Sponsor Statement for HB 387

An Act Relating to Dentists

House Bill 387 is intended to give the Board of Dental Examiners the ability to enter into a formal Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with applicants or licensees who are unable to perform cardio-pulminary resuscitation.

Currently, the board enters into MOAs when it determines that an applicant or licensee is physically unable to perform cardio-pulminary. However, during a Legislative Audit conducted last year, it was discovered that the board possesses no statutory authority to enter into such an agreement.

This bill seeks to give that authority to the Board of Dental Examiners while preserving the spirit and intent of the statute: to protect the patients of dentistry.