HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 931 CS
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Kravitz offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Between lines 189 and 190, insert:
16	Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 466.006, Florida
17	Statutes, is amended to read:
18	466.006 Examination of dentists.--
19	(2) An applicant shall be entitled to take the
20	examinations required in this section to practice dentistry in
21	this state if the applicant:
22	(a) Is 18 years of age or older.
23	(b)1.Is a graduate of a dental school accredited by the
24	Commission on Accreditation of the American Dental Association
25	or its successor agency, if any, or any other nationally
26	recognized accrediting agency; or.
27	2. Is a dental student in the final year of such an
28	accredited school who has completed all the coursework necessary
29	to prepare him or her to perform the clinical and diagnostic
30	procedures required to pass the examinations. With respect to a
31	dental student in his or her final year of dental school, a
32	passing score on the examinations is valid for 180 days after
33	the date the examinations were completed. A dental school
34	student who takes the licensure examinations during his or her
35	final year of an approved dental school must have graduated
36	before being certified for licensure pursuant to s. 466.011.
37	(c) Has successfully completed the National Board of
38	Dental Examiners dental examination within 10 years beforeof
39	the date of application.
40	Section 3. Section 466.0065, Florida Statutes, is created
41	to read:
42	466.0065 Regional licensure examinations.--
43	(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that schools of
44	dentistry be allowed to offer regional licensure examinations to
45	dental students who are in the final year of an approved dental
46	school for the sole purpose of facilitating the student's
47	licensing in other jurisdictions. This section does not allow a
48	person to be licensed as a dentist in this state without taking
49	the examinations as set forth in s. 466.006, nor does this
50	section mean that regional examinations administered under this
51	section may be substituted for complying with testing
52	requirements under s. 466.006.
53	(2) Each school of dentistry in this state which is
54	accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American
55	Dental Association or its successor agency may, upon written
56	approval by the Board of Dentistry, offer regional licensure
57	examinations only to dental students in the final year of an
58	approved dental school, if the board has approved the hosting
59	school's submitted written plan to comply with the following
60	conditions:
61	(a) The examining body must be a member of the American
62	Association of Dental Examiners.
63	(b) The student must have successfully completed parts I
64	and II of the National Board of Dental Examiners dental
65	examination within 2 years before taking the regional
66	examination.
67	(c) The student must possess medical malpractice insurance
68	in amounts that the board determines to be sufficient to cover
69	any reasonably foreseeable incident of harm to a patient during
70	the clinical portion of the regional examination.
71	(d) At least one of the examination monitors must be a
72	Florida-licensed dentist who has completed all necessary
73	standardization exercises required by the regional examination
74	body.
75	(e) Adequate arrangements must be made, when necessary,
76	for patients who require followup care as a result of procedures
77	performed during the clinical portion of the regional
78	examination.
79	(f) The board chair or the chair's designee must be
80	allowed to observe testing while it is in progress.
81	(g) Each student, upon applying to take the regional
82	examination, must receive written disclosure in at least 12-
83	point boldface type which states: "This examination does not
84	meet the licensure requirements of chapter 466, Florida
85	Statutes, for licensure in the State of Florida. Persons wishing
86	to practice dentistry in Florida must pass the Florida licensure
87	examinations. For more information on Florida's licensure
88	examination procedures, please contact the Florida Board of
89	Dentistry."
90	(h) The student must be enrolled as a dental student in
91	his or her final year of an approved dental school that is
92	accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American
93	Dental Association or its successor agency.
94	(i) The student must have completed all the coursework
95	necessary to prepare him or her to perform all clinical and
96	diagnostic procedures required to pass the regional examination.
97	(j) The student's academic record must not include any
98	evidence suggesting that the student poses an unreasonable risk
99	to any live patients who are required for the clinical portion
100	of the regional examination. In order to protect the health and
101	safety of the residents of this state, the board may request
102	additional information and documents pertaining to the
103	candidate's mental and physical health in order to fully assess
104	the candidate's fitness to engage in exercises involving a live
105	patient.
106	(3) Neither a student who takes the examination pursuant
107	to this section, nor a dental school submitting a plan pursuant
108	to this section, nor a regional examination body which a dental
109	school proposed to host pursuant to this section has standing to
110	assert that a state agency has taken action for which a hearing
111	may be sought under ss. 120.569 and 120.57.
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114	Remove line 25, and insert:
115	amending s. 466.006, F.S.; allowing certain dental students to
116	take the examinations required to practice dentistry in this
117	state under specified conditions; providing a prerequisite to
118	licensure of such students; creating s. 466.0065, F.S.; allowing
119	certain dental students to take regional licensure examinations
120	under specified conditions; restricting the applicability of
121	examination results to licensing in other jurisdictions;
122	requiring approval by the Board of Dentistry and providing
123	prerequisites to such approval; providing an effective date.