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NDHA Legislative Update - May 2009
May 15, 2009
The Nevada State Board of Dental Examiners (NSBDE) released an advisory opinion on the administration of Oraverse, by the dental hygienist, at their last board meeting per the request of Lancette VanGuilder, RDH. The NSBDE has stated that the product can be used under the same regulations as local anesthesia. The RDH must be trained in local anesthesia and it must be used under direct supervision.
The NDHA legislative committee has been very active in Carson City and has been speaking on behalf of several dental bills. The Assembly Labor and Commerce Committee held a work session on 5-15-09 and SB320 was discussed. SB320 did not have a majority vote from the committee, but it was VERY close.
There are still two weeks or so left of the session, so anything can still happen between now and then. SB311 (water fluoridation) is supposed to be going to the Assembly floor soon and we will keep working on behalf of that bill. In addition, SB295 passed in work session and will also be going to the Assembly floor.
I encourage all dental hygienists to send a thank you to Senator Carlton ( mcarlton@sen.state.nv.us ) and NDHA lobbyist Neena Laxalt, ( nlaxalt@msn.com ) -- both of them have put in a tremendous amount of work on the dental bills and have supported the dental hygiene profession very vocally all over Carson City!
If you would like to discuss any legislative items or would like more information, please contact me and look for more updates to come during the final weeks of the legislative session.
Lancette VanGuilder, RDH
NDHA Immediate Past President and Legislative Chair
(775) 224-4323
teethrme@sbcglobal.net
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NSBDE Board Meeting Results Regarding the $100 reduction in dental fees proposed by NSBDE, this is what occurred at the February 6th board meeting: | • | The executive director is requesting the $100 reduction for dentists who get a completed, no returns for corrections, physical application in by May 15th. | | • | REASON: to avoid having to hire outside help again and pay over-time to process the tons of applications that come in at the last minute. They don't even answer the phones on Friday to get the work processed during this time. | | • | They want to have it all processed by July 1st for agencies that need to know if persons are licensed. | | • | The board voted not to have a workshop on the topic and had lots of board discussion about how much money they had, where fees were coming from, when the dentists paid renewal and when hygienists paid renewals. | | • | The board does not want to have to process so many applications again at the last minute like they had to do with the hygienists last summer (over 100 at the last minute). | | • | They felt that a $100 incentive would work for many.......any less money....maybe not. | | • | They literally go through each application looking for the CE's, paperwork, signatures etc. | | • | Since the board did not open the subject to discussion from the public, I offered my comment at the end of the meeting, item #10 Comments From the Public. I mentioned that since the workshop was canceled on the $100 fees for application for the dentists, that the hygienists also wanted to be considered for a percentage reduction in fees when it was our renewal. | | • | The board said OK and that they wanted to see how it went this time with the dentists. I also mentioned that they should have received a written request from Lancette VanGuilder. |
Mary Bobbett, BA, RDH
President
Southern Nevada Dental Hygienists' Association
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