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ID H0142
Bill
Status
4/9/2013
Primary Sponsor
Health and Welfare Committee
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AI Summary
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Board may refuse, revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take other disciplinary action against dentists, including administrative penalties up to $10,000 per violation and assessment of disciplinary proceeding costs.
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Dentists are prohibited from practicing under any name other than their own true name, except through professional service corporations, professional limited liability companies, or limited managed care plans.
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Dentists may not hold out or represent themselves as practicing under fictitious or business names, except as employees or contracting dentists at federally qualified health centers under 42 U.S.C. 254b.
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New provision makes it grounds for discipline for dentists to engage in dental practice as a member, stockholder, employee, director, partner, or proprietor in any business entity where a person not duly licensed to practice dentistry holds an ownership interest.
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Exemptions apply to limited managed care plans under Idaho Code chapter 39, title 41, and dentists practicing at federally qualified health centers under 42 U.S.C. 254b.
Legislative Description
Amends existing law to revise provisions relating to a dentist who practices or represents himself as practicing dentistry under any name other than his own true name or under a business name, to provide that engaging in the practice of dentistry as part of a business in which a person not duly licensed holds an ownership interest may be subject to discipline and to provide for exemptions.
DENTISTS
Last Action
Reported Signed by Governor on April 9, 2013 Session Law Chapter 281 Effective: 07/01/13
4/9/2013