[Dental records and responsibility].
Dental records are more than a small part of the bookkeeping. In most dental practises, keeping records is the task of a dental assistant. In civil court, the dentist is in most countries liable for the mistakes of his employees. In disciplinary court however there may be doubt whether the dentist is responsible for the mistakes of his assistant. Contrary to their American colleagues, Dutch dental assistants and dental hygienists cannot be summoned before a disciplinary court. As these para-medics perform more and more dental treatment, independently or after delegation, they should be assigned there own disciplinary responsibility.
Universitair Medisch Centrum Sint Radboud te Nijmegen. w.brands@dent.umcn.nl
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D003726:Dental Assistants / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003792:Dental Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007879:Legislation, Dental; D016365:Liability, Legal; D009426:Netherlands; D011215:Practice Management, Dental; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis