House File 2187

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  1  1                                          HOUSE FILE 2187
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  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 PROVIDING FOR THE ELIMINATION OF AN EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT
  1  5    AS A PREREQUISITE FOR BEING DESIGNATED A REGISTERED
  1  6    DENTAL ASSISTANT.
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  1  8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1 10    Section 1.  Section 153.39, subsection 2, Code 2003, is
  1 11 amended to read as follows:
  1 12    2.  A person shall be registered upon the successful
  1 13 completion of education and examination requirements, and
  1 14 certification by the person's supervising dentist that the
  1 15 candidate is competent to act as a dental assistant.
  1 16 Education requirements shall be determined by the board by
  1 17 rule, and may be satisfied either through a formal series of
  1 18 classes or through job equivalency training, according to
  1 19 standards to be determined by the board.  The education
  1 20 requirements may include possession of a valid certificate in
  1 21 a nationally recognized course in cardiopulmonary
  1 22 resuscitation.  Successful passage of an examination
  1 23 administered by the board, which shall include sections
  1 24 Standards for certification that the candidate is competent
  1 25 shall be determined by the board by rule, and shall include
  1 26 areas regarding infection control, hazardous materials, and
  1 27 jurisprudence, shall also be required.  The board shall
  1 28 establish continuing education requirements as a condition of
  1 29 renewing registration as a registered dental assistant, as
  1 30 well as standards for the suspension or revocation of
  1 31 registration.
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  1 34                                                             
  1 35                               CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS
  2  1                               Speaker of the House
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  2  4                                                             
  2  5                               JEFFREY M. LAMBERTI
  2  6                               President of the Senate
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  2  8    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
  2  9 is known as House File 2187, Eightieth General Assembly.
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  2 12                                                             
  2 13                               MARGARET THOMSON
  2 14                               Chief Clerk of the House
  2 15 Approved                , 2004
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  2 19 THOMAS J. VILSACK
  2 20 Governor