House Bill 17-1010 Summary

• Authorizes the Colorado Dental Board to promulgate rules clarifying the scope of collaborative dental agreements and dental hygiene practices.

• Expands dental hygienist authority to use lasers for pocket disinfection within defined scopes of practice, subject to appropriate education, training, and supervision.

• Permits dental hygienists to prescribe and dispense emergency drugs and reversal agents in collaboration with a licensed dentist, with the board authorized to further define permissible agents by rule.

• Adds new subsection authorizing dental hygienists to use related emergency drugs and reversal agents as authorized by their collaborating dentist.

• Updates interim therapeutic restoration permit requirements by clarifying the fee is determined by the director of the Division of Professions and Occupations.