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2001 SESSION

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SB 806 Practice of dentistry; cosmetic procedures.

Introduced by: Warren E. Barry | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Practice of dentristry. Defines "dentistry," according to current ADA definitions, as the evaluation, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment, through surgical, nonsurgical, or related procedures, of diseases, disorders, and conditions of the oral cavity and the maxillofacial, adjacent and associated structures, and their impact on the human body. The Board of Dentistry, with the assistance and advice of an advisory committee comprised of three members selected by the Medical Society of Virginia and three members selected by the Virginia Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, is directed to promulgate regulations establishing criteria for certification of oral and maxillofacial surgeons to perform certain procedures within the definition of dentistry that are not for the prevention and treatment of disorders, diseases, lesions and malpositions of the human teeth, alveolar process, maxilla, mandible, or adjacent tissues, or any necessary related procedures or are not provided incident to a head or facial trauma sustained by the patient. The Board's regulations must address patient safety; identification and categorization of approved procedures; and application process for certification to perform such procedures; and the minimum education, training, and experience for such certification. The Board is directed to take due consideration of the education, training, and experience requirements adopted by the American Dental Association Council on Dental Education or the Commission on Dental Accreditation and to require review of all complaints arising out of performance of the defined procedures jointly by a physician and an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. Receipt of reports of complaints by the Board of Dentistry against oral and maxillofacial surgeons shall be shared with the Board of Medicine which shall maintain the confidentiality of such complaint. The bill also adds to the criteria for disciplinary actions, practicing outside the scope of the dentist's or dental hygienist's education, training and experience and the performance of a procedure that is subject to certification without such certification. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons must also register annually with the Board of Dentistry and submit certain information, similar to that required of physicians, that is subject to consumer review. Enactment clauses delay the effective date of the certification until 60 days after the effective date of the board's regulations to implement these requirements and such regulations will be promulgated to be effective within 280 days of enactment.


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