Bill Text: NH HB250 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relative to oral prophylaxis for dental patients.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-11-13 - Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-2725h (Vote 21-0; Consent Calendar) [HB250 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2019-HB250-Introduced.html

HB 250 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2019 SESSION

19-0316

10/08

 

HOUSE BILL 250

 

AN ACT relative to oral prophylaxis for dental patients.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Jeudy, Hills. 10

 

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill allows a dental patient to have an oral prophylaxis performed even if the supervising dentist determines that a dental procedure or surgery is required.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-0316

10/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to oral prophylaxis for dental patients.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Paragraph; Dentistry; Dental Hygiene.  Amend RSA 317-A:21 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

III-a.  If requested by a patient, a dental hygienist shall perform an oral prophylaxis even if the supervising dentist determines that the patient requires dental procedures or surgery.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

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