HB1715 (2006) Detail

Relative to funding of the professional assistance program for dentists.


CHAPTER 173

HB 1715-FN – FINAL VERSION

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2006 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1715-FN

AN ACT relative to funding of the professional assistance program of dentists.

SPONSORS: Rep. MacKay, Merr 11; Sen. Hassan, Dist 23; Sen. Martel, Dist 18

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill requires that not more than $30 of each dentist fee paid to the board of dental examiners be used for funding a professional assistance program.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six

AN ACT relative to funding of the professional assistance program of dentists.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

173:1 Board of Dental Examiners; Duties; Professional Assistance Program. Amend RSA 317-A:4, I(e) to read as follows:

(e) To establish fees for examination of applicants for licenses and for renewal of licenses to practice dentistry and dental hygiene and for transcribing and transferring records and other services. The fees for dentists established by the board shall include not more than $30 of each application or renewal fee to be used for the funding of professional assistance programs or similar services as may be required under RSA 317-A:17, III(c). The fees established by the board shall be sufficient to provide revenues equal to 125 percent of the direct operating expenses of the board, including expenses under RSA 317-A:4, I(f), for the previous fiscal year;

173:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: May 24, 2006

Effective: May 24, 2006