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Relating to requirements for licensees under the purview of the dental board relating to orthodontia services
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 28, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 11, 2020
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 10, 202097–3
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Dentists providing orthodontic treatment must now perform an initial in-person exam on new patients to check their teeth and take necessary X-rays. This in-person visit is not required if another licensed professional has already completed the exam and referred the patient. Additionally, dentists can only let trained staff members scan a patient's teeth if those staff members are allowed to do that work under the dentist's supervision.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to orthodontia-related services. The bill requires the dental board to adopt administrative rules to require that a licensee under the dental board’s purview who provides treatment for the correction of malpositions of human teeth or initial use of orthodontic appliances to perform an initial in-person examination of the teeth and supporting structures of a new patient prior to beginning orthodontic treatment, unless the patient has been referred to the licensee by another licensee who performed the required initial in-person examination. The initial in-person examination of the patient’s teeth and supporting structures must include any appropriate conventional or digital radiographs necessary to develop a suitable orthodontic diagnosis and treatment plan. The bill also requires the dental board to adopt administrative rules to require that a licensee who is a dentist shall only delegate the performance of the scanning of the teeth and supporting structures of a patient under the supervision of a dentist to qualified personnel for whom such treatment is authorized within such person’s scope of practice.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 11, 2020. It hasn’t reported yet.
- Sen. R. Smith
- Sen. Giddens
- Sen. Craig Johnson REmail
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Lobbying
2 for · 2 against · 9 undecided · Who →
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