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KS SB432
Bill
Status
2/2/2026
Primary Sponsor
Government Efficiency
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AI Summary
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Eliminates the current requirement that dentist-owners must be personally present at least 20% of the time patients are being treated at their dental offices
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Removes the existing exception that allowed licensees to own up to two additional dental offices beyond their primary location under specific conditions (within 125-mile radius and in counties with population under 10,000)
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Maintains existing rules allowing dentists to practice under association names, corporate names, or trade names as long as such names do not misrepresent the dentist to the public
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Preserves the ability for licensed dentists to form professional corporations, LLCs, or associate with physicians in clinics while employing non-owning licensees
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Amends K.S.A. 65-1435 and takes effect upon publication in the statute book
Legislative Description
Updating certain provisions of the Kansas dental practices act relating to in-person practice requirements in a dental office owned by a licensee.
Last Action
Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Government Efficiency
2/16/2026