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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 12, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 19, 2021
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, 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 or orthodontists cannot start braces or other tooth alignment treatments on a new patient without first seeing them for an exam. A patient can skip this initial exam if they can show a record of a similar dental exam from the last two years. These required checkups must be done in person or through video calls and include any necessary X-rays.1
Read the official explanation
orthodontic treatment, or the new patient provides the licensee with a record of completion within the prior two-year period 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 in-person examination shall include any appropriate conventional or digital radiographs 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.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 9, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- HF 2157 Relating to requirements for licensees under the purview of the dental board relating to o…88th General Assembly · Withdrawn · same titleDidn’t advance
- SF 2150 Relating to requirements for licensees under the purview of the dental board relating to o…88th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 2437 Relating to requirements for licensees under the purview of the dental board relating to o…88th General Assembly · Passed House · nearly identicalPassed a chamber
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- HF 685 Relating to requirements for licensees under the purview of the dental board relating to o…89th General Assembly · Signed by GovernorSimilar
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