{"id":"NH-050","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"New Hampshire","state":"NH","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor\u0027s Economic Re-Opening Task Force (Stay at Home 2.0 Dental/Healthcare)","authority":"Emergency Order #40 para. 3 and 5","instrument":"Stay at Home 2.0 - Dental/Healthcare - COVID-19 Reopening Guidance","title":"Dental Reopening Guidance","dateIssued":"2020-05-04","effective":"2020-05-04","end":"Mandatory to May 7, 2021","startDate":"2020-05-04","endDate":"2021-05-07","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","EMP"],"addressees":["dental practices"],"clause":"1. Dental providers shall continue to postpone elective treatment, surgeries and non-urgent dental visits until the practice is able to provide the recommended PPE to protect staff and safely treat patients. 2. Pre-scheduled appointments are required to ensure time for proper cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization between patients. Phases of care shall be as follows: a. Dentists may currently perform emergency/urgent care procedures according to ADA guidelines. b. Dentists may add elective/non-emergent and orthodontic procedures for patients when practices are able to fully comply with ADA interim guidance... c. At this time, the State of New Hampshire does not recommend the resumption of elective cosmetic procedures or the use of ultrasonic scaling.","enforcement":"EO #40 para. 13; EO #52 para. 10; Board of Dental Examiners","functions":["PR elective and aerosol-generating procedures","CH chairside","ST sterilization and fallow time","FD scheduling (no walk-ins)","SC PPE"],"notes":"Recites \u0027the prevalence [of financial] burden while practices have been closed\u0027. EO #29 Exhibit Z (Apr. 14, 2021) modified dental licensing examinations.","sourceUrl":"https://www.covidguidance.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt381/files/files/inline-documents/guidance-dental.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200608130120/https://www.covidguidance.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt381/files/files/inline-documents/guidance-dental.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1587431,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NH","url":"/library/NH-050","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NH-050","citation":"Governor\u0027s Economic Re-Opening Task Force (Stay at Home 2.0 Dental/Healthcare), Stay at Home 2.0 - Dental/Healthcare - COVID-19 Reopening Guidance (May 4, 2020) (Ex. NH-050)","stateName":"New Hampshire","related":[]}