HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 931 CS
1	CHAMBER ACTION
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12	Representative Farkas offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
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16	Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
17	466.004, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
18	466.004 Board of Dentistry.--
19	(2) To advise the board, it is the intent of the
20	Legislature that councils be appointed as specified in
21	paragraphs (a), (b), and (c). The department shall provide
22	administrative support to the councils and shall provide public
23	notice of meetings and agenda of the councils. Councils shall
24	include at least one board member who shall chair the council
25	and shall include nonboard members. All council members shall be
26	appointed by the board chair. Council members shall be appointed
27	for 4-year terms, and all members shall be eligible for
28	reimbursement of expenses in the manner of board members.
29	(a) A Council on Dental Hygiene shall be appointed by the
30	board chair and shall include one dental hygienist member of the
31	board, who shall chair the council, one dental member of the
32	board, and three dental hygienists who are actively engaged in
33	the practice of dental hygiene in this state. The council shall
34	meet at the request of the board chair, a majority of the
35	members of the board, or the council chair, provided the council
36	meets at least twice a year. The council is charged with the
37	responsibility of and shall meet for the purpose of developing
38	rules and policies for recommendation to the board, which the
39	board shall consider,on matters pertaining to that part of
40	dentistry consisting of educational, preventive, or therapeutic
41	dental hygiene services; dental hygiene licensure, discipline,
42	or regulation; and dental hygiene education. Rule and policy
43	recommendations of the council shall be considered by the board
44	at its next regularly scheduled meeting in the same manner it
45	considers rule and policy recommendations from designated
46	subcommittees of the board. Any rule or policy proposed by the
47	board pertaining to the specified part of dentistry defined by
48	this paragraph shall be referred to the council for a
49	recommendation prior to final action by the board.
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53	An act relating to dentistry; amending s. 466.004, F.S.;
54	requiring the Council on Dental Hygiene to meet at least twice a
55	year; providing for consideration by the Board of Dentistry of
56	rule and policy recommendations of the council; creating s.
57	466.005, F.S.,