HOUSE BILL No. 5905


     June 20, 2000, Introduced by Rep. Frank and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.


        A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

   "Public health code,"

   by amending section 16608 (MCL 333.16608), as amended by 1990 PA

   216, and by adding sections 16603, 16612, and 16613.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           SEC. 16603.  THE BOARD SHALL NOT APPROVE THE ISSUANCE OF AND

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      THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT ISSUE A LICENSE AS A DENTIST TO AN INDI-

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      VIDUAL UNLESS THAT PERSON IS A GRADUATE OF A SCHOOL OR COLLEGE

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      ACCREDITED BY THE COMMISSION OF DENTAL ACCREDITATION OF THE

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      AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION OR ITS SUCCESSOR SPECIALTY ACCREDIT-

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      ING AGENCY AS SUCH SUCCESSOR SPECIALTY ACCREDITING AGENCY IS

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      DETERMINED BY THE BOARD AND DEPARTMENT.  THE ACCREDITATION OF THE

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      SCHOOL OR COLLEGE SHALL ALSO INCLUDE AT LEAST ACCREDITATION BY A

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      REGIONAL ACCREDITING AGENCY FOR COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, OR




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      INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT IS RECOGNIZED BY THE UNITED

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      STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

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           Sec. 16608.  (1) The board may issue a health profession

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      specialty certification to a licensed dentist who has advanced

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      training beyond that required for initial licensure and who has

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      demonstrated competency through examination or other evaluative

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      processes in 1 or more of the following specialty fields:

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       prosthodontics, endodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery,

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      orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, or oral

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      pathology. 

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           (A) PROSTHODONTICS.

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           (B) ENDODONTICS.

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           (C) ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY.

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           (D) ORTHODONTICS.

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           (E) PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY.

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           (F) PERIODONTICS.

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           (G) ORAL PATHOLOGY.

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           (H) ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL RADIOLOGY.

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           (2) A health profession specialty certification issued pur-

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      suant to subsection (1) shall be renewed concurrently with the

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      license to practice dentistry.

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           SEC. 16612.  THE BOARD SHALL NOT APPROVE THE ISSUANCE OF AND

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      THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT ISSUE A LICENSE AS A DENTAL HYGIENIST TO

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      AN INDIVIDUAL UNLESS THAT PERSON IS A GRADUATE OF A SCHOOL OR

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      COLLEGE ACCREDITED BY THE COMMISSION OF DENTAL ACCREDITATION OF

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      THE AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION OR ITS SUCCESSOR SPECIALITY

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      ACCREDITING AGENCY AS SUCH SUCCESSOR SPECIALTY ACCREDITING AGENCY



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      IS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD AND DEPARTMENT.  THE ACCREDITATION OF

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      THE SCHOOL OR COLLEGE SHALL ALSO INCLUDE AT LEAST BOTH OF THE

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      FOLLOWING:

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           (A) ACCREDITATION BY A REGIONAL ACCREDITING AGENCY FOR COL-

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      LEGES, UNIVERSITIES, OR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT IS

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      RECOGNIZED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

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           (B) A CURRICULUM CONSISTING OF NOT LESS THAN 2 ACADEMIC

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      YEARS FOR DENTAL HYGIENIST GRADUATION WITH COURSES AT THE APPRO-

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      PRIATE LEVEL TO ENABLE MATRICULATION INTO A MORE ADVANCED OR SPE-

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      CIALTY DEGREE PROGRAM.

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           SEC. 16613.  THE BOARD SHALL NOT APPROVE THE ISSUANCE OF AND

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      THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT ISSUE A LICENSE AS A DENTAL ASSISTANT TO

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      AN INDIVIDUAL UNLESS THAT PERSON IS A GRADUATE OF A SCHOOL OR

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      COLLEGE ACCREDITED BY THE COMMISSION OF DENTAL ACCREDITATION OF

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      THE AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION OR ITS SUCCESSOR SPECIALTY

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      ACCREDITING AGENCY AS SUCH SUCCESSOR SPECIALTY ACCREDITING AGENCY

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      IS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD AND DEPARTMENT.  THE ACCREDITATION OF

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      THE SCHOOL OR COLLEGE SHALL ALSO INCLUDE AT LEAST BOTH OF THE

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      FOLLOWING:

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           (A) ACCREDITATION BY A REGIONAL ACCREDITING AGENCY FOR COL-

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      LEGES, UNIVERSITIES, OR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT IS

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      RECOGNIZED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

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           (B) A CURRICULUM CONSISTING OF NOT LESS THAN 2 ACADEMIC

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      YEARS FOR REGISTERED DENTAL ASSISTANT GRADUATION WITH COURSES AT

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      THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL TO ENABLE MATRICULATION INTO A MORE

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      ADVANCED OR SPECIALTY DEGREE PROGRAM.





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