Statement from the Nebraska Board of Dentistry as of March 20, 2020

The record

Jurisdiction

Nebraska

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

Board statement under the Uniform Credentialing Act; recommendation, not an order

Issued

2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020

Effective

2020-03-20

End

2020-05-04 (routine care resumed statewide, NE-104) (read as 2020-05-04)

In force

Mar. 20, 2020 to May 4, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Health care orders

Addressees

• Nebraska dentists and dental offices

Functions reached

• CH chairside care and hygiene
• PR elective and aerosol-generating procedures
• EM emergency-only period
• MK (NDA annual meeting suspended)

Collection

Nebraska NE

Operative words

The American Dental Association, all of the parent dental specialty organizations, and the Nebraska Dental Association recommend suspending routine dental care, across many states including ours, through the 1st of April.... one simple way to define essential/emergent care is that if the patient was being scheduled more than 24-48 hours out, then it would be considered routine dental care.... If an office elects to ignore these recommendations and provides routine dental care, and it becomes a nidus for spreading the infection, one might have a hard time explaining why they chose to provide care spreading the disease.

Enforcement

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