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1 1 Section 1. Section 147.14, subsection 4, Code 1997, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 4. For dental examiners, five members shall be licensed to
1 4 practice dentistry, two members shall be licensed to practice
1 5 dental hygiene and two members not licensed to practice
1 6 dentistry or dental hygiene and who shall represent the
1 7 general public. A majority of the members of the board shall
1 8 constitute a quorum. No member of the dental faculty of the
1 9 school of dentistry at the state University of Iowa shall be
1 10 eligible to be appointed. Beginning January 1, 2000, persons
1 11 appointed to the board as dental hygienist members shall not
1 12 be employed by or receive any form of remuneration from a
1 13 dental or dental hygiene educational institution. The two
1 14 dental hygienist board members and one dentist board member
1 15 shall constitute a dental hygiene committee of the board as
1 16 provided in section 153.33A.
1 17 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 153.33A DENTAL HYGIENE COMMITTEE.
1 18 1. A three-member dental hygiene committee of the board of
1 19 dental examiners is created, consisting of the two dental
1 20 hygienist members of the board and one dentist member of the
1 21 board. The dentist member of the committee must have
1 22 supervised and worked in collaboration with a dental hygienist
1 23 for a period of at least three years immediately preceding
1 24 election to the committee. The dentist member shall be
1 25 elected to the committee annually by a majority vote of board
1 26 members.
1 27 2. The committee shall have the authority to adopt
1 28 recommendations regarding the practice, discipline, education,
1 29 examination, and licensure of dental hygienists, subject to
1 30 subsection 3, and shall carry out duties as assigned by the
1 31 board. The committee shall have no regulatory or disciplinary
1 32 authority with regard to dentists, dental assistants, dental
1 33 lab technicians, or any other auxiliary dental personnel.
1 34 3. The board shall ratify recommendations of the committee
1 35 at the first meeting of the board following adoption of the
2 1 recommendations by the committee, or at a meeting of the board
2 2 specifically called for the purpose of board review and
2 3 ratification of committee recommendations. The board shall
2 4 decline to ratify committee recommendations only if the board
2 5 makes a specific finding that a recommendation exceeds the
2 6 jurisdiction or expands the scope of the committee beyond the
2 7 authority granted in subsection 2, creates an undue financial
2 8 impact on the board, or is not supported by the record. The
2 9 board shall pay the necessary expenses of the committee and of
2 10 the board in implementing committee recommendations ratified
2 11 by the board.
2 12 4. This section shall not be construed as impacting or
2 13 changing the scope of practice of the profession of dental
2 14 hygiene or authorizing the independent practice of dental
2 15 hygiene.
2 16 EXPLANATION
2 17 This bill provides for the creation of a dental hygiene
2 18 committee within the board of dental examiners, comprised of
2 19 the two dental hygienist members of the board and one dentist
2 20 member. The dentist member must have supervised and worked in
2 21 collaboration with a dental hygienist for at least the three-
2 22 year period immediately preceding election to the committee,
2 23 and shall be elected to the committee by annual vote of the
2 24 board membership. The dental hygiene committee shall carry
2 25 out duties as assigned by the board and shall have the
2 26 authority to adopt recommendations regarding the practice,
2 27 discipline, education, examination, and licensure of dental
2 28 hygienists. The committee shall have no regulatory authority
2 29 with respect to dentists, dental assistants, dental lab
2 30 technicians, or any other dental auxiliary personnel.
2 31 Committee recommendations shall be ratified by the board at a
2 32 board meeting at which adopted committee recommendations are
2 33 reviewed, unless found by the board to exceed committee
2 34 jurisdiction or scope of authority, to create an undue
2 35 financial impact on the board, or not to be supported by the
3 1 record. The bill provides that the creation and operation of
3 2 the committee in no way expands the scope of practice of the
3 3 profession of dental hygiene, or authorizes the independent
3 4 practice of dental hygiene. Expenses of the committee and the
3 5 board in implementing ratified committee recommendations shall
3 6 be provided for by the board.
3 7 The bill also provides that dental hygienists appointed to
3 8 the board beginning January 1, 2000, shall not receive any
3 9 form of remuneration from, or be employed by, a dental or
3 10 dental hygiene educational institution.
3 11 LSB 3279HH 77
3 12 rn/sc/14.1
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