Resolve, To Amend the Pilot Project for Independent Practice Dental Hygienists To Process Radiographs in Underserved Areas of the State

Sec. 1. Resolve 2011, c. 67, §1, first ¶, amended. Resolved: That Resolve 2011, c. 67, §1, first ¶ is amended to read:

Sec. 1. Pilot project for underserved areas of the State. Resolved: That the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Board of Dental Examiners shall establish a 2-year pilot project to allow a licensed independent practice dental hygienist to expose and process radiographs under protocols developed by the Board of Dental Examiners within areas of the State that have been designated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services as dental health professional shortage areas.

Sec. 2. Resolve 2011, c. 67, §1, amended. Resolved: That Resolve 2011, c. 67, §1 is amended by adding after the 2nd paragraph the following:

The rules for the pilot project must allow an independent practice dental hygienist to expose and process all dental radiographs, including but not limited to:

1. Vertical and horizontal bitewing films;

2. Periapical films;

3. Panoramic images; and

4. Full-mouth series.

Sec. 3. Resolve 2011, c. 67, §1, last ¶, amended. Resolved: That Resolve 2011, c. 67, §1, last ¶ is amended to read:

The pilot project terminates March 15, 2014  2015; and be it further