(1) The services provided by allied animal health professional licensees are considered the practice of veterinary medicine that an AAHP licensee may provide to th e public through authorization by the General Assembly and within strict limitations on the scope of practice for each allowable license type as established in KRS 321.251(2). (2) For a licensed AAHP -equine dental provider, the scope of practice is limited to the following: (a) A licensed AAHP -equine dental provider may not perform equine dentistry unless the provider holds an AAHP license as an equine dental provider from the board; (b) A licensed AAHP -equine dental provider shall work under the indirect supervision of a veterinarian; (c) A licensed AAHP -equine dental provider may perform only the following equine dental procedures in equine species: 1. Removing sharp enamel dental points; 2. Removing small dental overgrowths; 3. Rostral profiling of the first cheek teeth; 4. Reducing incisors; 5. Extracting loose, deciduous teeth; 6. Removing supragingival calculus; 7. Extracting loose, mobile, or diseased teeth or dental fragments with minimal periodontal attachments by hand and without the use of an elevator; and 8. Removing erupted, nondisplaced wolf teeth; (d) Paragraph (b) of this subsection shall not be construed to prohibit a licensed veterinary technician employed by a veter inarian who is not a licensed AAHP-equine dental provider from performing the equine dental procedures described in paragraph (c) of this subsection if the licensed veterinary technician is under the direct supervision of a veterinarian; (e) A copy of the dental chart of an equine animal shall be left with the person who authorizes an equine dental procedure and be made available to the veterinarian holding the VCPR with the client within an appropriate timeframe according to the condition, but no more than three (3) business days after services are provided; and (f) Dispensing or prescribing any medication or drug associated with any equine dental procedure remains solely the domain of the veterinarian holding a valid VCPR with the client.
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