| 1 | Representative Zapata offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 327 and 328, insert: |
| 5 | Section 11. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section |
| 6 | 466.007, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 466.007 Examination of dental hygienists.-- |
| 8 | (3) A graduate of a dental college or school shall be |
| 9 | entitled to take the examinations required in this section to |
| 10 | practice dental hygiene in this state if, in addition to the |
| 11 | requirements specified in subsection (2), the graduate meets the |
| 12 | following requirements: |
| 13 | (b) Successfully completes one or more courses, of a scope |
| 14 | and duration approved and defined by board rule, that meet the |
| 15 | requirements of law for instructing health care providers on the |
| 16 | human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency |
| 17 | syndrome. In addition, the board may require an applicant who |
| 18 | graduated from a nonaccredited dental college or school to |
| 19 | successfully complete additional coursework, only after failing |
| 20 | the initial examination, as defined by board rule, at an |
| 21 | educational institution approved by the board or accredited as |
| 22 | provided in subparagraph (2)(b)1. A graduate of a foreign dental |
| 23 | college or school not accredited in accordance with s. |
| 24 | 466.006(2)(b) may not take the coursework set forth in this |
| 25 | paragraph until the board has approved the credentials required |
| 26 | by paragraph (a). |
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| 30 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 31 | Remove line 39 and insert: |
| 32 | certain dental laboratories; amending s. 466.007, F.S.; |
| 33 | providing that certain applicants for examination for licensure |
| 34 | as a dental hygienist be required to complete additional |
| 35 | coursework only after failing to pass the initial examination; |
| 36 | providing an effective date. |