1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to health occupations; establishing guest 
  1.3             licenses for dentists and dental hygienists; 
  1.4             establishing guest registration for dental assistants; 
  1.5             appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, 
  1.6             section 150A.06, by adding a subdivision. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:  
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 150A.06, is 
  1.9   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 2c.  [GUEST LICENSE OR REGISTRATION.] (a) The board 
  1.11  shall grant a guest license to practice as a dentist or dental 
  1.12  hygienist or a guest registration to practice as a dental 
  1.13  assistant if the following conditions are met: 
  1.14     (1) the dentist, dental hygienist, or dental assistant is 
  1.15  currently licensed or registered in good standing in North 
  1.16  Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, or Wisconsin; 
  1.17     (2) the dentist, dental hygienist, or dental assistant is 
  1.18  currently engaged in the practice of that person's respective 
  1.19  profession in North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, or Wisconsin; 
  1.20     (3) the dentist, dental hygienist, or dental assistant is 
  1.21  seeking to practice in a public health setting in Minnesota that 
  1.22  (i) is approved by the board; (ii) was established by a 
  1.23  nonprofit organization that is tax exempt under chapter 
  1.24  501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and (iii) 
  1.25  provides dental care to patients who have difficulty accessing 
  1.26  dental care; 
  2.1      (4) the dentist, dental hygienist, or dental assistant 
  2.2   agrees to treat indigent patients who meet the eligibility 
  2.3   criteria established by the clinic; and 
  2.4      (5) the dentist, dental hygienist, or dental assistant has 
  2.5   applied to the board for a guest license or registration, 
  2.6   providing evidence of being currently licensed or registered in 
  2.7   good standing in North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, or Wisconsin, 
  2.8   and has paid a nonrefundable license fee to the board of $50. 
  2.9      (b) A dentist, dental hygienist, or dental assistant 
  2.10  practicing under a guest license or registration may only 
  2.11  practice at a single, specific location in Minnesota.  A guest 
  2.12  license or registration must be renewed annually with the board 
  2.13  and an annual renewal fee of $50 must be paid to the board.  If 
  2.14  the clinic in Minnesota at which a dentist, dental hygienist, or 
  2.15  dental assistant seeks to practice permanently ceases operation, 
  2.16  the guest license or registration issued under this subdivision 
  2.17  is automatically revoked. 
  2.18     (c) A dentist, dental hygienist, or dental assistant 
  2.19  practicing under a guest license or registration under this 
  2.20  subdivision shall have the same obligations as a dentist, dental 
  2.21  hygienist, or dental assistant who is licensed in Minnesota and 
  2.22  shall be subject to the laws and rules of Minnesota and the 
  2.23  regulatory authority of the board.  If the board suspends or 
  2.24  revokes the guest license or registration of, or otherwise 
  2.25  disciplines, a dentist, dental hygienist, or dental assistant 
  2.26  practicing under this subdivision, the board shall promptly 
  2.27  report the disciplinary action to the dentist's, dental 
  2.28  hygienist's, or dental assistant's regulatory board in the 
  2.29  border state. 
  2.30     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
  2.31  following final enactment. 
  2.32     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  2.33     $3,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2003 from the state 
  2.34  government special revenue fund to the board of dentistry.