‘Resolve, Directing the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation To Conduct a Sunrise Review of Oral Health Care Issues’
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First Regular Session - 123rd Maine Legislature C "A", Filing Number H-362
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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Resolve, Directing the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation To Conduct a Sunrise Review of Oral Health Care Issues’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. Oral health care and sunrise review. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation shall conduct an independent assessment pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 32, chapter 1-A, subchapter 2 of the following oral health care issues: the proposal for expansion of the scope of practice of dental hygienists to create a mid-level dental hygienist license category, as well as the proposal to permit dental hygienists to practice independently without the supervision of a licensed dentist in order to increase access to preventive dental care across the State; the proposal to expand licensing requirements to permit graduates of a foreign university considered satisfactory to the Board of Dental Examiners to practice dentistry in this State, including a review of other states' models for evaluation of foreign-trained dentists; and the proposal that the regulatory structure for denturists and dental hygienists include placing denturists and dental hygienists under the jurisdiction of a new board within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation; and be it further
Sec. 2. Reporting date established. Resolved: That no later than February 15, 2008 the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation shall submit a report following the independent assessment under section 1 to the Joint Standing Committee on Business, Research and Economic Development. That committee is authorized to introduce legislation on the subject matter of the report to the Second Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature.’
summary
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve. It directs the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation to conduct an independent assessment pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 32, chapter 1-A, subchapter 2 of the following oral health care issues: the proposal for expansion of the scope of practice of dental hygienists to create a mid-level dental hygienist license category, as well as the proposal to permit dental hygienists to practice independently without the supervision of a licensed dentist in order to increase access to preventive dental care across the State; the proposal to expand licensing requirements to permit graduates of a foreign university considered satisfactory to the Board of Dental Examiners to practice dentistry in this State, including a review of other states' models for evaluation of foreign-trained dentists; and the proposal that the regulatory structure for denturists and dental hygienists include placing denturists and dental hygienists under the jurisdiction of a new board within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. This amendment also requires the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation to submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Business, Research and Economic Development and authorizes the committee to introduce legislation on the subject matter of the report to the Second Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature.