Senate File 54 - Introduced
SENATE FILE 54
BY JOCHUM
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to requirements for licensees under the purview
2 of the dental board relating to orthodontia services.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 153.24 Orthodontia-related
2 services.
3 1. A licensee under the purview of the board who provides
4 treatment for the correction of malpositions of human teeth
5 or the initial use of orthodontic appliances shall not begin
6 orthodontic treatment on a new patient unless one of the
7 following conditions is met:
8 a. The licensee performs an initial in-person or
9 teledentistry examination of the teeth and supporting
10 structures of the new patient prior to beginning orthodontic
11 treatment.
12 b. The new patient provides the licensee with a record of
13 completion within the prior two-year period of an in-person
14 or teledentistry examination of the teeth and supporting
15 structures of the new patient prior to the licensee beginning
16 orthodontic treatment.
17 2. The in-person examination required pursuant to
18 subsection 1 shall include any appropriate conventional or
19 digital radiographs that are necessary to develop a suitable
20 orthodontic diagnosis and treatment plan.
21 3. For the purposes of this section, “new patient” means a
22 person whom a licensee has not examined, for whom a licensee
23 has not provided care, or for whom a licensee has not otherwise
24 provided consultation during the two-year period immediately
25 prior to the patient’s most recent appointment.
26 EXPLANATION
27 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
28 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
29 This bill prohibits a licensee under the purview of the
30 dental board who provides treatment for the correction of
31 malpositions of human teeth or the initial use of orthodontic
32 appliances from beginning orthodontic treatment on a new
33 patient unless either the licensee performs an initial
34 in-person or teledentistry examination of the teeth and
35 supporting structures of the new patient prior to beginning
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1 orthodontic treatment, or the new patient provides the licensee
2 with a record of completion within the prior two-year period
3 of an in-person or teledentistry examination of the teeth and
4 supporting structures of the new patient prior to the licensee
5 beginning orthodontic treatment. The required in-person
6 examination shall include any appropriate conventional or
7 digital radiographs that are necessary to develop a suitable
8 orthodontic diagnosis and treatment plan. The bill defines
9 “new patient” as a person whom a licensee has not examined,
10 for whom a licensee has not provided care, or for whom a
11 licensee has not otherwise provided consultation during the
12 two-year period immediately prior to the patient’s most recent
13 appointment.
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