House
File
2157
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2157
BY
JENEARY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
requirements
for
licensees
under
the
purview
1
of
the
dental
board
relating
to
orthodontia
services.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
ORTHODONTIA-RELATED
SERVICES.
The
dental
board
1
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
relating
to
all
of
2
the
following:
3
1.
To
require
that
a
licensee
under
the
purview
of
the
4
dental
board
who
provides
treatment
for
the
correction
of
5
malpositions
of
human
teeth
or
the
initial
use
of
orthodontic
6
appliances
shall
perform
an
initial
in-person
examination
of
7
the
teeth
and
supporting
structures
of
the
new
patient
prior
to
8
beginning
orthodontic
treatment,
unless
the
patient
has
been
9
referred
to
the
licensee
by
another
licensee
who
performed
10
the
required
initial
in-person
examination.
The
initial
11
in-person
examination
of
the
patient’s
teeth
and
supporting
12
structures
shall
include
any
appropriate
conventional
or
13
digital
radiographs
that
are
necessary
to
develop
a
suitable
14
orthodontic
diagnosis
and
treatment
plan.
For
the
purposes
of
15
this
subsection,
“new
patient”
means
a
person
whom
a
licensee
16
has
not
examined,
provided
care
for,
or
otherwise
provided
17
consultation
to
during
the
two-year
period
immediately
prior
to
18
the
patient’s
most
recent
appointment.
19
2.
To
require
that
a
licensee
who
is
a
dentist
shall
only
20
delegate
the
performance
of
the
scanning
of
the
teeth
and
21
supporting
structures
of
a
patient
under
the
supervision
of
22
a
dentist
to
qualified
personnel
for
whom
such
treatment
is
23
authorized
within
such
person’s
scope
of
practice.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
This
bill
relates
to
orthodontia-related
services.
The
28
bill
requires
the
dental
board
to
adopt
administrative
rules
29
to
require
that
a
licensee
under
the
dental
board’s
purview
30
who
provides
treatment
for
the
correction
of
malpositions
of
31
human
teeth
or
initial
use
of
orthodontic
appliances
to
perform
32
an
initial
in-person
examination
of
the
teeth
and
supporting
33
structures
of
a
new
patient
prior
to
beginning
orthodontic
34
treatment,
unless
the
patient
has
been
referred
to
the
licensee
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by
another
licensee
who
performed
the
required
initial
1
in-person
examination.
The
initial
in-person
examination
of
2
the
patient’s
teeth
and
supporting
structures
must
include
any
3
appropriate
conventional
or
digital
radiographs
necessary
to
4
develop
a
suitable
orthodontic
diagnosis
and
treatment
plan.
5
The
bill
also
requires
the
dental
board
to
adopt
6
administrative
rules
to
require
that
a
licensee
who
is
a
7
dentist
shall
only
delegate
the
performance
of
the
scanning
8
of
the
teeth
and
supporting
structures
of
a
patient
under
the
9
supervision
of
a
dentist
to
qualified
personnel
for
whom
such
10
treatment
is
authorized
within
such
person’s
scope
of
practice.
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