House
File
648
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Enrolled
House
File
648
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
A
LICENSED
SEDATION
PROVIDER
HOST
PERMIT
FOR
A
DENTIST.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
153.25
Licensed
sedation
provider
host
permit.
1.
The
board
may
issue
a
licensed
sedation
provider
host
permit
to
a
dentist
who
does
all
of
the
following:
a.
Completes
a
course
approved
by
the
board
as
described
in
subsection
3
within
the
twelve
months
immediately
preceding
the
submission
of
the
application,
or
provide
evidence
that
the
dentist
holds
a
substantially
similar
permit
issued
in
another
state.
House
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648,
p.
2
b.
Meets
the
facility
and
equipment
requirements
as
determined
by
the
board
by
rule.
c.
Receives
certification
in
administering
advanced
cardiovascular
life
support
as
determined
by
the
board
by
rule.
d.
Submits
an
application
in
a
form
prescribed
by
the
board.
2.
A
dentist
who
holds
a
licensed
sedation
provider
host
permit
may
do
all
of
the
following:
a.
Employ
a
licensed
sedation
provider,
or
a
dentist
who
holds
a
current
moderate
sedation
or
general
anesthesia
permit
issued
by
the
board,
to
administer
moderate
sedation
on
an
outpatient
basis
to
a
patient
who
is
at
least
thirteen
years
of
age
on
whom
the
dentist
is
performing
a
dental
procedure.
b.
Monitor
a
patient
who
is
at
least
thirteen
years
of
age
who
is
under
moderate
sedation.
3.
a.
The
board
shall
only
approve
a
licensed
sedation
provider
host
permit
course
that
provides
instruction
and
an
assessment
of
knowledge
and
skill
in
the
following
areas:
(1)
Preoperative
patient
assessment.
(2)
Emergency
scenarios
and
rescue.
(3)
Respiratory
complication.
(4)
Patient
safety
and
monitoring.
(5)
Airway
assessment
and
management.
(6)
Anesthetic
drugs.
(7)
Recovery.
b.
A
course
described
in
paragraph
“a”
shall
ensure
that
a
course
participant
can
do
all
of
the
following
at
the
conclusion
of
the
course:
(1)
Identify
a
high-risk
patient.
(2)
Differentiate
between
levels
of
sedation.
(3)
Monitor
a
patient
receiving
moderate
sedation.
(4)
Rescue
a
patient
from
a
deeper-than-intended
level
of
sedation.
c.
The
board
shall
review
courses
for
approval
on
an
annual
basis
and
shall
only
approve
a
course
for
which
the
director
of
the
course
has
submitted
documentation
indicating
that
the
course
meets
the
requirements
of
this
subsection.
The
board
may
require
the
director
of
a
course
to
participate
in
an
interview
as
part
of
the
approval
process.
4.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
“licensed
sedation
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p.
3
provider”
means
a
physician
anesthesiologist
licensed
in
this
state
or
a
certified
registered
nurse
anesthetist
licensed
in
this
state.
5.
The
board
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
implement
this
section,
including
rules
for
the
expiration
and
renewal
of
a
licensed
sedation
provider
host
permit.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
648,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2026
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor