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HB 1049 Dentistry or dental hygiene; temporary licenses to persons enrolled in advanced dental edu. prog.

Introduced by: Phillip A. Hamilton | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Practice of dentistry or dental hygiene by students; temporary licenses to persons enrolled in advanced dental education programs; emergency. Modernizes the authority for dental students and dental hygiene students to practice under the direction of competent instructors. This bill removes the mere authority to perform dental operations when enrolled in advanced dental programs (e.g., internships, residencies, certificate and degree programs in hospitals and schools of dentistry) and authorizes the Board to issue temporary annual licenses to these advanced dental students. The Board may promulgate regulations to carry out the temporary licensure program and may require reports from the hospitals and schools of dentistry that operate the programs. Students enrolled in schools of dentistry may perform dental operations in accredited programs, nonprofit dental clinics providing indigent care, governmental or indigent care clinics to which they are assigned in their final academic year, and private dental offices for a limited time during the final academic year. Two enactment clauses require that (i) the Board of Dentistry must promulgate emergency regulations and (ii) the act is an emergency, to be in effect from its passage.


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