 (original protocol); 2021-04-09 (amended opinion as recommendation)","end":"recommendation from April 9, 2021; Board Rule 270-X-2-.15 continued","startDate":"2020-04-30","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","EMP"],"addressees":["all licensed dentists in Alabama"],"clause":"Effective April 30, 2020, at 5:00 P.M., dental, medical or surgical procedures may proceed unless the State Health Officer or his designee later determines that performing such procedures... would unacceptably reduce access to PPE... Providers performing these procedures shall follow all applicable COVID-19 related rules adopted by the Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama or by the Alabama Department of Public Health.... Update April 9, 2021: The amended Opinion is now the Board\u0027s recommendation, in light of the changing circumstances and statewide orders;... and in light of the fact that it remains the Board\u0027s requirement under Board Rule, Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-2-.15, that dentists follow current CDC guidelines. Dentists must also be aware of local requirements. Issued April 29, 2020. Revised May 7, 2020; May 30, 2020; June 11, 2020; February 11, 2021; April 9, 2021.","enforcement":"Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-2-.15 (Board rule requiring compliance with current CDC guidelines), enforced through licensure","functions":["CH","PR","ST fallow time and PPE","FD scheduling (pre-visit screening; teledentistry)","HR"],"notes":"Dental: from April 30, 2020 to April 9, 2021 the Board\u0027s protocol operated as a rule the State Health Officer\u0027s order (¶ 12/17/18) required providers to follow; after April 9, 2021 the CDC-compliance rule still bound every dentist through the 2021 CDC dental infection-control recommendations.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dentalboard.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Return-to-Practice-Recommendations-Updated-2021.04.09.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":171289,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AL","url":"/library/AL-083","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AL-083","citation":"Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama, Dental Protocol for Return to Practice in Response to COVID-19 Mandates (Board opinion issued April 29, 2020; revised May 7, May 30 and June 11, 2020, February 11, 2021 and April 9, 2021) (Apr. 9, 2021) (Ex. AL-083)","stateName":"Alabama","related":["AL-082"]}