71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 2616
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         Senate Bill 562
                 Ordered by the Senate March 22
           Including Senate Amendments dated March 22
 
Sponsored by Senator SHIELDS; Senators BROWN, CARTER, FERRIOLI,
  FISHER, GEORGE, MESSERLE, Representatives BARNHART, GARDNER,
  GARRARD, KRUMMEL, KRUSE, LEE, MONNES ANDERSON, MORRISETTE,
  TOMEI, C WALKER (at the request of Oregon Dental Hygienists'
  Association)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Extends authority of licensed dental hygienists to render
services under limited access permit to patients or residents of
certain facilities and to students or enrollees of certain
schools and employment training facilities.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to practice of dental hygiene; amending ORS 680.205.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 680.205 is amended to read:
  680.205. (1) A dental hygienist issued a permit to act as a
limited access permit dental hygienist under ORS 680.200 shall be
authorized to render all services within the scope of practice of
dental hygiene as defined in ORS 679.010 and as authorized by the
limited access permit  { - , - }  to { + :
  (a) + } Patients or residents of the following facilities or
programs who, due to age, infirmity or disability, are unable to
receive regular dental hygiene treatment:
    { - (a) - }   { + (A) + } Nursing homes as defined in ORS
678.710;
    { - (b) - }   { + (B) + } Adult foster homes as defined in
ORS 443.705;
    { - (c) - }   { + (C) + } Residential care facilities as
defined in ORS 443.400;
    { - (d) - }   { + (D) + } Adult congregate living facilities
as defined in ORS 441.525;   { - or - }
    { - (e) - }   { + (E) + } Mental health residential programs
administered by the Mental Health and Developmental Disability
Services Division  { - . - }  { + ;
  (F) Facilities for mentally ill persons, as defined in ORS
426.005;
  (G) Facilities for persons with mental retardation, as defined
in ORS 427.005; or
  (H) Local correctional facilities and juvenile detention
facilities as those terms are defined in ORS 169.005, regional
correctional facilities as defined in ORS 169.620, youth
correction facilities as defined in ORS 420.005, youth care
centers as defined in ORS 420.855, and Department of Corrections
institutions as defined in ORS 421.005.
  (b) Students or enrollees of nursery schools and day care
programs, Job Corps and other similar employment training
facilities and primary and secondary schools, including private
schools and public charter schools. + }
  (2) At least once each calendar year, a dental hygienist issued
a permit to act as a limited access permit dental hygienist shall
refer each patient or resident to a dentist who is available to
treat the patient or resident.
  (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a
limited access permit dental hygienist to administer local
anesthesia, to provide sealants, denture soft lines, temporary
restorations and radiographs except under the general supervision
of a dentist licensed under ORS chapter 679, or to administer
nitrous oxide except under the indirect supervision of a dentist
licensed under ORS chapter 679.
  (4) The Oregon Board of Dentistry may not expand the scope of
unsupervised practice of a limited access dental hygienist by
rule.
  (5) A person granted a limited access permit under ORS 680.200
shall also procure all other permits or certificates required by
the board under ORS 679.250.
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