{"id":"AR-058","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Arkansas","state":"AR","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health","authority":"Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-109 to -110; Board of Health Rules Pertaining to Reportable Disease (2019)","instrument":"ADH Directive on Resuming Elective Dental Services (revised June 22, 2020)","title":"Dental resumption conditioned on screening, masking, aerosol controls, modified waiting rooms and longer appointments","dateIssued":"2020-05-15","effective":"2020-05-18 (resumption); revised June 15 and June 22, 2020","end":"2021-02-26 (guidance)","startDate":"2020-05-18","endDate":"2021-02-26","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["HC","EMP","MASK"],"addressees":["dental health care professionals and practices"],"clause":"Dental procedures can resume if dental health care professionals (DHCP) fully adhere to the revised ADH Guidelines effective June 15, 2020. a. Follow the screening guidelines for patients and dental team... c. All patients and dental team members should wear appropriate face mask coverings while within the facility; d. All providers must modify traditional reception/common room seating areas and implement non-traditional alternatives (call ahead registration, wait in car until called, etc.)... h. In high aerosol risk treatment areas, all providers must wear appropriate PPE and strictly adhere to aerosol mitigation and controls... j. Allot longer appointment times for proper disinfecting protocols","enforcement":"Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-101 misdemeanor; EO 20-37 par. 3 (\u0027medical and dental providers\u0027)","functions":["CH chairside care","PR aerosol-generating procedures","ST sterilization and fallow time","FD front desk and waiting room","SC PPE","CB patients"],"notes":"Issue date approximate (May 15, 2020 per Husch Blackwell; resumption May 18); the exhibit is the June 22, 2020 revision.","sourceUrl":"https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/pdf/directive_dentist.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200805000000/https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/pdf/directive_dentist.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":469868,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AR","url":"/library/AR-058","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AR-058","citation":"Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive on Resuming Elective Dental Services (revised June 22, 2020) (May 15, 2020) (Ex. AR-058)","stateName":"Arkansas","related":["AR-036","AR-049","AR-055","AR-085","AR-047","AR-051","AR-052","AR-048","AR-053","AR-054","AR-056","AR-072"]}