| 1 | Representative(s) Altman offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | On page 2, between line(s) 14 and 15, |
| 5 | insert: |
| 6 | (2) To advise the board, it is the intent of the |
| 7 | Legislature that councils be appointed as specified in |
| 8 | paragraphs (a), (b), and (c). The department shall provide |
| 9 | administrative support to the councils and shall provide public |
| 10 | notice of meetings and agenda of the councils. Councils shall |
| 11 | include at least one board member who shall chair the council |
| 12 | and shall include nonboard members. All council members shall be |
| 13 | appointed by the board chair. Council members shall be |
| 14 | appointed for 4-year terms, and all members shall be eligible |
| 15 | for reimbursement of expenses in the manner of board members. |
| 16 | (a) A Council on Dental Hygiene shall be appointed by the |
| 17 | board chair and shall include one dental hygienist member of the |
| 18 | board, who shall chair the council, one dental member of the |
| 19 | board, and three dental hygienists who are actively engaged in |
| 20 | the practice of dental hygiene in this state. In making the |
| 21 | appointments, the chair shall consider recommendations from the |
| 22 | Florida Dental Hygienists Association. The council shall meet at |
| 23 | the request of the board chair, a majority of the members of the |
| 24 | board, or the council chair; however, the council must meet at |
| 25 | least three times a year. The council is charged with the |
| 26 | responsibility of and shall meet for the purpose of developing |
| 27 | rules and policies for recommendation to the board, which the |
| 28 | board shall consider, on matters pertaining to that part of |
| 29 | dentistry consisting of educational, preventive, or therapeutic |
| 30 | dental hygiene services; dental hygiene licensure, discipline, |
| 31 | or regulation; and dental hygiene education. Rule and policy |
| 32 | recommendations of the council shall be considered by the board |
| 33 | at its next regularly scheduled meeting in the same manner in |
| 34 | which it considers rule and policy recommendations from |
| 35 | designated subcommittees of the board. Any rule or policy |
| 36 | proposed by the board pertaining to the specified part of |
| 37 | dentistry defined by this subsection shall be referred to the |
| 38 | council for a recommendation before final action by the board. |
| 39 | The board may take final action on rules pertaining to the |
| 40 | specified part of dentistry defined by this subsection without a |
| 41 | council recommendation if the council fails to submit a |
| 42 | recommendation in a timely fashion as prescribed by the board. |
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| 45 | On page 1, line(s) 21 and 22, |
| 46 | remove: all of said lines |
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| 48 | and insert: |
| 49 | Section 1. Subsection (1) and paragraph (a) of subsection |
| 50 | (2) of section 466.004, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
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| 53 | On page 1, line(s) 4, |
| 54 | remove: all of said line |
| 55 | and insert: |
| 56 | serve on the Board of Dentistry; revising requirements for |
| 57 | appointment to the Council on Dental Hygiene; revising |
| 58 | meeting times for the council; revising requirements for |
| 59 | the council's rule and policy recommendations; amending s. |