NY State Senate Bill 2011-S3504

Senate Bill S3504

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides for quality standards for dental prosthetic devices and for disclosure of the manufacturing location of such devices

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2011-S3504 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A248
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §206, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:: A10649, A3849

2011-S3504 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for quality standards for dental prosthetic devices and for disclosure of the manufacturing location of such devices.

2011-S3504 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S3504

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the public health law, in relation to oversight of dental
laboratories and disclosure of the manufacturer of dental prosthetic
devices

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To increase oversight of dental
laboratories and to provide consumers with the knowledge of where
dental prosthetics including crowns, veneers, bridges, dentures or
implants are being manufactured prior to the consumer having dental
surgery.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 206 of the public health law
is amended by adding a new subdivision 28.

JUSTIFICATION:
Consumer protection and safety has and must remain a
top priority of state government. Too often consumers who have
undergone dental work including dental implants, crowns, veneers,
bridges and dentures face serious complications weeks or even months
later. This bill will provide greater oversight and will reduce the
potential for complications by requiring that the manufacturer and

location of manufacturing be made aware to the consumer prior to the
work being completed. Recently there have been news reports of a
woman in Ohio who was sickened by the lead dental work that was used
in a crown made in China. It is estimated that between 15 and 201 of
all dental restoration work is outsourced. By outsourcing their work
dental labs face a much lower cost, however, the safety of the
consumer must be foremost and protections must be put in to place to
safeguard against these cost cutting measures. The dental lab
industry is not regulated by any specific laws though the National
Association of Dental Laboratories has pushed for a number of years
to require some certification and regulation of their products to
protect against unscrupulous people in the industry.

Furthermore, this bill will enable the commissioner to promulgate
rules and regulations to establish quality standards for dental
prosthetic devices sold and manufactured in New York State.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2010: A.10649
2009: A.3849
2008: A.10352

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
The act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it
shall have become law.

2011-S3504 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3504

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 24, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health  law,  in  relation  to  oversight  of
  dental laboratories and disclosure of the manufacturer of dental pros-
  thetic devices

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

  Section 1. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 28 to read as follows:
  28. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED  TO  PROMULGATE  RULES
AND  REGULATIONS  TO  ESTABLISH  QUALITY STANDARDS FOR DENTAL PROSTHETIC
DEVICES SOLD IN THE STATE AND PRODUCED  IN  DENTAL  LABORATORIES  OR  AT
OTHER DENTAL MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES.  THE COMMISSIONER IS ALSO AUTHOR-
IZED  AND DIRECTED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIRING DISCLO-
SURE TO DENTISTS AND DENTAL PATIENTS OF THE PLACE OF MANUFACTURE OF  ANY
DENTAL  PROSTHETIC  DEVICES  USED  BY  THE  DENTIST  OR A PATIENT OF THE
DENTIST.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02298-01-1

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