Resolve, Directing the Board of Dental Examiners To Amend Its Rules To Improve Access to Oral Health Care in Maine

Sec. 1. Board of Dental Examiners to amend rules. Resolved: That the Board of Dental Examiners shall amend its rules to permit a dental student of a bona fide dental school or university acceptable to the board, after the completion of satisfactory training, to perform limited dental service in institutional and public health service programs and in private dental offices within the State, commensurate with the student's level of training, under the supervision and control of a licensed dentist or a teaching school; and be it further

Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That the Board of Dental Examiners shall submit a report by January 15, 2014 to the Joint Standing Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development on how the dental services performed by dental students under section 1 will increase access to dental care in the underserved areas of the State, the number of private dental offices that will be participating and how patients will be screened for treatment by dental students in private dental offices. The Joint Standing Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development is authorized to submit a bill related to this report to the Second Regular Session of the 126th Legislature.