South Carolina House Bill 5321 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on March 3 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-03 - Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
Pending: House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend Section 40-15-80, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To The Practice Of Dental Hygiene, So As To Provide Dental Hygienists May Perform Primary Preventive Care That Is Reversible In Certain Settings Without Supervision, And To Provide Dental Hygienists May Administer Local Infiltration Anesthesia Under The General Supervision Of A Practicing Dentist; To Amend Section 40-15-85, Relating To Definitions Of Terms Used In The Licensure And Regulation Of Dentists And Dental Hygienists, So As To Define Related Terminology; And To Amend Section 40-15-102, Relating To The Authorization Of Certain Functions That Dental Hygienists May Perform Under The General Supervision Of A Dentist, So As To Remove Certain Related Supervisory Restrictions.

Dental hygiene

Rep. Linda Bennett [R]	Rep. Richard Martin [R]	Rep. Melissa Oremus [R]	Rep. William Wheeler [D]
Rep. Edward Tallon [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	House	Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
2020-03-03	House	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	15	102	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	15	80	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	15	85	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5321&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/5321_20200303.htm