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2. a. A collaborative management agreement shall be limited to covering one
19qualifying dentist and one dental therapist.
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b. A dental therapist may enter into multiple collaborative management
21agreements.
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c. No dentist may have collaborative management agreements with more than
235 dental therapists at any time.
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24Section 2050
. 447.065 of the statutes is amended to read:
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1447.065 Delegation of remediable procedures and dental practices. (1) 2A dentist
or dental therapist who is licensed
to practice dentistry under this chapter
3may delegate to an individual who is not licensed under this chapter only the
4performance of remediable procedures, and only if all of the following conditions are
5met:
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(a) The unlicensed individual performs the remediable procedures in
7accordance with a treatment plan approved by the dentist
or dental therapist.
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(b) The dentist
or dental therapist is on the premises when the unlicensed
9individual performs the remediable procedures.
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(c) The unlicensed individual's performance of the remediable procedures is
11subject to inspection by the dentist
or dental therapist.
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12(2) Subject to the requirements under s. 447.06 (2), a dentist
or dental therapist 13who is licensed
to practice dentistry under this chapter may delegate to a dental
14hygienist who is licensed to practice dental hygiene under this chapter the
15performance of remediable procedures and the administration of oral systemic
16premedications, local anesthesia, nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia, and
17subgingival sustained release chemotherapeutic agents
, to the extent the dentist or
18dental therapist has the authority to perform the activity personally.
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19(3) A dentist
or dental therapist who delegates to another individual the
20performance of any practice or remediable procedure is responsible for that
21individual's performance of that delegated practice or procedure.
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22Section 2051
. 447.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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447.07
(1) The examining board may, without further notice or process, limit,
24suspend, or revoke the license or certificate of any dentist
, dental therapist, or dental
25hygienist, or the registration of a mobile dentistry program registrant, who fails,
1within 60 days after the mailing of written notice to the dentist's,
dental therapist's, 2dental hygienist's, or registrant's last-known address, to renew the license,
3certificate, or registration.
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4Section 2052
. 447.07 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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447.07
(3) (intro.) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1), the
6examining board may make investigations and conduct hearings in regard to any
7alleged action of any dentist
, dental therapist, or dental hygienist, of a mobile
8dentistry program registrant, or of any other person it has reason to believe is
9engaged in or has engaged in the practice of dentistry
, dental therapy, or dental
10hygiene, or the operation of a mobile dentistry program, in this state, and may, on
11its own motion, or upon complaint in writing, reprimand any dentist
, dental
12therapist, or dental hygienist who is licensed or certified under this chapter, or any
13mobile dentistry program registrant, or deny, limit, suspend, or revoke his or her
14license or certificate, or the registration of the mobile dentistry program registrant,
15if it finds that the dentist,
dental therapist, dental hygienist, or mobile dentistry
16program registrant has done any of the following:
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17Section 2053
. 447.07 (3) (e) to (h) of the statutes are amended to read:
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447.07
(3) (e) Subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322, and 111.335, been convicted of a
19crime, the circumstances of which substantially relate to the practice of dentistry
,
20dental therapy, or dental hygiene or the operation of a mobile dentistry program.
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(f) Violated this chapter or any federal or state statute or rule that relates to
22the practice of dentistry
, dental therapy, or dental hygiene, or the operation of a
23mobile dentistry program.
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1(g) Subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322 and 111.34, practiced dentistry
, dental
2therapy, or dental hygiene while his or her ability was impaired by alcohol or other
3drugs.
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(h) Engaged in conduct that indicates a lack of knowledge of, an inability to
5apply or the negligent application of, principles or skills of dentistry
, dental therapy, 6or dental hygiene.
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7Section 2054
. 447.40 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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8447.40 Informed consent. (intro.) Any dentist
or dental therapist who treats
9a patient shall inform the patient about the availability of reasonable alternate
10modes of treatment and about the benefits and risks of these treatments. The
11reasonable dentist standard is the standard for informing a patient under this
12section. The reasonable dentist standard requires disclosure only of information
13that a reasonable dentist would know and disclose under the circumstances. The
14dentist's
or dental therapist's duty to inform the patient under this section does not
15require disclosure of any of the following:
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16Section 2055
. 447.40 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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447.40
(6) Information about alternate modes of treatment for any condition
18the dentist
or dental therapist has not included in his or her diagnosis
, assessment,
19or treatment plan at the time the dentist
or dental therapist informs the patient.
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20Section 2056
. 448.03 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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448.03
(2) (a) Any person lawfully practicing within the scope of a license,
22permit, registration, certificate or certification granted to practice midwifery under
23subch. XIII of ch. 440, to practice professional or practical nursing or
24nurse-midwifery under ch. 441, to practice chiropractic under ch. 446, to practice
25dentistry
, dental therapy, or dental hygiene under ch. 447, to practice optometry
1under ch. 449, to practice acupuncture under ch. 451 or under any other statutory
2provision, or as otherwise provided by statute.
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3Section 2057
. 448.21 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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448.21
(1) (a) The practice of dentistry
, dental therapy, or dental hygiene within
5the meaning of ch. 447.
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6Section 2058
. 450.03 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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450.03
(1) (e) Any person lawfully practicing within the scope of a license,
8permit, registration, certificate, or certification granted to provide home medical
9oxygen under s. 450.076, to practice professional or practical nursing or
10nurse-midwifery under ch. 441, to practice dentistry
, dental therapy, or dental
11hygiene under ch. 447, to practice medicine and surgery under ch. 448, to practice
12optometry under ch. 449 or to practice veterinary medicine under ch. 89, or as
13otherwise provided by statute.