HB 2190 Summary

• Establishes the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact, an interstate agreement allowing dentists and dental hygienists licensed in participating states to practice in other participating states through a "compact privilege" without obtaining a separate license.

• Requires participating states to accept national board dental examinations, graduates from accredited dental/dental hygiene programs, criminal background checks, and continuing professional development requirements as conditions of participation.

• Creates a joint Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact Commission composed of state commissioners to oversee the compact, maintain a data system of licensee information, and adopt rules governing interstate practice.

• Allows remote states to take adverse action against practitioners' compact privileges and requires states to report disciplinary actions and significant investigative information to the commission's data system.

• Exempts active military members and their spouses from commission fees for compact privileges and allows remote states to waive or reduce fees for military personnel.