HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	267
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to dentistry.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 448-8.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§448-8.5[]]  Continuing education requirements.  The board shall adopt a program of continuing education for dentists and a program of continuing education for dental hygienists.  After January 1, 2002, at the time of reregistration of license as a dentist or dental hygienist, each licensee shall present to the board evidence of compliance with the program of continuing education applicable to their profession.  After January 1, 2016, at the time of reregistration of license as a dentist, each licensee shall present to the board evidence of having obtained at least three hours of ethics training in the two-year license period immediately preceding the registration application.  Failure to reregister and present evidence of compliance shall constitute a forfeiture of license, which may be restored only upon written application therefor and payment to the board of a restoration fee."

     SECTION 2.  Section 448-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§448-9  Application for licensure.  Any person of eighteen years or more shall be eligible for licensure upon submission of:

     (1)  An application to the executive officer of the board not later than forty-five days prior to the date of the scheduled examination;

     (2)  Application and examination fees; and

     (3)  Documentation and credentials that shall include but are not limited to the following:

         (A)  A diploma or certificate of graduation from a dental college accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation, recognized and approved by the board; [and]

         (B)  A certificate or other evidence satisfactory to the board of having passed parts I and II of the National Board Dental Examination[.];

(C) Evidence of having obtained at least three hours of ethics training."

     SECTION 3.  Section 448-9.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  The board of dental examiners may issue, without examination, a community service license to practice dentistry in the employment of the department of health, a federally qualified health center, Native Hawaiian health systems center, or post-secondary dental auxiliary training program accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation.  Community service licensees under this section shall abide by the requirements and conditions placed upon those fully licensed under this chapter.

     Eligible candidates shall:

     (1)  Provide copies of documentation and credentials that include but are not limited to:

         (A)  A diploma or certificate of graduation from a dental college accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation, recognized and approved by the board; and

         (B)  Either of the following:

              (i)  A certificate or other evidence satisfactory to the board of having passed part II of the National Board Dental Examination within five years of the date of request; or

             (ii)  Evidence of active practice of clinical dentistry of not less than one thousand hours per year for the three years immediately prior to the date of request;

     (2)  Provide a copy of an active, unrestricted dental practice license from another state;

     (3)  Disclose to the board of dental examiners all previous and pending legal or regulatory action relating to claims of malpractice, or personal or professional misconduct; [and]

     (4)  Pay applicable registration fees, which shall be one half of the prevailing biennial registration fee for dentistry[.]; and

(5) Present evidence of having obtained at least three hours of ethics training.

No person who after July 2, 2004, has failed to pass the license examination administered under this chapter shall have the benefit of a community service dental license."

     SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Dentistry; Ethics Training

Description:

Requires dentists to complete three hours of ethics training for their initial licenses, including community service licenses, and for license renewals.

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