Delaware Senate Bill 146 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Passed on July 19 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-07-19 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Section 1 of this bill updates the Delaware Code relating to the Delaware Board of Dentistry and Dental Hygiene regarding the qualifications of licensure for dental hygienists and dentists to eliminate pending criminal charges as a basis to deny an application. A pending criminal charge that may ultimately be dismissed or of which a person may be exonerated should not be a license application disqualifier. Section 2 of this bill adds a provision giving a licensed dentist or licensed dental hygienist the option to place his or her license on inactive status at the time of renewal instead of allowing the license to lapse. This bill would bring the Board of Dentistry and Dental Hygiene in line with most other board statutes that allow for inactive status.

An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Board Of Dentistry And Dental Hygiene.

Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Rep. Gerald Brady [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]
Sen. David Wilson [R]

2016-07-01 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-07-19	Senate	Signed by Governor
2016-07-01	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 36 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 5 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-01-20	House	Reported Out of Committee (SUNSET COMMITTEE (POLICY ANALYSIS & GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY)) in House with 2 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
2015-06-26	House	Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House
2015-06-25	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 1 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2015-06-24	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (SUNSET) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits
2015-06-17	Senate	Assigned to Sunset Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/a6e220d4d63f5c2085257e58006beb97?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+146/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/e3360b19ea4be38f85257fe3001c4f26?OpenDocument