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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 686 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 1, by striking everything after the 1 3 enacting clause and inserting the following: 1 4 "Section 1. Section 147.13, subsection 8, Code 1 5 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 6 8. For dentistryand, dental hygiene, and dental 1 7 assisting, dental examiners. 1 8 Sec. 2. Section 147.80, Code 1999, is amended by 1 9 adding the following new subsection: 1 10 NEW SUBSECTION. 27A. Registration to practice as 1 11 a dental assistant, registration to practice as a 1 12 dental assistant under a reciprocal agreement, or 1 13 renewal of registration to practice as a dental 1 14 assistant. 1 15 Sec. 3. Section 153.14, Code 1999, is amended by 1 16 adding the following new subsection: 1 17 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. Persons registered as dental 1 18 assistants who are exclusively engaged in the practice 1 19 of said profession. 1 20 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 153.16A DENTAL ASSISTANTS. 1 21 1. A person shall not practice as a dental 1 22 assistant unless the person has registered with the 1 23 board of dental examiners and received a certificate 1 24 of registration pursuant to this subsection. A person 1 25 shall be registered in accordance with one of the 1 26 following: 1 27 a. As a registered dental assistant upon 1 28 successful completion of education requirements, 1 29 examination requirements, or both, as established by 1 30 the board by rule. Education requirements shall 1 31 include classes in infection control, hazardous 1 32 materials, and jurisprudence, and shall also include 1 33 possession of a valid certificate in a nationally 1 34 recognized course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. 1 35 b. As a certified dental assistant, in addition to 1 36 the requirements of paragraph "a", upon submission to 1 37 the board of a valid certified dental assistant 1 38 credential issued by the national board of dental 1 39 assisting. 1 40 c. As an expanded-function dental assistant, in 1 41 addition to the requirements of paragraphs "a" and 1 42 "b", upon successful completion of a class in expanded 1 43 functions approved by the board. 1 44 2. The board shall establish scope of practice, 1 45 supervision, continuing education, and renewal 1 46 requirements, and shall specify circumstances 1 47 resulting in registration revocation or suspension, by 1 48 rule. Requirements established shall provide that a 1 49 dental assistant registered pursuant to the provisions 1 50 of subsection 1 may perform only those intraoral 2 1 services which are mechanical in nature and require 2 2 limited judgment, and shall not perform services 2 3 involving the removal of any plaque, stain, calculus, 2 4 or hard natural or synthetic material except by rubber 2 5 cup coronal polish; administration of local 2 6 anesthesia; and placement of sealants. 2 7 3. Individuals employed as a dental assistant as 2 8 of July 1, 2000, shall have until September 1, 2000, 2 9 to comply with the provisions of subsection 1. 2 10 Individuals employed as a dental assistant after July 2 11 1, 2000, shall have a sixty-day period following their 2 12 first date of employment after July 1, 2000, to comply 2 13 with the provisions of subsection 1. 2 14 Sec. 5. Section 153.34, unnumbered paragraph 1, 2 15 Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 2 16 The board may issue an order to discipline a 2 17 licensed dentist or dental hygienist, or registered 2 18 dental assistant, for any of the grounds set forth in 2 19 this chapter, chapter 272C, or Title IV. 2 20 Notwithstanding section 272C.3, licensee or registrant 2 21 discipline may include a civil penalty not to exceed 2 22 ten thousand dollars. Pursuant to this section, the 2 23 board may discipline a licensee for any of the 2 24 following reasons: 2 25 Sec. 6. Section 153.34, Code 1999, is amended by 2 26 adding the following new unnumbered paragraph: 2 27 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. The board may discipline 2 28 a registered dental assistant for violation of any 2 29 applicable provision of this section. 2 30 Sec. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect 2 31 July 1, 2000." 2 32 2 33 2 34 2 35 WHITEAD of Woodbury 2 36 2 37 2 38 2 39 JOCHUM of Dubuque 2 40 2 41 2 42 2 43 CHIODO of Polk 2 44 2 45 2 46 2 47 CATALDO of Polk 2 48 2 49 2 50 3 1 TAYLOR of Linn 3 2 HF 686.701 78 3 3 rn/sc
Text: H01119 Text: H01121 Text: H01100 - H01199 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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