Bill Summaries: S 580 DENTAL PRACTICE ACT REVISIONS/HIE EXEMPTION. (NEW)

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  • Summary date: May 25 2022 - View Summary

    House committee substitute replaces the content of the 2nd edition with the following.

    Amends GS 90-30 to allow clinical examinations required of applicants for a license to practice dentistry to include procedures performed on simulated human subjects, such as manikins, rather than human subjects only as currently required. 

    Amends GS 90-36 to distinguish and revise the qualifications for a dentist to receive a license by credentials by way of either holding an instructor's license or graduating from a specified dental school. Now requires applicants who hold a current instructor's license to have held the license for at least two years prior to applying, and have been engaged in the teaching and practice of clinical dentistry for a minimum of 2,000 hours in the two years immediately preceding the date of application (previously, only required to hold a current instructor's license). Now exempts applicants for licensing by credentials who hold an instructor's license and meet these new requirements from the qualification to have five years of experience practicing pursuant to subdivision (c)(1). Requires those qualifying by graduating with a dental degree to have graduated from a school or college accredited by the US Department of Education (was, accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association and approved by the NC Board of Dental Examiners). 

    Eliminates the requirement for licensed dentists to begin submitting demographic and clinical data for State-funded health care services to the Health Information Exchange Network pursuant to GS 90-414.4 by January 1, 2023, and instead authorizes licensed dentists to voluntarily connect to the HIE Network and data.

    Changes the act's titles.


  • Summary date: Aug 31 2021 - View Summary

    House committee substitute to the 1st edition changes the effective date established by the act for 15A NCAC 02Q .0203 (Permit and Application Fees rule adopted by Environmental Management Commission on January 14, 2021), notwithstanding the timeline outlined in GS 15B-21.3 (specifying effective date of adopted rules) or other applicable law. Now provides for the rule to take effect on the date the act becomes law (was, May 1, 2021).


  • Summary date: Apr 6 2021 - View Summary

    Establishes effective date of May 1, 2021, for 15A NCAC 02Q .0203 (Permit and Application Fees rule adopted by Environmental Management Commission on January 14, 2021), regardless of the timeline outlined in GS 15B-21.3 (specifying effective date of adopted rules) or other applicable law.