{"id":"NV-058","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Nevada","state":"NV","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Nevada State Board of Dental Examiners (President D. Kevin Moore, DDS; Secretary-Treasurer David Lee, DMD)","authority":"NRS ch. 631; Directives 003 and 010","instrument":"Board statement to Nevada dental practitioners, \u0027Coronavirus Affecting Dentistry in Nevada\u0027 (Apr. 7, 2020), updating the Board\u0027s March 2020 statement","title":"Postponement of elective dental procedures until at least April 30, 2020 under Directive 003\u0027s risk-mitigation mandate; teledentistry permitted","dateIssued":"2020-04-07","effective":"2020-04-07","end":"Limited procedures resumed under the Apr. 28, 2020 phased plan (Ex. NV-059) and the Dental Health Officer\u0027s May 2020 plan","startDate":"2020-04-07","endDate":"2020-04-28","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["all Nevada dental licensees"],"clause":"As an update to our most recent statement concerning the practice of dentistry in the State of Nevada during the Coronavirus pandemic, we direct all practitioners to the Declaration of Emergency Directive 010 Stay at Home Order... Therefore, in continued alignment with Governor Sisolak\u0027s direction as set forth in Directive 010, the Board supports the postponement of elective dental procedures until at least April 30, 2020 per the prior mandate given to all essential businesses in Directive 003 that they \u0027must adopt COVID-19 risk mitigation measures that reduce the risk of community disease spread\u0027 in order to continue operating during the Coronavirus pandemic.","enforcement":"Board licensing authority (NRS ch. 631); Directive 003 s. 4 mandate","functions":["PR elective and aerosol-generating procedures","CH chairside care","FD scheduling","CB patients"],"notes":"The Board\u0027s earlier March 2020 statement asked dentists to perform emergency procedures only (KNPR, secondary). The Governor\u0027s Apr. 28 release records that dental offices \u0027proactively paused medically necessary services.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://www.dpbh.nv.gov/siteassets/programs/oh/boards/ac4oh/meetings/2020-meetings/NSBDE.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":168263,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NV","url":"/library/NV-058","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NV-058","citation":"Nevada State Board of Dental Examiners (President D. Kevin Moore, DDS; Secretary-Treasurer David Lee, DMD), Board statement to Nevada dental practitioners, \u0027Coronavirus Affecting Dentistry in Nevada\u0027 (Apr. 7, 2020), updating the Board\u0027s March 2020 statement (Ex. NV-058)","stateName":"Nevada","related":["NV-059"]}