Bill Text: CT HB05459 | 2016 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

---

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Training In Cultural Competency For Dental Hygienists.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-04-14 - File Number 646 [HB05459 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-HB05459-Comm_Sub.html

---

General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5459
February Session, 2016		LCO No. 2010
		*_____HB05459PH____030816____*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)

AN ACT CONCERNING TRAINING IN CULTURAL COMPETENCY FOR DENTAL HYGIENISTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (g) of section 20-126l of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2016):

(g) Each licensed dental hygienist applying for license renewal shall earn a minimum of sixteen hours of continuing education within the preceding twenty-four-month period, including at least one contact hour of training or education in cultural competency. The subject matter for continuing education shall reflect the professional needs of the licensee in order to meet the health care needs of the public. Continuing education activities shall provide significant theoretical or practical content directly related to clinical or scientific aspects of dental hygiene. Qualifying continuing education activities include, but are not limited to, courses, including on-line courses, that are offered or approved by dental schools and other institutions of higher education that are accredited or recognized by the Council on Dental Accreditation, a regional accrediting organization, the American Dental Association, a state, district or local dental association or society affiliated with the American Dental Association, the National Dental Association, the American Dental Hygienists Association or a state, district or local dental hygiene association or society affiliated with the American Dental Hygienists Association, the Academy of General Dentistry, the Academy of Dental Hygiene, the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association when sponsoring programs in cardiopulmonary resuscitation or cardiac life support, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and armed forces of the United States when conducting programs at United States governmental facilities, a hospital or other health care institution, agencies or businesses whose programs are accredited or recognized by the Council on Dental Accreditation, local, state or national medical associations, or a state or local health department. Eight hours of volunteer dental practice at a public health facility, as defined in subsection (a) of this section, may be substituted for one hour of continuing education, up to a maximum of five hours in one two-year period. Activities that do not qualify toward meeting these requirements include professional organizational business meetings, speeches delivered at luncheons or banquets, and the reading of books, articles, or professional journals. Not more than four hours of continuing education may be earned through an on-line or other distance learning program.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2016	20-126l(g)

PH

Joint Favorable