Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF0179

E Relating to health occupations ARTICLE 1 � DENTURIST LICENSURERequiring and
providing for the licensing and regulation of +denturists by the commissioner of
health; defining denturist and the practice of +denturism and specifying certain
practice restrictions; imposing a penalty for the +practice of denturism without
a license, exclusions; specifying certain +examination and referral requirements
and certain regulation powers and duties of the commissioner; requiring the
commissioner to appoint a denture +technology advisory council, providing for
organization of the council and +specifying certain membership requirements,
term limits and duties; setting +application, examination and license fees,
requiring deposit in the special +revenue fund; specifying requirements for
licensure and providing for licensure by reciprocity and by equivalency during a
certain transition period; +specifying certain license content requirements;
requiring the commissioner to +establish license renewal requirements and to
administer the licensure +examinations, specifying certain examination
requirements; providing for the +placement of licenses on inactive status and
requiring the commissioner to +establish requirements for replacement on active
status; specifying grounds for+ license denial and for disciplinary action and
authorizing certain forms of disciplinary action, granting the commissioner
certain subpoena and +cease and desist order issuance authority, authorizing
temporary license +suspension and requiring automatic suspension under certain
conditions; specifying +certain reporting obligations of persons with knowledge
of conduct +constituting grounds for disciplinary action and of institutions,
professional societies, +licensed professionals and insurers taking certain
disciplinary actions and +requiring self reporting; providing for
investigations, requiring cooperation +of investigation subjects and requiring
the commissioner to establish +internal operating procedures for the exchange of
information and for the +coordination of certain investigations; requiring the
dental access advisory +committee to evaluate the use of denturists in public
assistance programs and to +report to the legislature on the repeal of the
program and on a requirement for+ patient presentation of a certificate of oral
health from a licensed dentist +or physician before receiving denturist services
ARTICLE 2 � CONFORMING AMENDMENTSMaking conforming amendments to certain
statutory provisions relating+ to business licensing, access to health records,
licensed dental +practice and professional health services (mk, ja)