Bill Text: IA SF479 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the performance of educational services by licensed dental hygienists. (Formerly SSB 1164.) Effective 7-1-17.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-04-12 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 1020. [SF479 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF479-Enrolled.html

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Senate File 479 - Enrolled




                              SENATE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
                                  RESOURCES

                              (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                  1164)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                        Senate File 479

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO THE PERFORMANCE OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES BY
    LICENSED DENTAL HYGIENISTS.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 153.15, Code 2017, 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
 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.


                                                                                            JACK WHITVER


                                                                                            LINDA UPMEYER


                                                                                            W. CHARLES SMITH


                                                                                            TERRY E. BRANSTA

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