HB 5446 Summary

• Adds "oral and maxillofacial radiologist" and "dentist anesthesiologist" to the list of restricted dental specialty titles in Michigan's Public Health Code.

• Expands the health profession specialty fields for which dentists may obtain specialty field licenses to include dental public health, oral and maxillofacial radiology, and dental anesthesiology.

• Removes the word "licensed" before references to dentists in specialty certification provisions to clarify that unlicensed dentists may still perform specialty services.

• Changes statutory language from "pursuant to" to "under" and "shall" to "must" for consistency with modern legislative drafting standards.

• Clarifies that references to specialty certifications in administrative code are equivalent to health profession specialty field licenses.