FINAL BILL REPORT

                  HB 2126

                         C 187 L 96

                     Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Allowing a dentist to obtain an inactive license.

Sponsors:  Representatives Dyer, Cody, Sheldon, Smith, Van Luven, Thompson and Murray.

House Committee on Health Care

Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care

Background:  The Dental Quality Assurance Commission governs the practice of dentistry by examining applicants for licensure and acting as the dental disciplinary authority.

A person may not practice dentistry without obtaining a license, which is renewable annually, and paying the license fee, currently set at $220.

There is no inactive license status for dentists who retire from the practice or move out of state or otherwise cease practicing in this state.  Such a license would require a lower fee because of fewer costs.

Summary:  The Dental Quality Assurance Commission is authorized to adopt rules establishing an inactive license status.  A dentist who places his or her license on inactive status may not practice without first activating the license.

Votes on Final Passage:

House     94 0

Senate    48 0 (Senate amended)

House     93 0 (House concurred)

Effective:  June 6, 1996