Bill Text: NJ A464 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases membership of the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee [A464 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A464-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman JOAN M. VOSS
District 38 (Bergen)
Assemblyman PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.
District 18 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Increases membership of the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning the membership of the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry and amending R.S.45:6-1 and R.S.45:6-2.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. R.S.45:6-1 is amended to read as follows:
45:6-1. The State Board of Registration and Examination in Dentistry in the Division of Professional Boards of the Department of Law and Public Safety, hereinafter in this chapter designated as the "board," created and established by an act entitled "An act to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of New Jersey, and to repeal certain acts now relating to the same," approved March 31, 1915 (L.1915, c.146, p.261), as amended and supplemented, is continued, and shall hereafter be known and designated as the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry. Wherever in any law, rule, regulation, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to the State Board of Registration and Examination in Dentistry, the same shall mean and refer to the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry.
In addition to two public members and one State executive department member appointed pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1971, c.66 (C.45:2.1 et seq.), the board shall consist of [nine] eleven members, eight of whom shall have resided and practiced dentistry in this State for at least 10 years each immediately preceding their appointments [and one] , two of whom shall be [a] dental [hygienist] hygienists, and one shall be a dental assistant appointed by the Governor for a term of 4 years. In appointing such dental [hygienist] hygienists, the Governor shall give due consideration to, but shall not be bound by, the recommendation of the New Jersey Dental Hygienists Association. Upon the expiration of the term of office of any member, his successor shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to the provisions of [section 45:1-2 of this Title] P.L.1971, c.60 (C.45:2.1 et seq.), for a term of 4 years [, except that the successors of the members whose terms will expire on June 4, 1949, shall be appointed each for a term expiring on August 31, 1952; the successors of the members whose terms will expire on November 9, 1949, and January 7, 1950, respectively, shall be appointed each for a term expiring on August 31, 1953; the successors of the members whose terms will expire on July 31, 1950, and October 8, 1950, respectively, shall be appointed each for a term expiring on August 31, 1954; and the successors of the members whose terms will expire on July 30, 1951, and November 4, 1951, respectively, shall be appointed each for a term expiring on August 31, 1955]. Each member , other than the State executive department member, shall hold his office until his successor is appointed and qualifies. Any vacancy in the membership of the board, occurring from any cause, shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term only. Upon cause being shown before him, the Governor may remove [a] any member , other than the State executive department member, from office upon proven charges of inefficiency, incompetency, immorality or professional misconduct.
(cf: P.L.1979, c.46, s.22)
2. R.S.45:6-2 is amended to read as follows:
45:6-2. The board shall, at its annual meeting, elect from its members a president, and [an officer to be known as secretary-treasurer, which officer may or may not be a member of the board] a vice-president; and it shall hold at least two meetings annually for examining and licensing persons to practice dentistry, at which meetings [five] eight members shall constitute a quorum. The board shall have power to determine the good standing and repute of any dental school, college or department of a university, and may from time to time designate, in a public manner, schools, colleges or departments of universities, whose diplomas will be received by it; and it shall annually make a report of its proceedings to the [governor] Governor and to the New Jersey [State] Dental [Society] Association. The seal heretofore adopted by it shall continue to be the common seal of the board.
(cf: R.S.45:6-2)
3. This act shall take effect on the 180th day next following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill increases the membership of the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry from 12 to 14 members by including on the board an additional dental hygienist and a dental assistant. Under current law, the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry is comprised of twelve members as follows: eight licensed practitioners; one dental hygienist; and two public members and one State executive department member who are appointed pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1971, c.60 (C.45:1-2.1).
The bill also provides that a quorum of the board shall consist of eight members, rather than five members as is currently provided by law.
