Sec.20-123b-4. Qualifications for conscious sedation permit. An applicant for a conscious sedation permit shall:

(a) Comply with one of the following:

(1) document by patient anesthesia or sedation records the completion of a minimum of twelve parenterally administered conscious sedation procedures per year performed in the office, for each of the three one-year periods immediately preceding the date of application; and submit certification of completion of a minimum of twenty-four hours of continuing education in one of the following areas within the three year period immediately preceding the issuance of the permit; anesthesia, parenterally administered conscious sedation, or emergency medicine; or

(2) graduate from a dental school or post-doctoral dental residency program accredited by the ADA Commission on Dental Accreditation within two years prior to applying for the permit, which included either a minimum of four weeks active participation in full-time rotation in hospital operating room anesthesia, or ten documented clinical cases utilizing parenterally administered conscious sedation in the dental operatory; and which included a didactic course in conscious sedation in dentistry with a curriculum that fulfills the minimum requirements set forth in the ADA Council on Dental Education, "Guidelines or Teaching the Comprehensive Control of Pain and Anxiety in Dentistry"; or

(3) complete an "Intensive Course" or a "Supplemental (or Refresher) Course" (as applies) in a post-doctoral continuing education program, structured in accordance with Part Three of the ADA Council on Dental Education "Guidelines for Teaching the Comprehensive Control of Pain and Anxiety"; or

(4) satisfy the requirements of subsection (a) of Section 20-123b-3 of these regulations; and

(b) demonstrate current certification in ACLS; and

(c) successfully complete an on-site evaluation pursuant to Section 20-123b-6 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(Effective March 23, 1988; Amended November 4, 2004)