January 8, 2002, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Provider
Services.
Introduced
Second Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2002)
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SENATE BILL No. 362
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
professions and occupations.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SECTION 1.
IC 25-13-1-5
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 5. (a) The board
shall enforce this chapter.
(b) The board may adopt rules consistent with this chapter and with
IC 25-14-1
necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter, the
examination of dental hygienists, and for the conduct of the practice of
dental hygiene.
(c) The board may utilize a dental hygienist education program's
accreditation by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the
American Dental Association as evidence that the program has met all
or part of the standards for dental hygienist education programs
established by the board.
(d) The board may set a fee for the:
(1) issuance;
(2) renewal; or
(3) reinstatement;
of a license to practice dental hygiene.
SECTION 2.
IC 25-13-1-17
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 17. (a) The board
may issue a license upon payment of the fee set by the board under
section
5 5(d)(1) of this chapter by an applicant who furnishes
satisfactory proof that the applicant:
(1) is a dental hygienist;
(2) is currently licensed in some other state that has licensing
requirements substantially equal to those in effect in Indiana on
the date of application;
(3) has been in satisfactory practice for at least
five (5) two (2)
years out of the preceding
seven (7) five (5) years;
(4) passes the law examination; and
(5) has completed at least fourteen (14) hours of continuing
education in the previous two (2) years.
However, all other requirements of this chapter must be met and the
licensing requirements of the law and the board of the state from which
such candidate comes may not be less than those prescribed in this
chapter.
(b) An applicant who, before September 1, 1987, graduated from a
school for dental hygienists that was recognized by the board at the
time the degree was conferred and that required a course of training of
only one (1) year, and who has completed:
(1) one (1) year of internship in a dental clinic of an accepted
hospital;
(2) one (1) year of teaching, after graduation, in a school for
dental hygienists; or
(3) five (5) years of actual dental practice as a dental hygienist;
may apply for licensure under this section if all other requirements of
this section are met.
SECTION 3.
IC 25-13-1-17.2
IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A
NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002]:
Sec. 17.2. (a) The board may classify
a license to practice dental hygiene as inactive if the board receives
written notification from the dental hygienist that the dental
hygienist does not practice as a dental hygienist in Indiana.
(b) The board may reclassify an inactive license to practice
dental hygiene under subsection (a) if the dental hygienist:
(1) pays the renewal fee set by the board under section 5(d)(2)
of this chapter;
(2) pays the reinstatement fee set by the board under section
5(d)(3) of this chapter; and
(3) meets the continuing education requirements under
section 17(a)(5) of this chapter.
SECTION 4. An emergency is declared for this act.