- Primary Sponsor
- Session
- Regular Session 2013
- Title
- Board of Dental Examiners, authorize to charge and collect impaired annual monitoring fee, authorize president to designate any board member to issue subpoenas, and to provide for filing of depositions in board office, Secs. 34-9-1, 34-9-4, 34-9-6, 34-9-7, 34-9-7.2, 34-9-8, 34-9-9, 34-9-10, 34-9-12, 34-9-13, 34-9-14, 34-9-15, 34-9-16, 34-9-18, 34-9-22, 34-9-26, 34-9-27, 34-9-28, 34-9-40, 34-9-46, 34-9-47, 34-38-2 am'd.
- Summary
SB365 would create a licensing category for expanded duty dental assistants, establish new fees (including an Impaired Dental Professionals Committee annual monitoring fee), and modify subpoena and deposition procedures for the Board of Dental Examiners.
What This Bill Does
The bill defines Expanded Duty Dental Assistant and sets their licensing and annual registration requirements, including exams and credentials. It authorizes the board to collect fees for EDDA licensing and to impose an Impaired Dental Professionals Committee annual monitoring fee (set at $2,000). It gives the board president authority to designate board members to issue subpoenas and to handle depositions directly through the board office, including how depositions are taken and used in proceedings. It also makes various technical corrections to the existing dental licensing and oversight framework.
Who It Affects
- Expanded Duty Dental Assistants (EDDA) would be newly licensed and required to meet defined training, examination, registration, and supervision rules, and to display their credentials.
- Dentists and dental hygienists, along with the Alabama Impaired Professionals Committee and the Board of Dental Examiners, would be affected by new oversight provisions, the additional annual monitoring fee, and changes to subpoenas and deposition handling in investigations and disciplinary matters.
Key Provisions
- Defines Expanded Duty Dental Assistant and outlines licensing, duties, and supervision requirements for EDDA providers.
- Authorizes the board to charge fees for licensing expanded duty dental assistants and to collect an Impaired Dental Professionals Committee annual monitoring fee (set at $2,000).
- Gives the board president authority to designate board members to issue subpoenas and to administer oaths; outlines subpoena service and enforcement.
- Allows depositions in matters pending before the circuit court to be returnable directly to the board office and codifies related procedures for taking and using depositions in board matters.
- Includes technical corrections to the Code of Alabama related to the Board of Dental Examiners and the Alabama Impaired Professionals Committee.
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- Subjects
- Dental Examiners of Alabama, Board of
