Are Connecticut Dental Offices Required to Perform Spore Testing? Yes — and Connecticut is one of the few states in this guide where the CDC-compliance standard was written directly into the disciplinary statute itself, by the legislature, rather than adopted…
Are Alabama Dental Offices Required to Perform Spore Testing? Yes — and Alabama's rule has an unusual feature that sets it apart from most states in this guide: the infection control rule cites its own enforcement mechanism directly. Alabama Admin…
Are Utah Dental Offices Required to Perform Spore Testing? Yes — but Utah takes a genuinely different regulatory path than most states in this guide to get there. Unlike states that name the CDC's infection control guidelines directly, Utah's dental…
Are Oregon Dental Offices Required to Perform Spore Testing? Yes — and Oregon is one of the few states in this guide that states the requirement in exact numeric terms rather than by CDC incorporation alone. Under OAR 818-012-0040(2), "heat…
Are Nevada Dental Offices Required to Perform Spore Testing? Yes — and Nevada backs the requirement with two layers of CDC guidance and one of the most proactive inspection systems in this guide. NAC 631.178 requires every person licensed under…
Are South Carolina Dental Offices Required to Perform Spore Testing? Yes — through the same CDC-incorporation structure used in a handful of other states. S.C. Code Regs. 39-10 (Sanitary Standards) requires that "all dental practices shall conform to and comply…
Are Kentucky Dental Offices Required to Perform Spore Testing? Yes — and Kentucky backs its infection control rule with one of the sharpest enforcement mechanisms in this guide. Under 201 KAR 8:540, Section 5 (Infection Control Compliance), every licensed dentist…
Are Kansas Dental Offices Required to Perform Spore Testing? Yes — and Kansas is the only state in this guide with a testing interval tied to actual sterilizer use rather than a flat calendar schedule. Under K.A.R. 71-1-18(b)(3)(C), "biological spore…
Are Minnesota Dental Offices Required to Perform Spore Testing? Yes — indirectly, through the state's own administrative rule. Minnesota Rule 3100.6300, subpart 11, titled "Adequate Safety and Sanitary Conditions for Dental Offices," requires that "dental health care personnel shall comply…
Are Iowa Dental Offices Required to Perform Spore Testing? Yes. Iowa dental offices are required to perform weekly biological (spore) testing of every sterilizer under 650 Iowa Administrative Code (IAC) Chapter 10 — Minimum Infection Control Standards, enforced by the…
