HOUSE BILL No. 5924


     June 10, 1998, Introduced by Rep. Griffin and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.


        A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

   "Public health code,"

   by amending section 16621 (MCL 333.16621).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 16621.  (1) The Michigan board of dentistry is created

 2    in the department.  The  SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (2), THE board

 3    shall consist of the following  13  21 voting members who shall

 4    meet the requirements of part 161:  7 

 5         (A) SEVEN dentists  , 2  WHO DO NOT HAVE A HEALTH PROFESSION

 6    SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION ISSUED UNDER SECTION 16608.

 7         (B) ONE DENTIST FROM EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SPECIALTY FIELDS

 8    WHO HAS BEEN ISSUED A HEALTH PROFESSION SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION

 9    UNDER SECTION 16608:

10         (i) PROSTHODONTICS.




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 1         (ii) ENDODONTICS.

 2         (iii) ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY.

 3         (iv) ORTHODONTICS.

 4         (v) PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY.

 5         (vi) PERIODONTICS.

 6         (vii) ORAL PATHOLOGY.

 7         (C) TWO dental hygienists.  , 2 

 8         (D) TWO dental assistants.  , and 2 

 9         (E) THREE public members.

10         (2) A DENTIST WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD AS OF THE EFFEC-

11    TIVE DATE OF THE AMENDATORY ACT THAT ADDED THIS SUBSECTION MAY

12    SERVE OUT HIS OR HER TERM, EVEN IF HIS OR HER MEMBERSHIP PREVENTS

13    THE BOARD FROM MEETING THE COMPOSITIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSEC-

14    TION (1)(A) OR (B).

15         (3) The board meeting dates and times shall be concurred in

16    by a vote of not less than  10  18 board members.  Not more than

17    1 member of the board may be a dental school faculty member.

18          (2) The dental assistants first appointed to the board

19     shall be graduates of a dental assisting program accredited by

20     the commission on accreditation of the American dental

21     association.  This subsection shall expire 3 years after the

22     effective date of this article.

23          (3) The requirement of section 16135(d) that a board member

24     shall have practiced that profession for 2 years immediately

25     before appointment is waived for 2 years after the effective date

26     of this part for members of the board licensed as dental

27     assistants by this part. 



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 1         (4) A board member licensed to practice as a dental

 2    hygienist or a dental assistant shall vote as an equal member OF

 3    THE BOARD in all matters except those designated in section

 4    16148(1) or (2)  which  THAT apply to dentists and not to dental

 5    hygienists or dental assistants.














































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