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MN HF4147
Bill
Status
3/10/2022
Primary Sponsor
Kaohly Her
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AI Summary
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Allows licensed dental hygienists and dental assistants to perform four specific restorative procedures: placing, contouring, and adjusting amalgam restorations and glass ionomer; adapting and cementing stainless steel crowns; and placing, contouring, and adjusting class I, II, and V supragingival composite restorations on primary and permanent teeth.
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Requires completion of a board-approved course specific to these procedures that includes training on adjusting occlusion (bite alignment) on newly placed restorations.
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Mandates that a licensed dentist or licensed advanced dental therapist authorize each procedure and remain available in the clinic during performance.
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Requires course instructors to have prior experience teaching these procedures in an accredited dental education program.
Legislative Description
Dental restorative procedures performed by licensed dental hygienist or licensed dental assistant modified.
Last Action
Introduction and first reading, referred to Health Finance and Policy
3/10/2022