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Stay at Home 2.0 - Dental/Healthcare - COVID-19 Reopening Guidance

Dental Reopening Guidance

Governor's Economic Re-Opening Task Force (Stay at Home 2.0 Dental/Healthcare) · New Hampshire (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
New Hampshire
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Emergency Order #40 para. 3 and 5
Issued
2020-05-04 May 4, 2020
Effective
2020-05-04
End
Mandatory to May 7, 2021 (read as 2021-05-07)
In force
May 4, 2020 to May 7, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • dental practices
Functions reached
  • PR elective and aerosol-generating procedures
  • CH chairside
  • ST sterilization and fallow time
  • FD scheduling (no walk-ins)
  • SC PPE
Collection
New Hampshire NH

Operative words

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

Notes

Recites 'the prevalence [of financial] burden while practices have been closed'. EO #29 Exhibit Z (Apr. 14, 2021) modified dental licensing examinations.

Retrieval note

Issue date inferred from the May 4, 2020 health-care reopening step of Stay at Home 2.0; the document carries no printed date.