Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF0357

E Relating to health; modifying certain provisions regulating the + practice of
dentistry; requiring the commissioner of health to contract with the +national
foundation of dentistry for the handicapped to develop and operate a +donated
dental services program for public program recipients and the +uninsured by
dentists volunteering services without compensation, specifying +certain
contract content, program, funding and documentation and reporting requirements;
modifying certain requirements for the licensing of +faculty dentists, providing
for the issuance of limited and full faculty +licenses to members of the
faculties of accredited Minnesota schools of +dentistry, dental hygiene or
dental assisting by the board of dentistry; requiring the +board to grant an
exemption to the continuing education requirements for +dentists retired from
active practice and providing dental services without reimbursement to the
indigent or to recipients of the medical +assistance (MA), general assistance
medical care or MinnesotaCare programs and to +waive the clinical examination
required for licensure for certain graduates of +accredited dental schools
successfully completing certain accredited +postdoctoral dental residency
programs; modifying certain conditions for the limited +authorization for dental
hygienists performance of services before patient +examination by a licensed
dentist, requiring dental hygienists before performing +authorized services to
provide patients with a consent to treatment form and +specifying certain
requirements for referrals; authorizing licensed dental +hygienists or
registered dental assistants to perform certain restorative +procedures;
modifying certain duties of the dental access advisory committee, +making
permanent the requirement for the commissioner of human services to +annually
report on activities and recommendations of the committee and +extending the
expiration date of the committee; requesting the commissioner in +consultation
with the committee to study the feasibility of developing urgent care+ dental
clinics for recipients of medical assistance, GAMC and MinnesotaCare +as an
alternative to receiving dental care services in hospital emergency +rooms;
appropriating money to the board and the commissioner of health for +the donated
dental services program and repealing the existing program (mk, ja)