Text: HF00685 Text: HF00687 Text: HF00600 - HF00699 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 686 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 PROVIDING REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS AND ESTABLISHING A SCOPE 1 5 OF AUTHORITY FOR DENTAL ASSISTANTS, AND PROVIDING AN 1 6 EFFECTIVE DATE. 1 7 1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 9 1 10 Section 1. Section 147.13, subsection 8, Code 1999, is 1 11 amended to read as follows: 1 12 8. For dentistry,anddental hygiene, and dental 1 13 assisting, dental examiners. 1 14 Sec. 2. Section 147.80, Code 1999, is amended by adding 1 15 the following new subsection: 1 16 NEW SUBSECTION. 27A. Registration to practice as a dental 1 17 assistant, registration to practice as a dental assistant 1 18 under a reciprocal agreement, or renewal of registration to 1 19 practice as a dental assistant. 1 20 Sec. 3. Section 153.14, subsection 1, Code 1999, is 1 21 amended to read as follows: 1 22 1. Students of dentistry who practice dentistry upon 1 23 patients at clinics in connection with their regular course of 1 24 instruction at the state dental college and students of dental 1 25 hygiene who practice upon patients at clinics in connection 1 26 with their regular course of instruction at state-approved 1 27 schools, and students of dental assisting who practice upon 1 28 patients at clinics in connection with a regular course of 1 29 instruction determined by the board of dentistry pursuant to 1 30 section 153.39. 1 31 Sec. 4. Section 153.14, Code 1999, is amended by adding 1 32 the following new subsection: 1 33 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. Persons registered to practice as a 1 34 dental assistant. 1 35 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. 153.38 DENTAL ASSISTANTS – SCOPE 2 1 OF TERM. 2 2 A registered dental assistant may perform those services of 2 3 assistance to a licensed dentist as determined by the board of 2 4 dentistry by rule. Such services shall be performed under 2 5 supervision of a licensed dentist in a dental office, a public 2 6 or private school, public health agencies, hospitals, and the 2 7 armed forces, but shall not be construed to authorize a dental 2 8 assistant to practice dentistry or dental hygiene. Every 2 9 licensed dentist who utilizes the services of a registered 2 10 dental assistant for the purpose of assistance in the practice 2 11 of dentistry shall be responsible for acts delegated to the 2 12 registered dental assistant. A dentist shall delegate to a 2 13 registered dental assistant only those acts which are 2 14 authorized to be delegated to registered dental assistants by 2 15 the board of dentistry. 2 16 Sec. 6. NEW SECTION. 153.39 DENTAL ASSISTANTS – 2 17 REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS, RENEWAL, REVOCATION, OR SUSPENSION. 2 18 1. A person shall not practice on or after July 1, 2001 as 2 19 a dental assistant unless the person has registered with the 2 20 board and received a certificate of registration pursuant to 2 21 this chapter. 2 22 2. A person shall be registered upon the successful 2 23 completion of education and examination requirements. 2 24 Education requirements shall be determined by the board by 2 25 rule, and may be satisfied either through a formal series of 2 26 classes or through job equivalency training, according to 2 27 standards to be determined by the board. The education 2 28 requirements may include possession of a valid certificate in 2 29 a nationally recognized course in cardiopulmonary 2 30 resuscitation. Successful passage of an examination 2 31 administered by the board, which shall include sections 2 32 regarding infection control, hazardous materials, and 2 33 jurisprudence, shall also be required. The board shall 2 34 establish continuing education requirements as a condition of 2 35 renewing registration as a registered dental assistant, as 3 1 well as standards for the suspension or revocation of 3 2 registration. 3 3 3. Individuals employed as a dental assistant as of July 3 4 1, 2001, shall be registered with the board and receive a 3 5 certificate of registration, and individuals employed as a 3 6 dental assistant after July 1, 2001, shall have a sixty-day 3 7 period following their first date of employment after July 1, 3 8 2001, to comply with the provisions of subsection 1. 3 9 Sec. 7. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the 3 10 general assembly that the board of dental examiners adopt 3 11 rules authorized pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of this Act, to 3 12 be adopted on or before January 1, 2001. The board shall 3 13 consider, in adopting rules, recommendations of the scope of 3 14 practice review committee relating to practice as a dental 3 15 assistant. The board shall not, however, adopt rules that 3 16 delegate to a dental assistant any of the following services: 3 17 1. Administration of local anesthesia. 3 18 2. Placement of sealants. 3 19 3. Removal of any plaque, stain, calculus, or hard natural 3 20 or synthetic material except by toothbrush, floss, or rubber 3 21 cup coronal polish. 3 22 Sec. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 7 of this Act, being 3 23 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment 3 24 for the purpose of developing rules for adoption on or before 3 25 January 1, 2001. 3 26 3 27 3 28 3 29 BRENT SIEGRIST 3 30 Speaker of the House 3 31 3 32 3 33 3 34 MARY E. KRAMER 3 35 President of the Senate 4 1 4 2 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 4 3 is known as House File 686, Seventy-eighth General Assembly. 4 4 4 5 4 6 4 7 ELIZABETH ISAACSON 4 8 Chief Clerk of the House 4 9 Approved , 2000 4 10 4 11 4 12 4 13 THOMAS J. VILSACK 4 14 Governor 4 15 4 16
Text: HF00685 Text: HF00687 Text: HF00600 - HF00699 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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