California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 2 — Healing Arts, Chapter 4 — Dentistry, Article 2.84 — Use of Moderate Sedation, Section 1647.1
(a) As used in this article, “moderate sedation” means a drug-induced depression of consciousness during which a patient responds purposefully to verbal commands, either alone or accompanied by light tactile stimulation, no interventions are required to maintain a patient’s airway, spontaneous ventilation is adequate, and cardiovascular function is usually maintained.
(b) The drugs and techniques used in moderate sedation shall have a margin of safety wide enough to render unintended loss of consciousness unlikely. Further, patients whose only response is reflex withdrawal from painful stimuli shall not be considered to be in a state of moderate sedation.
Notes
Defines “moderate sedation” as drug-induced depressed consciousness in which the patient purposefully responds to verbal commands or light touch, needs no airway intervention, has adequate spontaneous ventilation, and usually maintains cardiovascular function. The drugs and techniques must make unintended unconsciousness unlikely, and reflex withdrawal from painful stimuli alone does not qualify as moderate sedation.
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