ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date |SENATE ACTION Initial and Date
Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost
Concurred In Not |Concurred In Not
Receded Not | Receded Not
Amend sec. 3, pages 2 and 3, by deleting lines 29 through 45 on page 2 and lines 1 and 2 on page 3, and inserting:
“Sec. 3. 1. The Committee on Dental Hygiene is hereby created.
2. The Committee consists of:
(a) The members of the Board who are dental hygienists; and
(b) One dentist who is a member of the Board and who has supervised a dental hygienist for at least 3 years immediately preceding his appointment to the Committee by the Board.
3. The Committee:
(a) May accept recommendations from dental hygienists, dentists and the general public and may meet to review such recommendations.
(b) May make recommendations to the Board concerning:
(1) The practice of dental hygiene; and
(2) The licensing of dental hygienists, including, without limitation, requirements relating to the education, examination and discipline of dental hygienists.
(c) Shall carry out any duties the Board may assign to the Committee.”.
Amend sec. 4, page 3, lines 4 and 5, by deleting “hygiene professional” and inserting “hygienist”.
Amend sec. 5, page 3, by deleting lines 8 through 31 and inserting:
“631.030 “Dental hygiene” means the performance of educational, preventive and therapeutic periodontal treatment including scaling, curettage and planing of roots and any related and required intraoral or extraoral procedures that a dentist is authorized to assign to a dental hygienist . [he employs.]”.
Amend sec. 6, page 3, by deleting lines 33 and 34 and inserting:
“631.040 “Dental hygienist” means any person who practices the profession of dental hygiene [.] and is licensed pursuant to”.
Amend sec. 8, page 4, lines 8 and 9, by deleting:
“[hygienists] hygiene professionals” and inserting “hygienists”.
Amend sec. 9, page 4, line 23, by deleting:
“[hygienists] hygiene professionals” and inserting “hygienists”.
Amend sec. 10, page 4, line 43, by deleting “hygiene professionals.” and inserting “hygienists.”.
Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 11 through 13 and adding:
“Secs. 11-13. (Deleted by amendment.)”.
Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 15 through 30 and adding:
“Secs. 15-30. (Deleted by amendment.)”.
Amend sec. 33, page 23, line 6, by deleting “hygiene professional” and inserting “hygienist”.
Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
“AN ACT relating to dental hygiene; authorizing the issuance of a temporary license to practice dental hygiene; creating the Committee on Dental Hygiene; prescribing the powers and duties of the Committee; expanding the definition of the term “dental hygiene”; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.