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AL SB123
Bill
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SB123 Summary
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Discontinues licensing of expanded duty dental assistants and removes all references to this classification from Alabama dental practice regulations.
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Defines patient abandonment as termination of dental treatment without adequate notice of at least 15 days, including informing patients of emergency care availability and opportunity to obtain another dentist's services.
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Expands mobile dental facility exemptions to include any facility operated by the Alabama Department of Public Health or local county health departments, not just Jefferson County facilities.
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Authorizes dental hygienists to administer infiltration anesthesia under direct supervision of a licensed dentist upon obtaining a permit and completing 32 hours of approved training or equivalent certification.
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Makes various regulatory updates including extending licensure exam windows to 18 months post-graduation, requiring visible display of licenses, allowing reproduction of annual registration certificates, and prohibiting board member succession after term expiration.
Legislative Description
Dental Examiners, Board of, patient abandonment defined, exemption of mobile facilities expanded to all state and local health dept. mobile dental facilities, exemptions for limited pracitce clarified, cont. education providers, time for taking licensing exam extended, display of license and reproduction of registration cert., fees, disciplinary action, approval of specialty status by board, membership ballot procedure, succession on bd., technical corrections, Secs. 34-9-1, 34-9-4, 34-9-6, 34-9-6.1, 34-9-7, 34-9-7.1, 34-9-7.2, 34-9-8, 34-9-9, 34-9-10, 34-9-12, 34-9-13, 34-9-14, 34-9-15, 34-9-16, 34-9-18, 34-9-19, 34-9-22, 34-9-26, 34-9-27, 34-9-28, 34-9-40, 34-9-41, 34-9-43.2, 34-9-88, 34-38-2 am'd.
Dental Examiners of Alabama, Board of
Last Action
Assigned Act No. 2018-274.
3/13/2018