153.33A - DENTAL HYGIENE COMMITTEE.
153.33A DENTAL HYGIENE COMMITTEE.
1. A three-member dental hygiene committee of the board is
created, consisting of the two dental hygienist members of the board
and one dentist member of the board. The dentist member of the
committee must have supervised and worked in collaboration with a
dental hygienist for a period of at least three years immediately
preceding election to the committee. The dentist member shall be
elected to the committee annually by a majority vote of board
members.
2. The committee shall have the authority to adopt
recommendations regarding the practice, discipline, education,
examination, and licensure of dental hygienists, subject to
subsection 3, and shall carry out duties as assigned by the board.
The committee shall have no regulatory or disciplinary authority with
regard to dentists, dental assistants, dental lab technicians, or any
other auxiliary dental personnel.
3. The board shall ratify recommendations of the committee at the
first meeting of the board following adoption of the recommendations
by the committee, or at a meeting of the board specifically called
for the purpose of board review and ratification of committee
recommendations. The board shall decline to ratify committee
recommendations only if the board makes a specific finding that a
recommendation exceeds the jurisdiction or expands the scope of the
committee beyond the authority granted in subsection 2, creates an
undue financial impact on the board, or is not supported by the
record. The board shall pay the necessary expenses of the committee
and of the board in implementing committee recommendations ratified
by the board.
4. This section shall not be construed as impacting or changing
the scope of practice of the profession of dental hygiene or
authorizing the independent practice of dental hygiene. Section History: Recent Form
98 Acts, ch 1010, §2; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §137
Referred to in § 147.14