Senate
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479
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
PERFORMANCE
OF
EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES
BY
LICENSED
DENTAL
HYGIENISTS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
153.15,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
153.15
Dental
hygienists
——
scope
of
term.
A
licensed
dental
hygienist
may
perform
those
services
which
are
educational,
therapeutic,
and
preventive
in
nature
which
attain
or
maintain
optimal
oral
health
as
determined
by
the
board
and
may
include
but
are
not
necessarily
limited
to
complete
oral
prophylaxis,
application
of
preventive
agents
to
oral
structures,
exposure
and
processing
of
radiographs,
administration
of
medicaments
prescribed
by
a
licensed
dentist,
obtaining
and
preparing
nonsurgical,
clinical
and
oral
diagnostic
tests
for
interpretation
by
the
dentist,
and
preparation
of
preliminary
written
records
of
oral
conditions
for
interpretation
by
the
dentist.
Such
services
,
except
educational
services,
shall
be
performed
under
supervision
of
a
licensed
dentist
and
in
a
dental
office,
a
public
or
private
school,
public
health
agencies,
hospitals,
and
the
armed
forces,
but
nothing
herein
shall
be
construed
to
authorize
a
dental
hygienist
to
practice
dentistry.
Educational
services
shall
be
limited
to
assessing
the
need
for,
planning,
implementing,
and
evaluating
oral
health
education
programs
for
individual
patients
and
community
groups;
and
conducting
Senate
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479,
p.
2
workshops
and
in-service
training
sessions
on
dental
health
for
nurses,
school
personnel,
institutional
staff,
community
groups,
and
other
agencies
providing
consultation
and
technical
assistance
for
promotional,
preventive,
and
educational
services.
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
479,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor