Bill Text: IA HF2267 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the regulation of dental hygienists and dental assistants, and the practice of dentistry, and providing administrative penalties. (Formerly HSB 153.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2020-03-12 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 593. [HF2267 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2267-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
REGULATION
OF
DENTAL
HYGIENISTS
AND
DENTAL
ASSISTANTS,
AND
THE
PRACTICE
OF
DENTISTRY,
AND
PROVIDING
ADMINISTRATIVE
PENALTIES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
153.15,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
153.15
Dental
hygienists
——
scope
of
term.
A
licensed
dental
hygienist
may
perform
those
services
which
are
educational,
therapeutic,
and
preventive
in
nature
which
attain
or
maintain
optimal
oral
health
as
determined
by
the
board
and
may
include
but
are
not
necessarily
limited
to
complete
oral
prophylaxis,
application
of
preventive
agents
to
oral
structures,
exposure
and
processing
of
radiographs,
administration
of
medicaments
prescribed
by
a
licensed
dentist,
obtaining
and
preparing
nonsurgical,
clinical
and
oral
diagnostic
tests
for
interpretation
by
the
dentist,
and
preparation
of
preliminary
written
records
of
oral
conditions
for
interpretation
by
the
dentist.
Such
services,
except
educational
services,
shall
be
performed
under
supervision
of
a
licensed
dentist
and
in
a
dental
office,
a
public
or
private
school,
public
health
agencies,
hospitals,
and
the
armed
forces,
but
nothing
herein
shall
be
construed
to
authorize
a
dental
hygienist
to
practice
dentistry.
Educational
services
shall
be
limited
to
assessing
the
need
for,
planning,
implementing,
and
evaluating
oral
health
education
programs
House
File
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p.
2
for
individual
patients
and
community
groups;
and
conducting
workshops
and
in-service
training
sessions
on
dental
health
for
nurses,
school
personnel,
institutional
staff,
community
groups,
and
other
agencies
providing
consultation
and
technical
assistance
for
promotional,
preventive,
and
educational
services.
Sec.
2.
Section
153.33,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5.
a.
The
board
may
impose
an
administrative
penalty
of
up
to
five
hundred
dollars
on
a
licensee,
registrant,
or
trainee
of
the
board
who
does
any
of
the
following:
(1)
Engages
in
a
practice
regulated
by
this
chapter
without
a
current
license,
registration,
permit,
or
qualification.
(2)
Employs
a
person
without
a
current
license,
registration,
permit,
or
qualification
to
engage
in
a
practice
regulated
by
this
chapter.
(3)
Fails
to
complete
the
continuing
education
required
for
renewal
of
a
license
or
registration.
b.
The
assessment
and
payment
of
a
penalty
imposed
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
shall
not
be
considered
a
disciplinary
action
or
reported
as
discipline
and
shall
be
confidential.
c.
A
licensee,
registrant,
or
trainee
may
contest
a
penalty
issued
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
by
initiating
a
contested
case
proceeding
pursuant
to
chapter
17A.
d.
This
section
shall
not
prohibit
the
board
from
imposing
discipline
on
a
licensee,
registrant,
or
trainee
for
willful
or
repeated
violations.
e.
An
administrative
penalty
collected
pursuant
to
this
subsection
shall
be
deposited
into
the
general
fund
of
the
state.
Sec.
3.
Section
153.38,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
153.38
Dental
assistants
——
scope
of
practice.
A
registered
dental
assistant
may
perform
those
services
of
assistance
to
a
licensed
dentist
as
determined
by
the
board
by
rule.
Such
services
A
registered
dental
assistant
with
additional
education
and
training,
as
provided
by
the
board
by
rule,
may
become
certified
to
perform
expanded
functions
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p.
3
or
become
qualified
to
participate
in
dental
radiography.
A
registered
dental
assistant
who
has
successfully
completed
expanded
function
training
through
the
university
of
Iowa
college
of
dentistry
or
a
program
certified
by
the
commission
on
dental
accreditation
may
place
dental
sealants
on
teeth.
Services
performed
by
a
registered
dental
assistant
shall
be
performed
under
supervision
of
a
licensed
dentist
in
a
dental
office,
a
public
or
private
school,
public
health
agencies,
hospitals,
and
the
armed
forces
,
but
this
section
shall
not
be
construed
to
authorize
a
dental
assistant
to
practice
dentistry
or
dental
hygiene.
The
board
shall
not
adopt
rules
that
delegate
to
a
dental
assistant
the
administration
of
local
anesthesia
or
the
removal
of
plaque,
stain,
calculus,
or
hard
natural
material
except
by
toothbrush,
floss,
or
rubber
cup
coronal
polish.
Every
licensed
dentist
who
utilizes
the
services
of
a
registered
dental
assistant
for
the
purpose
of
assistance
in
the
practice
of
dentistry
shall
be
responsible
for
acts
delegated
to
the
registered
dental
assistant.
A
dentist
shall
delegate
to
a
registered
dental
assistant
only
those
acts
which
are
authorized
to
be
delegated
to
registered
dental
assistants
by
the
board.
Sec.
4.
REPEAL.
2000
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1002,
section
7,
is
repealed.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2267,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2020
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
