Sedation and Anesthesia

A facility certificate is required for any location in which a qualified dentist administers moderate sedation or deep sedation/general anesthesia. Please note that a sedation facility certificate is a separate requirement than a sedation permit. Like dental licenses, permits apply to the individual dentist to ensure they have the required training to administer anything above minimal sedation. However, the certificate applies to the physical location where sedation is administered to verify that it has the appropriate facilities and resources to host such procedures. No dentist may administer moderate sedation or deep s​edation/general anesthesia at a facility without a certificate and no facility may allow moderate sedation or deep sedation/general anesthesia​ to be provided by a dentist without a permit. Facility certificates operate on the same cycle as dentist licenses and must be renewed every two years.

​As of July 2020, an onsite inspection is no longer required to receive a sedation facility certificate. Instead, as per 201 KAR 8:550,  Section 12, the owner or operator shall attest in the application that the facility meets the minimum standards for certification. 

• Minimal Pediatric Sedation – A permit is no longer required to administer minimal sedation of any kind. Therefore, the Minimal Pediatric Sedation permit has been discontinued. If you held this permit, it simply expired on Dec. 31, 2021 and no further action is required on your part.

• Moderate Pediatric, Enteral, and Parenteral Sedation – These three permits were discon​tinued and merged into a single category. Any such permits that were renewed by the end of 2021 were reclassified under the new Moderate Sedation permit. Please note that this category has a​ comprehensive moderate sedation training requirement that some licensees, particularly Enteral Sedation permit holders, may not have fulfilled. However, those who renewed under this category for the 2022-23 cycle have ​until Dec. 31, 2023 to complete this requirement if they have not already done so. In addition, the Moderate Sedation permit requires four hours of continuing education during every two-year renewal cycle. 

• Deep Sedation and General Anesthesia – This permit type is un​changed and the renewal process will remain the same except that you will identify if the permit is for adult and/or pediatric patients. ​ 

Sedation permit renewal

Just like dental licenses, all sedation permits in Kentucky must be renewed by Dec. 31 of odd numbered years. In addition to the 30 hours of Continuing Education required for license renewal, Moderate Sedation and Deep Sedation/General Anesthesia permit holders must also obtain another four hours of sedation training in a classroom sett​ing. ​For details, visit the Continuing Education page​.