Chapter
325
2006 -- S 2384 SUBSTITUTE B
Enacted 07/04/06
A N A
C T
RELATING TO
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DENTISTS AND DENTAL
HYGIENISTS
Introduced By: Senators
Alves, Roberts, Perry, Issa, and Goodwin
Date Introduced: February 07,
2006
It is
enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 5-31.1-6.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-31.1 entitled
"Dentists
and
Dental Hygienists" is hereby amended to read as follows:
5-31.1-6.1.
Dental hygienists and dental Assistants. -- Dentists licensed pursuant
to
section
5-31.1-6 may supervise and delegate to any dental hygienists
licensed pursuant to section
5-31.1-6,
working under the dentist's general supervision and who are is
employed on a regular
basis by
such dentists any procedures which he or she may deem advisable; including initial
oral
health
screening assessments and other those
procedures specified under section 13 (or any
comparable
or successor section) of the rules and regulations pertaining to dentists and
dental
hygienists
promulgated from time to time by the department of health, and any such dental
hygienists
may engage in the practice of dental hygiene under the responsibility of the
supervising
dentists outside of such dentists'
office in order to render to residents of nursing
facilities
licensed pursuant to chapter 17 of title 23, whether or not such residents
are patients of
record
of the supervising dentist, without
the on-site direct supervision of a dentist licensed
pursuant
to section 5-31.1-6, those dental services, procedures and duties that he or
she has been
educated
to perform and which are authorized by the board of examiners in dentistry. Dental
hygienists
working under general supervision in nursing facilities shall provide
documentation of
initial
oral health screening assessments to the supervising dentist and to the
licensed nursing
facility
for appropriate follow-up assessment and treatment, as needed.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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