Maryland Senate Bill 538 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-19 - Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Altering a specified provision of law to provide that a general license to practice dental hygiene authorizes the licensee to practice dental hygiene under the general supervision of a licensed dentist in a specified facility with a population that lacks direct access to dental care, rather than only in a long-term care facility; altering the requirements that a dental hygienist is required to meet before being authorized to practice dental hygiene under general supervision of a licensed dentist in a specified facility; etc.

Dental Hygienists - Scope of Practice - Authority to Practice Under General Supervision of Licensed Dentists

Sen. Joan Conway [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-19	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn
2016-02-17	Senate	Hearing cancelled
2016-02-19	Senate	Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-04	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0538?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0538f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0008/sb0538.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/sb0538_ehe.pdf