Regulatory Compliance Guide

The Ohio Dentist Advisor: Your Guide to Regulatory Compliance was created by the Ohio Dental Association as a benefit to ODA members. This guide contains information and resources in one, easy-to-access place to help members run their practices more efficiently.

Customizable, fillable, and downloadable for your practice.

This online manual can be customized for your office to ensure your compliance with the many regulatory bodies that have some level of regulatory authority over your dental practice and its ability to operate. These entities include The Ohio State Dental Board, Ohio Department of Health, DEA, Ohio Board of Pharmacy, Ohio Attorney General’s office, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, and other governing bodies.

This regulatory compliance guide includes summaries, checklists, and fillable forms to help offices ensure they are compliant with regulations. The guide can be downloaded in its entirety, or browsed by individual document.

The guide includes information on:

• Delegable duties and supervision
• Dental license requirements and CE
• Employment posters
• Environmental regulations/EPA
• Infection control and hazard communication
• Mandatory reporting
• Opioids, controlled substances, and prescribing
• Patient accommodations
• Patient privacy and record protocols
• Volunteer immunity
• X-ray rules

We have included many fillable forms to help your office create an

• X-Ray Quality Assurance Program
• OSHA Exposure Control Plan
• OSHA Hazard Communication Plan
• And other forms

We continuously update this regulatory compliance guide to keep it current for your practice.

The guide will feature regular updates. Additionally, our ODA team will let members know when an update has occurred so you can access the changes and ensure your practice continues to meet new regulatory requirements.