Bills › 89th General Assembly
HSB 223
Topics:Professional licensing
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 17, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 17, 2021
- Done: House committeeFebruary 23, 2021
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 685
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 685 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 685 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Dentists who provide orthodontic treatment must examine a new patient in person or through video before starting any work. They can only skip this initial exam if the patient brings dental records and X-rays from a different dentist taken within the last six months. A new patient is defined as someone the dentist has not seen or treated in the last two years.1
Read the official explanation
_____ orthodontic treatment, or the new patient provides the licensee with the portion of the dental record taken within the prior six months of an in-person or teledentistry examination of the teeth and supporting structures of the new patient prior to the licensee beginning orthodontic treatment. The required examination shall include any appropriate conventional or digital radiographs or digital imaging that are necessary to develop a suitable orthodontic diagnosis and treatment plan. The bill defines “new patient” as a person whom a licensee has not examined, for whom a licensee has not provided care, or for whom a licensee has not otherwise provided consultation during the two-year period immediately prior to the patient’s most recent appointment.
House subcommittee
Named February 17, 2021. On February 22, 2021 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- HF 2437 Relating to requirements for licensees under the purview of the dental board relating to o…88th General Assembly · Passed House · similarPassed a chamber
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