Assembly Bill A7866

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the practice of registered dental hygienists

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A7866 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5757
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6606, 6608 & 6611, Ed L

2013-A7866 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the practice of registered dental hygienists.

2013-A7866 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7866

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 6, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  registered  dental
  hygienists

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Subdivision 1 of section 6606 of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  437  of  the  laws  of 2001, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. The practice of the profession of dental hygiene is defined as  the
performance  of  dental services which shall include removing calcareous
deposits, accretions and stains from the exposed surfaces of  the  teeth
which  begin  at  the  epithelial attachment and applying topical agents
indicated for a complete dental prophylaxis, removing cement, placing or
removing rubber dam, removing sutures, placing  matrix  band,  providing
patient  education,  applying  topical  medication, placing and exposing
DIAGNOSTIC DENTAL X-ray films, performing topical fluoride  applications
and  topical  anesthetic  applications,  polishing teeth, taking medical
history, charting caries, taking impressions for  study  casts,  placing
and   removing  temporary  restorations,  administering  and  monitoring
nitrous oxide analgesia and administering and  monitoring  local  infil-
tration  anesthesia, subject to certification in accordance with section
sixty-six hundred five-b of this article, and any other function in  the
definition  of  the  practice  of  dentistry  as  may  be delegated by a
licensed dentist in  accordance  with  regulations  promulgated  by  the
commissioner.  The  practice  of  dental hygiene may be conducted in the
office of any licensed dentist or in any appropriately  equipped  school
or public institution but must be done EITHER under the supervision of a
licensed  dentist OR, IN THE CASE OF A REGISTERED DENTAL HYGIENIST WORK-
ING FOR A HOSPITAL AS DEFINED IN  ARTICLE  TWENTY-EIGHT  OF  THE  PUBLIC
HEALTH  LAW, PURSUANT TO A COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENT WITH A LICENSED AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11370-02-3
              

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