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Bills Related to Dental Hygiene Sent to the Governor July 2011 to June 2012
Alaska Senate Bill 92 Signed 6/1/2012
This legislation makes a number of technical changes updating the practice act and also adds nitrous oxide to the dental hygiene scope, as well as clarifying that hygienists may perform a dental hygiene assessment and formulate a dental hygiene treatment plan.
Arizona Senate Bill 1004 Signed 3/13/2012
This legislation permits dental hygienists to administer local anesthesia under general supervision, instead of direct supervision, to patients of record over 18 years old. The dentist will need to have examined the patient within the past 12 months.
Delaware Senate Bill 31 Signed 7/25/2011
This legislation permanently revokes the current dental hygiene or dental license and prohibits the issuance of a new license for persons convicted of a felony sexual offense. It subjects licensees to discipline for failure to report child abuse or neglect or to report a licensed health care provider for unprofessional conduct or for being physically or mentally incapable of practicing their profession.
Florida Senate Bill 1040 Signed 3/13/2012
This legislation allows dental hygienists to administer local anesthesia under direct supervision upon successful completion of a 30-hour didactic/30-hour clinical course to a patient over the age of 18 who has been examined by a dentist within the last 12 months.
Hawaii Senate Bill 2013 Signed 4/13/2012
This legislation requires all registered dental hygienists to display a copy of their license in the workplace.
Kansas House Bill 2631 Signed 5/8/2012
This legislation creates a third category of the extended care permit (ECP III). The ECP program began in 2007 with the creation of the ECP I to serve certain children and the ECP II to treat seniors and disabled persons. The new ECP III will have a broader scope, including temporary fillings, extraction of mobile teeth and soft denture relines--and will be able to treat both disadvantaged children and seniors or disabled persons in many additional settings.
Maine Legislative Draft 1891 Signed 4/9/2012
This legislation allows independent practice dental hygienists (IPDHs) to take all radiographs, including panoramic, fullmouth series, bitewings and periapical. This provision clarifies a 2011 law that established a two-year pilot project in which IPDHs could expose and process radiographs in underserved areas.
Maryland House Bill 754 Signed 5/22/2012
This legislation allows out-of-state hygienists to obtain a limited license in Maryland as long as they have passed the American Dental Hygiene Licensing Examination (ADHLEX) and the Maryland Dental Hygiene Jurisprudence Examination; or have practiced dental hygiene for a least 150 hours per year for the past three years, passed an examination with a clinical component as a requirement for licensure in another state, passed a written examination on applied clinical diagnosis and treatment planning administered by American Board of Dental Examiners (ADEX) and passed the Maryland Jurisprudence Exam.
Minnesota Senate File 1553 Signed 4/20/2012
This legislation expands the guest licensure provision in Minnesota to include all U.S. jurisdictions. Guest licenses are granted by the board for volunteer services; the guest license expires every year on December 31 and costs $75.00 to renew. The board will grant a guest license only if the following conditions are met: the applicant's services will go to patients who have difficulty accessing dental care, care is provided without compensation and the licensee provides proof of all licenses to practice in other jurisdictions.
Tennessee House Bill 1354 Signed 4/29/2012
This legislation allows dental hygienists who have practiced 2,000 hours in the preceding five years, or taught dental hygiene courses for two of the proceeding three years and completed six hours of public health continuing education within the past two years, to provide dental hygiene services under the general supervision of a dentist through a written protocol in nursing homes, skilled care facilities, nonprofit clinics and public health programs. In addition, the dental hygienists may now practice under general supervision on patients who have been examined by a dentist in the past 11 months.
Tennessee Senate Bill 3391 Signed 3/23/2012
The dental hygienist member of the dental board may be appointed by the governor from a list of nominees submitted by interested dental hygiene groups including, but not limited to, the Tennessee Dental Hygienists' Association. The nominee must be a legal resident and have practiced dental hygiene in the state of Tennessee for five or more years immediately preceding their appointment.
Utah House Bill 51 Signed 3/22/2012
This legislation grants authority to all major health regulatory boards to recommend to the appropriate legislative committee whether the board supports a change to the licensing act.
Utah House Bill 125 Signed 3/19/2012
This legislation amends the state Medicaid law, authorizing the state Medicaid plan to create pilot dental health care payment and delivery intended to increase access to cost-effective and quality dental health care by increasing the number of dentists available for Medicaid dental services. There are no specific details about what the pilot plan will look like; however, dental hygienists are mentioned in the bill language.
Utah Senate Bill 202 Signed 3/22/2012
This legislation creates a special dentist educator license available to a foreign dentist, licensed in good standing in another country, to serve as a faculty member at a dental school. Clinical practice will be permitted only as a necessary part of duties in the school program.
Virginia Senate Bill 146 Signed 3/6/2012
This legislation allows dental hygienists employed by the Virginia Department of Health to provide educational and preventive dental care under the remote supervision of a dentist employed by the Department of Health pursuant to a protocol adopted by the commissioner of health. Remote supervision does not require the presence of, o r a n initial examination by, the supervising dentist, but does require that the dentist has regular, periodic communications with a public health dental hygienist regarding patient treatment.
West Virginia House Bill 4077 Signed 3/9/2012
This legislation allows public health practice permit dental hygienists to place sealants on patients without a prior examination by a dentist. In accordance with a collaborative agreement, the dental hygienist must refer patients receiving sealants for a dental examination within the next six months.
