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justification and prior authorization requests must include documentation substantiating that local anesthesia and sedation under (a) of this section are inadequate to control pain and that the service is required for a patient who meets one of the following conditions:

(1) severe intellectual or developmental disability;

(2) severe physical disability or medically compromised condition;

(3) a prolonged or difficult surgical procedure. (c) The cost of the supplies necessary for the administration of anesthesia and sedation, including drugs, nitrous oxide masks, tubing, and syringes, are included in the payment made under (a) and (b) of this section. (Eff. 2/1/2010, Register 193; am 12/1/2022, Register 244) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.07.030 AS 47.07.040 Editor’s note: As of Register 207 (October 2013), and acting under AS 44.62. 125(b)(6) and sec. 29, ch. 42, SLA 2013, the regulations attorney made a technical change to 7 AAC 110.155, to change “mental retardation” to “intellectual disability or developmental disability.” Chapter 42, SLA 2013 amended terminology in the Alaska Statutes to replace references to “mental retardation” and “mentally retarded” with more current terms. Section 29, ch. 42, SLA 2013 instructed that similar changes be made in the Alaska Administrative Code. 7 AAC 110.160. Diagnostic x-ray. Repealed. (Eff. 2/1/2010, Register 193; repealed 12/1/2022, Register 244) 7 AAC 110.165. Advanced practice dental hygienist services. (a) Payment for dental hygiene services provided under this section to recipients 21 years of age and older reduces the recipient’s annual dental limit under 7 AAC 110.145(b) and the associated unused services provisions of 7 AAC 110.145(e). (b) Prior authorization requirements under 7 AAC 110.145 and 7 AAC 110.150 apply to