Contraindications Regulation Resources
On September 22, 2023, CDHO’s Council rescinded the Standard for Authorization to Self-Initiate Profession-Specific Acts, effective immediately. Since 2007, Registered Dental Hygienists who wished to self-initiate the controlled act of scaling and root planing needed to apply for authorization from CDHO. This will no longer be the case. RDHs can now perform the controlled act of scaling and root planing on their own initiative without needing to be authorized by CDHO. However, the requirement that…