Senate committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.

Amends GS 90-22 as follows. Increases the membership of the North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners by one to 10, including an additional dental hygienist. Makes technical changes. Amends GS 90-22A by decreasing the number of members that are appointed by the Governor from five to four, removing the appointment of one of the public consumer members. Adds the appointment of two members by the Commissioner of Labor: one dental hygienist and one public consumer member.  

Amends Section 2 of the act as follows. Adds that the licensed dental hygienists' seats that become eligible for appointment after the act becomes law will be appointed for three-year terms in the specified order. Gives the Speaker of the House the power to appoint both of the specified licensed dentists to the North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners (was, one each by the Speaker and President Pro Tempore of the Senate).