CHAPTER 42
HB 532 – FINAL VERSION
30Mar2005… 0767h
2005 SESSION
08/10
HOUSE BILL 532
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill makes various changes to the statutes regulating the licensure and practice of dentists.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
30Mar2005… 0767h
05-0138
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to the licensure of dentists by the board of dental examiners.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
42:1 Licensure by Endorsement. Amend RSA 317-A:7-a, I to read as follows:
I. Has [maintained an active dental practice or practiced dental hygiene] practiced clinical dentistry or practiced clinical dental hygiene in one or more states; or
42:2 Applications. Amend RSA 317-A:8, IV to read as follows:
IV. A temporary license may be issued, at the discretion of the board, to dentists and dental hygienists for the provision of voluntary dental or dental hygiene services. To qualify for licensure under this paragraph, the applicant shall be [eligible for licensure by examination or endorsement certification in New Hampshire as a dentist or dental hygienist, and have a license in good standing in another state or in a Canadian province] an active, inactive, or former licensee in New Hampshire or in another state or Canadian province as determined by the board.
42:3 Practice of Dentistry. Amend RSA 317-A:20, I(c)-(h) to read as follows:
(c) Directly or indirectly informs the public in any language, orally, in writing, or in printing, or by drawings, demonstrations, specimens, signs, or pictures that the person can perform or will attempt to perform dental operations of any kind; [or]
(d) Undertakes, by any means or method, including by use of electronic media, gratuitously or for a salary, fee, money, or other reward paid or granted directly or indirectly to that person or to any other person, to diagnose or profess to diagnose, to treat or profess to treat, or prescribe for or profess to prescribe for any of the lesions, diseases, disorders, or deficiencies of the human oral cavity, teeth, gums, maxilla, or mandible or adjacent associated structures;
(e) [Extracts human teeth or corrects malpositions thereof or of the jaws] Supervises a dentist within the scope of the practice of dentistry;
(f) Except on the written prescription of a duly licensed dentist and by the use of impressions or casts made by a duly licensed and practicing dentist, directly or indirectly by mail, carrier, personal agent, or by any other method, furnishes, supplies, constructs, reproduces, or repairs prosthetic dentures, bridges, appliances, or other structures to be used and worn as substitutes for natural teeth, or adjusts the same; or
(g) Administers dental anesthetics, either general or local[; or
(h) Engages in any of the practices included in the curricula of recognized dental colleges].
42:4 Practice of Dentistry. Amend RSA 317-A:20, III(a)–(b) to read as follows:
(a) [Regularly licensed physicians or surgeons from:
(1) Treating or prescribing for lesions, diseases, disorders, or deficiencies of the human oral cavity, teeth, gums, maxilla, or mandible or adjacent associated structures;
(2) Extracting human teeth or administering anesthetics;
(3) Using or prescribing drugs or other remedies.] Physicians or surgeons licensed under RSA 329 from practicing dentistry incidental to their practice of medicine.
(b) Students from [performing dental operations under the supervision of a registered dentist at a state institution or competent instructors within a dental school, college, or dental department of a university recognized by the board.] American Dental Association accredited schools from practicing in hospitals or other institutions under the supervision of a faculty member of an American Dental Association accredited school who is also licensed under this chapter.
42:5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: May 17, 2005)
(Effective Date: July 16, 2005)