House Bill 0729

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                 HB 729

        By Representative Bense






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to dentistry; amending s.

  3         466.004, F.S.; revising qualifications for

  4         membership on the Board of Dentistry; providing

  5         applicability; 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.  (1)  Subsection (1) of section 466.004,

10  Florida 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. Each member of

30  the board Any person who is connected in any way with any

31  dental college or community college must be in compliance with

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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                 HB 729

    725-109-00






  1  s. 455.531 may be appointed to the board so long as that

  2  connection does not result in a relationship wherein such

  3  college provides more than 5 percent of the person's income.

  4  At least one member of the board must be 60 years of age or

  5  older. Members shall be appointed for 4-year terms.

  6         (2)  The amendment of subsection (1) of section

  7  466.004, Florida Statutes, by this section applies to

  8  appointments to the Board of Dentistry made on or after the

  9  effective date of this act.

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

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13                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Removes the provision that requires members of the Board
15    of Dentistry who are licensed dentists to derive their
      principal source of income from direct patient care.
16    Revises the provision that authorizes appointment of
      persons to the board who are connected with a dental
17    college or community college, to prohibit such
      appointment only if the person's principal source of
18    income is provided by such college. Provides that such
      provisions shall apply only to new appointments to the
19    board.

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