Bill Text: IA HF685 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to requirements for licensees under the purview of the dental board relating to orthodontia services. (Formerly HSB 223.) Effective date: 07/01/2021.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-20 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 1210. [HF685 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF685-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
LICENSEES
UNDER
THE
PURVIEW
OF
THE
DENTAL
BOARD
RELATING
TO
ORTHODONTIA
SERVICES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
153.24
Orthodontia-related
services.
1.
A
licensee
under
the
purview
of
the
board
who
provides
treatment
for
the
correction
of
malpositions
of
human
teeth
or
the
initial
use
of
orthodontic
appliances
shall
not
begin
orthodontic
treatment
on
a
new
patient
unless
one
of
the
following
conditions
is
met:
a.
The
licensee
performs
an
initial
in-person
or
teledentistry
examination
of
the
teeth
and
supporting
structures
of
the
new
patient
prior
to
beginning
orthodontic
treatment.
b.
The
new
patient
provides
the
licensee
with
the
portion
of
the
dental
record
taken
within
the
prior
six
months
of
an
in-person
or
teledentistry
examination
of
the
teeth
and
supporting
structures
of
the
new
patient
prior
to
the
licensee
beginning
orthodontic
treatment.
2.
The
examination
required
pursuant
to
subsection
1
shall
include
any
appropriate
conventional
or
digital
radiographs
or
digital
imaging
that
are
necessary
to
develop
a
suitable
orthodontic
diagnosis
and
treatment
plan.
3.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
“new
patient”
means
a
person
whom
a
licensee
has
not
examined,
for
whom
a
licensee
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has
not
provided
care,
or
for
whom
a
licensee
has
not
otherwise
provided
consultation
during
the
two-year
period
immediately
prior
to
the
patient’s
most
recent
appointment.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
685,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2021
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
