Bill Text: NH HB565 | 2011 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Establishing a dental hygienists committee within the board of dental examiners.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-14 - House Signed By Governor 06/14/2011; Effective 08/13/2011; Chapter 0172 [HB565 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2011-HB565-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 172

HB 565 – FINAL VERSION

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2011 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 565

AN ACT establishing a dental hygienists committee within the board of dental examiners.

SPONSORS: Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf 4

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a dental hygienists committee within the board of dental examiners to propose administrative rules concerning dental hygienist regulation.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15Mar2011… 0755h

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT establishing a dental hygienists committee within the board of dental examiners.

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

172:1 New Section; Dental Hygienists Committee Established. Amend RSA 317-A by inserting after section 2 the following new section:

317-A:2-a Dental Hygienists Committee.

I.(a) A dental hygienists committee is established, which shall consist of one dental hygienist member of the board, one dentist member of the board, and 3 additional dental hygienist members appointed by the governor and council.

(b) The dentist member of the committee shall have supervised and worked in collaboration with a dental hygienist for a period of at least 3 years immediately preceding appointment to the committee. The dentist member and dental hygienist board member shall be appointed to the committee annually by a majority vote of board members.

(c) The additional non-board dental hygienist members shall serve terms of 3 years, with initial terms staggered to provide for annual appointments. The New Hampshire Dental Hygienists’ Association, the New Hampshire Dental Society, and the dental hygiene education community shall each nominate one dental hygienist for appointment as additional members of the committee. Subsequent appointments shall be made from the same nominating authority as the committee member whose term expires.

II. The committee shall develop and propose the administrative rules regarding the practice, discipline, education, examination, and licensure of dental hygienists, for the board’s consideration pursuant to RSA 317-A:12. The committee shall have no independent regulatory or disciplinary authority.

III. The rules proposed by the committee may be accepted by the board for adoption under RSA 317-A:12 and RSA 541-A or the board may decline to accept the committee recommendations if the board finds that the proposed rules exceed the jurisdiction or expand the scope of the committee beyond the authority granted in paragraph II, create an undue financial impact on the board, or are not supported by the record.

IV. This section shall not be construed as affecting or changing the scope of practice of the profession of dental hygiene or authorizing the independent practice of dental hygiene.

172:2 Report Required. The board of dental examiners shall report on the establishment and operation of the dental hygienists committee of the board of dental examiners as established by this act, and any other recommendations for the authority of the committee, to the house and senate executive departments and administration committees, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before October 1, 2012.

172:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 14, 2011

Effective Date: August 13, 2011