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S.F. No. 775 - Board of Dentistry Modifications
 
Author: Senator David Hann
 
Prepared By:
 
Date: April 25, 2011



 

            S.F No. 775 makes technical and minor changes to the Board of Dentistry.

Section 1 (150A.06, subdivision 1c) makes a technical change to the reference to the National Board of Dental Examiners.
 
Section 2 (150A.06, subdivision 3) makes technical changes.
 
Section 3 (150A.06, subdivision 4) requires a dentist or dental hygienist who is applying to the board for licensure based on the applicant’s credentials and performance record in lieu of passing an examination approved by the board to have passed all components of the National Board Dental Examinations.
 
Section 4 (150A.06, subdivision 6) permits the display of a wallet-sized license and certificate at nonprimary practice locations instead of displaying an original-sized license or certification. 
 
Section 5 (150A.06, subdivision 10) requires an applicant for initial licensure and an applicant for reinstatement of licensure to submit to a criminal history records check of state data to be completed by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and a national history records check that includes a search of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s records.
 
Section 6 (150A.09, subdivision 3) requires licensees to maintain with the board a correct and current electronic mail address.
 
Sections 7 to 11 (150A.091) add a fee for a full faculty dentist and an advanced dental therapist, and make conforming changes.
 
Section 12 (150A.091, subdivision 16) requires the board to establish a fee not to exceed $250 to be paid by a licensee after failing two consecutive professional development portfolio audits for each failed portfolio audit thereafter.
 
Section 13 (150A.105, subdivision 7) makes a technical change.
 
Section 14 (150A.106, subdivision 1) requires that the fee be submitted with the application for certification to practice as an advanced dental therapist.
 
Section 15(150A14) clarifies that immunity from civil liability or criminal prosecution for cooperating with an investigation of a report or with the board if it is in relation to a violation or alleged violation of Minnesota Statutes, section 150A.08. States that a member of the board or a consultant retained by the board is considered a state employee under section 3.736, subdivision 9.
 
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