6192-S AMH .... H5072.1

SSB 6192 - H AMD TO HC COMM AMD (H-4975.1/92) 0307

By Representatives Cantwell, Moyer, Ballard and Day

    On page 29, after line 10 of the amendment, insert the following:

    "Sec. 10.  RCW 18.29.045 and 1991 c 3 s 47 are each amended to read as follows:

    An applicant holding a valid license and currently engaged in practice in another state may be granted a license without examination required by this chapter, on the payment of any required fees, if the secretary in consultation with the advisory committee determines that the other state's licensing standards, including those related to the administration of legend drugs, are substantively equivalent to the standards in this state((:  PROVIDED, That)).  The secretary in consultation with the advisory committee may require the applicant to:  (1) File with the secretary documentation certifying the applicant is licensed to practice in another state; and (2) provide information as the secretary deems necessary pertaining to the conditions and criteria of the uniform disciplinary act, chapter 18.130 RCW and to demonstrate to the secretary a knowledge of Washington law pertaining to the practice of dental hygiene."

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 11.  A new section is added to chapter 18.29 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The department shall issue a temporary license without the examination required by this chapter to any applicant who, as determined by the secretary:

    (a) Holds a valid license in another state that allows the scope of practice in subsection (3)(a) through (j) of this section;

    (b) Is currently engaged in active practice in another state.  For the purposes of this section, "active practice" means five hundred sixty hours of practice in the preceding thirty months;

    (c) Files with the secretary documentation certifying that the applicant:

    (i) Has graduated from an accredited dental hygiene school approved by the secretary;

    (ii) Has successfully completed the dental hygiene national board examination; and

    (iii) Is licensed to practice in another state;

    (d) Provides information as the secretary deems necessary pertaining to the conditions and criteria of the uniform disciplinary act, chapter 18.130 RCW;

    (e) Demonstrates to the secretary a knowledge of Washington state law pertaining to the practice of dental hygiene, including the administration of legend drugs;

    (f) Pays any required fees; and

    (g) Meets requirements for AIDS education.

    (2) The term of the temporary license issued under this section is eighteen months and it is nonrenewable.

    (3) A person practicing with a temporary license granted under this section has the authority to perform hygiene procedures that are limited to:

    (a) Oral inspection and measuring of periodontal pockets;

    (b) Patient education in oral hygiene;

    (c) Taking intra-oral and extra-oral radiographs;

    (d) Applying topical preventive or prophylactic agents;

    (e) Polishing and smoothing restorations;

    (f) Oral prophylaxis and removal of deposits and stains from the surface of the teeth;

    (g) Recording health histories;

    (h) Taking and recording blood pressure and vital signs;

    (i) Performing subgingival and supragingival scaling; and

    (j) Root planing.

    (4) A person practicing with a temporary license granted under this section may not perform the following dental hygiene procedures:

    (a) Give injections of local anesthetic or administer nitrous oxide/oxygen analgesia;

    (b) Place restorations into the cavity prepared by a licensed dentist and afterwards carve, contour, and adjust contacts and reclusion of the restoration; or

    (c) Soft tissue curettage."

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 12.  Section 11 of this act shall take effect on July 1, 1992."

    Renumber the sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

SSB 6192 - H AMD TO HC COMM AMD (H-4975.1/92)

By Representative

    On page 29, line 18 of the title amendment, after "18.64.160," strike "and 18.64A.050" and insert "18.64A.050, and 18.29.045"

    On page 29, line 19 of the title amendment, after "69.50.101;" insert "adding a new section to chapter 18.29 RCW;"

    On page 29, line 20 of the title amendment, after "18.64A RCW;" strike "and" and on line 21, after "18.64.260" insert "; and providing an effective date"