Stateline is prepared by the ADHA Division of Governmental Affairs.
Alaska Senate Bill 92 Signed 6/1/2012
This legislation makes a number of technical changes updating the practice act and also adds nitrous oxide to the dental hygiene scope, as well as clarifying that hygienists may perform a dental hygiene assessment and formulate a dental hygiene treatment plan.
Arizona Senate Bill 1004 Signed 3/13/2012
This legislation permits dental hygienists to administer local anesthesia under general supervision, instead of direct supervision, to patients of record over 18 years old. The dentist will need to have examined the patient within the past 12 months.
Delaware Senate Bill 31 Signed 7/25/2011
This legislation permanently revokes the current dental hygiene or dental license and prohibits the issuance of a new license for persons convicted of a felony sexual offense. It subjects licensees to discipline for failure to report child abuse or neglect or to report a licensed health care provider for unprofessional conduct or for being physically or mentally incapable of practicing their profession.
Florida Senate Bill 1040 Signed 3/13/2012
This legislation allows dental hygienists to administer local anesthesia under direct supervision upon successful completion of a 30-hour didactic/30-hour clinical course to a patient over the age of 18 who has been examined by a dentist within the last 12 months.
Hawaii Senate Bill 2013 Signed 4/13/2012
This legislation requires all registered dental hygienists to display a copy of their license in the workplace.
Kansas House Bill 2631 Signed 5/8/2012
This legislation creates a third category of the extended care permit (ECP III). The ECP program began in 2007 with the creation of the ECP I to serve certain children and the ECP II to treat seniors and disabled persons. The new ECP III will have a broader scope, including temporary fillings, extraction of mobile teeth and soft denture relines--and will be able to treat both disadvantaged children and seniors or disabled persons in many additional settings.
Maine Legislative Draft 1891 Signed 4/9/2012
This legislation allows independent practice dental hygienists (IPDHs) to take all radiographs, including panoramic, fullmouth series, bitewings and periapical. This provision clarifies a 2011 law that established a two-year pilot project in which IPDHs could expose and process radiographs in underserved areas.
Maryland House Bill 754 Signed 5/22/2012
This legislation allows out-of-state hygienists to obtain a limited license in Maryland as long as they have passed the American Dental Hygiene Licensing Examination (ADHLEX) and the Maryland Dental Hygiene Jurisprudence Examination; or have practiced dental hygiene for a least 150 hours per year for the past three years, passed an examination with a clinical component as a requirement for licensure in another state, passed a written examination on applied clinical diagnosis and treatment planning administered by American Board of Dental Examiners (ADEX) and passed the Maryland Jurisprudence Exam.
Minnesota Senate File 1553 Signed 4/20/2012
This legislation expands the guest licensure provision in Minnesota to include all U.S. jurisdictions. Guest licenses are granted by the board for volunteer services; the guest license expires every year on December 31 and costs $75.00 to renew. The board will grant a guest license only if the following conditions are met: the applicant's services will go to patients who have difficulty accessing dental care, care is provided without compensation and the licensee provides proof of all licenses to practice in other jurisdictions.
Tennessee House Bill 1354 Signed 4/29/2012
This legislation allows dental hygienists who have practiced 2,000 hours in the preceding five years, or taught dental hygiene courses for two of the proceeding three years and completed six hours of public health continuing education within the past two years, to provide dental hygiene services under the general supervision of a dentist through a written protocol in nursing homes, skilled care facilities, nonprofit clinics and public health programs. In addition, the dental hygienists may now practice under general supervision on patients who have been examined by a dentist in the past 11 months.
Tennessee Senate Bill 3391 Signed 3/23/2012
The dental hygienist member of the dental board may be appointed by the governor from a list of nominees submitted by interested dental hygiene groups including, but not limited to, the Tennessee Dental Hygienists' Association. The nominee must be a legal resident and have practiced dental hygiene in the state of Tennessee for five or more years immediately preceding their appointment.
Utah House Bill 51 Signed 3/22/2012
This legislation grants authority to all major health regulatory boards to recommend to the appropriate legislative committee whether the board supports a change to the licensing act.
Utah House Bill 125 Signed 3/19/2012
This legislation amends the state Medicaid law, authorizing the state Medicaid plan to create pilot dental health care payment and delivery intended to increase access to cost-effective and quality dental health care by increasing the number of dentists available for Medicaid dental services. There are no specific details about what the pilot plan will look like; however, dental hygienists are mentioned in the bill language.
Utah Senate Bill 202 Signed 3/22/2012
This legislation creates a special dentist educator license available to a foreign dentist, licensed in good standing in another country, to serve as a faculty member at a dental school. Clinical practice will be permitted only as a necessary part of duties in the school program.
Virginia Senate Bill 146 Signed 3/6/2012
This legislation allows dental hygienists employed by the Virginia Department of Health to provide educational and preventive dental care under the remote supervision of a dentist employed by the Department of Health pursuant to a protocol adopted by the commissioner of health. Remote supervision does not require the presence of, o r a n initial examination by, the supervising dentist, but does require that the dentist has regular, periodic communications with a public health dental hygienist regarding patient treatment.
West Virginia House Bill 4077 Signed 3/9/2012
This legislation allows public health practice permit dental hygienists to place sealants on patients without a prior examination by a dentist. In accordance with a collaborative agreement, the dental hygienist must refer patients receiving sealants for a dental examination within the next six months.
Stateline is prepared by the ADHA Division of Governmental Affairs.
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