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Registrants who wish to provide deep sedation and/or general anesthesia services in their facility must first be reviewed and receive confirmation of compliance from BCCOHP. Registrants and the non-hospital based facilities in which they operate must be in full compliance with the Sedation and General Anesthesia Standards and Guidelines. Registrants that have not been confirmed for compliance for deep sedation and/or general anesthesia are not permitted to provide such services in non-hospital facilities.
Note: Details of moderate sedation in-office assessments will be provided as soon as they become available.
Note: Facility owners who engage physicians for sedation and/or GA services in their facilities, please refer here for information regarding CPSBC requirements for physicians working in non-hospital dental based dental facilities.
If you are a new sedation facility owner, or if you have questions, please get in touch using our contact form.
Registrants are required to complete compliance assessments and receive confirmation of full compliance every year, except years when in-office assessments take place.
Sedation & General Anesthesia Compliance Assessment
Registrants who wish to provide deep sedation and/or general anesthesia services in their facility must first be reviewed and receive confirmation of compliance from BCCOHP.
Facility owners that have not been confirmed for compliance for deep sedation and/or general anesthesia are not permitted to provide these services in non-hospital facilities. Registrants must be in full compliance with the Sedation and General Anesthesia Standards and Guidelines.
Typically, in-office assessments for facilities that provide deep sedation and/or general anesthesia services take place every three years. In cases where facility ownership changes, or sedation operatory or recovery areas are renovated, or facilities are relocated, early assessments may take place.
Registrants who wish to provide moderate sedation services in their facility must complete compliance assessments and receive confirmation of compliance from BCCOHP.
Only one completed assessment is required per facility. Moderate sedation facility owners complete one initial assessment and do not need to submit another assessment. You will be notified when subsequent assessments are required.
While assessment is ongoing, registrants may provide moderate sedation services as long as they are in full compliance with the Minimal and Moderate Sedation Standards & Guidelines and related sedation updates, unless directed otherwise.
Coming soon: In-office assessments for moderate sedation facilities will begin late 2025. Further information will be provided in the coming months.