{"id":"LA-048","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Louisiana","state":"LA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Louisiana Department of Health (with Louisiana State Board of Dentistry and Louisiana Dental Association)","authority":"Guidance under LDH Healthcare Facility Notice #2020-COVID19-DENTAL PROVIDER-004","instrument":"Additional Guidance Relating to LDH Healthcare Facility Notice #2020-COVID19-Dental Provider-004","title":"Additional Guidance Relating to LDH Healthcare Facility Notice #2020-COVID19-Dental Provider-004 (essential vs. non-essential dental care)","dateIssued":"2020-03-18","effective":"2020-03-18","end":"2020-04-16 (with Notice 004); superseded by ALL-010 effective 2020-04-27","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2020-04-16","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC","CLOSE"],"addressees":["all dental providers in Louisiana"],"clause":"The directive to the dental profession in the above referenced Notice was intended to reduce the risk of patients\u0027 exposure to COVID-19 and to preserve PPE and supplies... The same objectives were the basis for a similar directive the LDH issued on March 18, 2020 establishing requirements that are essentially the same for nearly all other types of health care providers and health care facilities.... 2. NON-ESSENTIAL (Dental non-emergency procedures) Routine or non-urgent dental procedures include but are not limited to: Initial or periodic oral examinations and recall visits, including routine radiographs; Routine dental cleaning and preventive therapies; Orthodontic procedures other than those to address acute issues...; Extraction of asymptomatic teeth; Restorative dentistry including treatment of asymptomatic carious lesions; Aesthetic dental procedures","enforcement":"Reports of dentists \u0027clearly and wantonly exercising inappropriate judgement\u0027 to the Office of Public Health","functions":["CH chairside hygiene (prohibited as routine)","PR elective procedures (prohibited)","EM emergency-only period","FD front desk (car waiting, staggered appointments)","ST sterilization and aerosol controls"],"notes":"Confirms the March 18, 2020 LDH directive to all other health care providers (Notice ALL-006).","sourceUrl":"https://www.lsbd.org/forms/20.3.18%20dhh%20addl%20guidance.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":503346,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"LA","url":"/library/LA-048","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/LA-048","citation":"Louisiana Department of Health (with Louisiana State Board of Dentistry and Louisiana Dental Association), Additional Guidance Relating to LDH Healthcare Facility Notice #2020-COVID19-Dental Provider-004 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. LA-048)","stateName":"Louisiana","related":[]}