Bill Amendment: FL S0926 | 2022 | Regular Session
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Bill Title: Licensure Examinations for Dental Practitioners
Status: 2022-04-08 - Chapter No. 2022-32 [S0926 Detail]
Download: Florida-2022-S0926-Senate_Committee_Amendment_703644.html
Bill Title: Licensure Examinations for Dental Practitioners
Status: 2022-04-08 - Chapter No. 2022-32 [S0926 Detail]
Download: Florida-2022-S0926-Senate_Committee_Amendment_703644.html
Florida Senate - 2022 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 926 Ì703644)Î703644 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Health Policy (Albritton) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment 2 3 Delete lines 41 - 118 4 and insert: 5 has typodont teeth with simulated calculus as approved by the 6 Commission on Dental Competency Assessmentslive patient; 7 4. A demonstration of prosthetics and restorative skills in 8 complete and partial dentures and crowns and bridges and the 9 utilization of practical methods of evaluation, specifically 10 including the evaluation by the candidate of completed 11 laboratory products such as, but not limited to, crowns and 12 inlays filled to prepared model teeth; 13 5. A demonstration of restorative skills on a manikin 14mannequinwhich requires the candidate to complete procedures 15 performed in preparation for a cast restoration; 16 6. A demonstration of endodontic skills; and 17 7. A diagnostic skills examination demonstrating ability to 18 diagnose conditions within the human oral cavity and its 19 adjacent tissues and structures from photographs, slides, 20 radiographs, or models pursuant to rules of the board. If an 21 applicant fails to pass the diagnostic skills examination in 22 three attempts, the applicant isshallnotbeeligible for 23 reexamination unless she or he completes additional educational 24 requirements established by the board. 25 26 The department shall require a mandatory standardization 27 exercise for all examiners prior to each practical or clinical 28 examination and shall retain for employment only those dentists 29 who have substantially adhered to the standard of grading 30 established at such exercise. 31 Section 2. Paragraphs (c), (e), and (j) of subsection (2) 32 of section 466.0065, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 33 466.0065 Regional licensure examinations.— 34 (2) Each school of dentistry in this state which is 35 accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American 36 Dental Association or its successor agency may, upon written 37 approval by the Board of Dentistry, offer regional licensure 38 examinations only to dental students in the final year of a 39 program at an approved dental school, if the board has approved 40 the hosting school’s written plan to comply with the following 41 conditions: 42(c) The student must possess medical malpractice insurance43in amounts not less than the amounts required to take the44Florida licensure examinations.45(e) Adequate arrangements, as defined by the regional46examination body and as otherwise required by law, must be made,47when necessary, for patients who require followup care as a48result of procedures performed during the clinical portion of49the regional examination. The regional examination body must50inform patients in writing of their right to followup care in51advance of any procedures performed by a student.52(j) The student’s academic record must not include any53evidence suggesting that the student poses an unreasonable risk54to any live patients who are required for the clinical portion55of the regional examination. In order to protect the health and56safety of the public, the dental school may request additional57information and documents pertaining to the candidate’s mental58and physical health in order to fully assess the candidate’s59fitness to engage in exercises involving a live patient.60 Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section 61 466.007, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 62 466.007 Examination of dental hygienists.— 63 (4) Effective July 1, 2012, to be licensed as a dental 64 hygienist in this state, an applicant must successfully complete 65 the following: 66 (b) A practical or clinical examination approved by the 67 board. The examination shall be the Dental Hygiene Examination 68 produced by the American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc., (ADEX) 69 or its successor entity, if any, if the board finds that the 70 successor entity’s clinical examination meets or exceeds the 71 provisions of this section. The board shall approve the ADEX 72 Dental Hygiene Examination if the board has attained and 73 continues to maintain representation on the ADEX House of 74 Representatives, the ADEX Dental Hygiene Examination Development 75 Committee, and such other ADEX Dental Hygiene committees as the 76 board deems appropriate through rulemaking to ensure that the 77 standards established in this section are maintained 78 organizationally. The ADEX Dental Hygiene Examination or the 79 examination produced by its successor entity is a comprehensive 80 examination in which an applicant must demonstrate skills within 81 the dental hygiene scope of practice on a manikin that has 82 typodont teeth with simulated caries and calculus as approved by 83 the