Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to higher education |
May 28, 2009 |
print number 4086a |
May 28, 2009 |
amend (t) and recommit to higher education |
Apr 09, 2009 |
referred to higher education |
Senate Bill S4086
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
2009-S4086 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Higher Education
2009-S4086 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4086 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to allowing dental hygienists to perform block anesthesia PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This bill would allow dental hygienists to administer block anesthesia in conformance with regulations of the commissioner. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : This bill would amend Sections 6606 and 6605-b of the education law Section 1 of the bill adds block anesthesia to the list of duties performable by a dental hygienist under the supervision of a licensed dentist. Section 2 of the bill provides that a dental hygienist be certified by the Department to perform block anesthesia, specifies the level of supervision to be provided by the dentist and provides for standards and procedures for the issuance of a block anesthesia certificate. The section also provides that the department shall charge $25 triennially for the issuance of a block anesthesia certificate. Section 3 provides that this bill shall take effect January 1, 2010.
2009-S4086 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4086 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 9, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ONORATO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing dental hygienists to perform block anesthesia THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 6606 of the education law, as amended by chapter 437 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1. The practice of the profession of dental hygiene is defined as the performance of dental services which shall include removing calcareous deposits, accretions and stains from the exposed surfaces of the teeth which begin at the epithelial attachment and applying topical agents indicated for a complete dental prophylaxis, removing cement, placing or removing rubber dam, removing sutures, placing matrix band, providing patient education, applying topical medication, placing and exposing X-ray films, performing topical fluoride applications and topical anes- thetic applications, polishing teeth, taking medical history, charting caries, taking impressions for study casts, placing and removing tempo- rary restorations, administering and monitoring nitrous oxide analgesia and administering and monitoring local infiltration OR BLOCK anesthesia, subject to certification in accordance with section sixty-six hundred five-b of this article, and any other function in the definition of the practice of dentistry as may be delegated by a licensed dentist in accordance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner. The prac- tice of dental hygiene may be conducted in the office of any licensed dentist or in any appropriately equipped school or public institution but must be done under the supervision of a licensed dentist. S 2. Section 6605-b of the education law, as added by chapter 437 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08766-01-9
2009-S4086A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Higher Education
2009-S4086A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4086A TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to allowing dental hygienists to perform anesthesia PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This bill would allow dental hygienists to administer both types of local anesthesia, infiltration and block in conformance with regulations of the commissioner. This bill would amend Sections 6606 and 6605-b of the education law. Section 1 of the bill removes the specification of infiltration anesthesia and allows for the administration and monitoring of local anesthesia, infiltration and block, as duties performable by a dental hygienist under the supervision of a licensed dentist. Section 2 of the bill provides that a dental hygienist be certified by the Department to perform local anesthesia, specifies the level of supervision to be provided by the dentist and provides for standards and procedures for the issuance of a local anesthesia certificate. The section also provides that the department shall charge $25 triennially for the issuance of a block anesthesia certificate.
2009-S4086A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4086--A 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 9, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ONORATO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing dental hygienists to perform anesthesia THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 6606 of the education law, as amended by chapter 437 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1. The practice of the profession of dental hygiene is defined as the performance of dental services which shall include removing calcareous deposits, accretions and stains from the exposed surfaces of the teeth which begin at the epithelial attachment and applying topical agents indicated for a complete dental prophylaxis, removing cement, placing or removing rubber dam, removing sutures, placing matrix band, providing patient education, applying topical medication, placing and exposing X-ray films, performing topical fluoride applications and topical anes- thetic applications, polishing teeth, taking medical history, charting caries, taking impressions for study casts, placing and removing tempo- rary restorations, administering and monitoring nitrous oxide analgesia and administering and monitoring local [infiltration] anesthesia, subject to certification in accordance with section sixty-six hundred five-b of this article, and any other function in the definition of the practice of dentistry as may be delegated by a licensed dentist in accordance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner. The prac- tice of dental hygiene may be conducted in the office of any licensed dentist or in any appropriately equipped school or public institution but must be done under the supervision of a licensed dentist. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08766-03-9
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