1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; requiring the Board of Dentistry to adopt rules with detailed 
1.3 	infection control requirements;amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 
1.4 	150A.04, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Rules, part 3100.6300, 
1.5 	subpart 11.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 150A.04, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.8 	to read:
1.9 		Subd. 6.Infection control rules. (a) The board shall adopt rules to establish specific, 
1.10 	detailed infection control requirements for dentists, dental therapists, dental hygienists, 
1.11 	dental assistants, and dental technicians.
1.12 	(b) Rules adopted under this subdivision must not require dentists, dental therapists, 
1.13 	dental hygienists, dental assistants, and dental technicians to comply with the infection 
1.14 	control recommendations, guidelines, precautions, procedures, practices, strategies, or 
1.15 	techniques established by another federal agency, state agency, or other organization, by 
1.16 	reference to any such agency or organization or to infection control recommendations of 
1.17 	any such agency or organization.
1.18 	(c) Federal agencies, state agencies, and other organizations referenced in paragraph (b) 
1.19 	include but are not limited to the Minnesota Department of Health; United States Department 
1.20 	of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service; or Centers for Disease Control and 
1.21 	Prevention.
1.22 	(d) The board shall adopt rules under this subdivision using the expedited process in 
1.23 	section 14.389, and section 14.389, subdivision 5, applies.

2.1 	Sec. 2. REPEALER.
 2.2 	Minnesota Rules, part 3100.6300, subpart 11, is repealed upon the effective date of 
2.3 	infection control rules adopted according to Minnesota Statutes, section 150A.04, subdivision 
2.4 	6.

APPENDIX 
3100.6300ADEQUATE SAFETY AND SANITARY CONDITIONS FOR DENTAL OFFICES. Subp. 11.Infection control.  
Dental health care personnel shall comply with the most current infection control recommendations, guidelines, precautions, procedures, practices, strategies, and techniques specified by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infection control standards are subject to frequent change.