HB2259 Summary

• Amends the State Board of Dental Examiners' powers to add authority for the executive director to refer cases to the board for formal interviews and to enter into stipulation agreements for substance abuse treatment when delegated by the board.

• Clarifies examination requirements for dentist licensure by changing reference from "Parts I and II" to "written" national dental board examinations and corrects "examinations" to "examination" for Arizona dental jurisprudence test.

• Modifies dental consultant license provisions to allow applicants who took state written theory examinations instead of national board exams, with board discretion to determine eligibility.

• Updates substance abuse treatment program language to reference "self or others" instead of "the public or himself" regarding danger reporting requirements to the board.

• Removes previous subsection E from section 32-1299 that duplicated the executive director's stipulation agreement authority now added to section 32-1207.