Senate Bill 1014

    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1014

    By Senator Saunders





    25-678-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Board of Dentistry;

  3         amending s. 466.004, F.S.; revising the

  4         qualifications of members of the board;

  5         providing an effective date.

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  7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  9         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 466.004, Florida

10  Statutes, is amended to read:

11         466.004  Board of Dentistry.--

12         (1)  To carry out the provisions of this chapter, there

13  is created within the department the Board of Dentistry

14  consisting of 11 members who shall be appointed by the

15  Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate. Seven

16  members of the board must be licensed dentists actively

17  engaged in the clinical practice of dentistry in this state

18  whose principal source of income is derived from direct

19  patient care; two members must be licensed dental hygienists

20  actively engaged in the practice of dental hygiene in this

21  state; and the remaining two members must be laypersons who

22  are not, and have never been, dentists, dental hygienists, or

23  members of any closely related profession or occupation. Each

24  member of the board who is a licensed dentist must have been

25  actively engaged in the practice of dentistry primarily as a

26  clinical practitioner for at least 5 years immediately

27  preceding the date of her or his appointment to the board and

28  must remain primarily in clinical practice during all

29  subsequent periods of appointment to the board. Any person who

30  is connected in any way with any dental college or community

31  college may be appointed to the board so long as that person

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  1  complies with s. 455.531 that connection does not result in a

  2  relationship wherein such college provides more than 5 percent

  3  of the person's income. At least one member of the board must

  4  be 60 years of age or older. Members shall be appointed for

  5  4-year terms.

  6         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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  9                          SENATE SUMMARY

10    Deletes a requirement that dentist members of the Board
      of Dentistry derive their principal source of income from
11    patient care. Also deletes a requirement that board
      members connected with a dental college or community
12    college receive no more than 5 percent of their income
      from that college.
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