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2. a. A collaborative management agreement shall be limited to covering one
24qualifying dentist and one dental therapist.
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1b. A dental therapist may enter into multiple collaborative management
2agreements.
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c. No dentist may have collaborative management agreements with more than
44 dental therapists at any time.
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(e) A dental therapist shall at all times comply with at least one of the following:
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1. Limit his or her practice to practicing in one or more dental health shortage
7areas. If a dental therapist begins practicing in a dental health shortage area, and
8that area loses its designation as a dental health shortage area while the dental
9therapist continues to practice in that area, the dental therapist is considered to
10satisfy this subdivision as long as the dental therapist continues to practice in that
11area.
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2. Practice in one or more settings in which at least 50 percent of the total
13patient base of the dental therapist consists of patients who are any of the following:
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a. Medical Assistance patients.
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b. Uninsured patients.
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c. Patients receiving dental care at free and charitable clinics.
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d. Patients receiving dental care at federally qualified health centers.
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e. Patients who reside in long-term care facilities.
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f. Veterans.
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g. Patients who are members of a federally recognized Indian tribe or band.
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h. Patients receiving dental care at clinics or facilities located on tribal lands.
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i. Patients with medical disabilities or chronic conditions that create barriers
23of access to dental care.
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24Section
44. 447.063 of the statutes is amended to read:
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1447.063 Preservation and transfer of patient health care records. (1) 2A person who manages or controls a business that offers dental
, dental therapy, or
3dental hygiene services, including management or control of a business through
4which the person allows another person to offer dental
, dental therapy, or dental
5hygiene services, shall preserve patient health care records, as defined in s. 146.81
6(4), for an amount of time determined by the examining board by rule.
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7(2) A person who manages or controls a business that offers dental
, dental
8therapy, or dental hygiene services, including management or control of a business
9through which the person allows another person to offer dental
, dental therapy, or
10dental hygiene services, shall, upon request of a patient or person authorized by the
11patient, as defined in s. 146.81 (5), transfer the patient health care records, as
12defined in s. 146.81 (4), of the patient to another person that the patient or person
13authorized by the patient specifies to receive the patient health care records.
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14Section 45
. 447.065 of the statutes is amended to read:
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15447.065 Delegation of remediable procedures and dental practices. (1) 16A dentist
or dental therapist who is licensed
to practice dentistry under this chapter
17may delegate to an individual who is not licensed under this chapter only the
18performance of remediable procedures, and only if all of the following conditions are
19met:
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(a) The unlicensed individual performs the remediable procedures in
21accordance 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
23individual performs the remediable procedures.
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(c) The unlicensed individual's performance of the remediable procedures is
25subject to inspection by the dentist
or dental therapist.
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1(2) Subject to the requirements under s. 447.06 (2), a dentist
or dental therapist 2who is licensed
to practice dentistry under this chapter may delegate to a dental
3hygienist who is licensed to practice dental hygiene under this chapter the
4performance of remediable procedures and the administration of oral systemic
5premedications, local anesthesia, nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia, and
6subgingival sustained release chemotherapeutic agents
, to the extent the dentist or
7dental therapist has the authority to perform the activity personally.
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8(3) A dentist
or dental therapist who delegates to another individual the
9performance of any practice or remediable procedure is responsible for that
10individual's performance of that delegated practice or procedure.
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11Section 46
. 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,
13suspend, or revoke the license or certificate of any dentist
, dental therapist, or dental
14hygienist, or the registration of a mobile dentistry program registrant, who fails,
15within 60 days after the mailing of written notice to the dentist's,
dental therapist's, 16dental hygienist's, or registrant's last-known address, to renew the license,
17certificate, or registration.
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18Section 47
. 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
20examining board may make investigations and conduct hearings in regard to any
21alleged action of any dentist
, dental therapist, or dental hygienist, of a mobile
22dentistry program registrant, or of any other person it has reason to believe is
23engaged in or has engaged in the practice of dentistry
, dental therapy, or dental
24hygiene, or the operation of a mobile dentistry program, in this state, and may, on
25its own motion, or upon complaint in writing, reprimand any dentist
, dental
1therapist, or dental hygienist who is licensed or certified under this chapter, or any
2mobile dentistry program registrant, or deny, limit, suspend, or revoke his or her
3license or certificate, or the registration of the mobile dentistry program registrant,
4if it finds that the dentist,
dental therapist, dental hygienist, or mobile dentistry
5program registrant has done any of the following: