An Act To
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0421
Committee Amendment CA_B_H327 (House)
Committee: Business, Research and
Amends: 32 MRSA §1094-Q

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "8,, 'to H.P. 309, L.D. 421, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend the Laws Concerning Licensure Qualifications of Independent Practice Dental 
Hygienists" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Amend the Laws Concerning Independent Practice Dental Hygienists' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §1094-Q, sub-§l, ~, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 620, Pt. B, 
§ 1, is amended to read: 
N. Place temporary restorations in compliance with the protocol adopted by the 
board; aOO 
Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §1094-Q, sub-§l, EjfO, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 620, Pi. B, 
§ 1, is amended t6 read: 
o. Apply topical antimicrobials, ~xcluding antibiotics, including fluoride, for the 
purposes of bacterial reduction, caries control and desensitization in the oral cavity. 
The independent practice dental hygienist shall follow current manufacturer's 
instructions in the use ofthese medicaments-;-; and 
, Sec. 3. 32 MRSA §1094-Q, sub-§l, W is enacted to read: 
P. Expose and process radiographs upon written standing prescription orders from a 
dentist who will be available to interpret all dental radiographs within 21 days and 
who completes and signs a radiographic review and findings form. 
Sec. 4. Report on the use of radiographs by independent practice dental 
hygienists. By March 1, 2010, the Board of Dental Examiners under the Mairie Revised 
Statutes, Title 32, section 1072, with assistance from licensed independent practice dental 
hygienists, shall provide a repOIi summarizing the number of patients and children that 
have received radiographs from licensed independent practice dental hygienists pursuant 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMIlTEE AMENDMENT ,,6 to H.P. 309, L.D. 421 
to written standing prescription orders from dentists, and the number of patients requiring 
referral to a dentist, to the Joint Standing Committee on Business, Research and . 
Economic Development. . The Joint Standing Committee on Business, Research and 
Economic Development is authorized to submit legislation on this topic to the Second 
Regular Session of the 124th Legislature.' 
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SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report of the committee. It replaces the bill and 
expands the diagnostic functions of an independent practice dental hygienist by allowing 
an independent practice dental hygienist to perfonn x rays upon written stailding 
prescription orders from a dentist who will be available to interpret all dental radiographs 
within 21 days and who completes and signs a radiographic review and findings form. It 
also requires the Board of Dental Examiners, with assistance from licensed independent 
practice dental hygienists, to provide a report by March 1,2010 summarizing the number 
of patients and children that have received radiographs from licensed independent 
practice dental hygienists pursuant to a written standing prescription orders from'dentists, 
as well as the number of patients requiring referral to a dentist, to the Jciint Standing 
Committee on Business, Research and Economic Development. It authorizes the Joint 
Standing Committee on Business, Research and Economic Development to submit 
legislation on this topic to the Second Regular Session of the 124th Legislature. 
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124thMAINE LEGISLATURE 
LD421 
LR 519(03) 
An Act To Amend the Laws Concerning Licensure Qualifications of Independent Practi~e Dental 
Hygienists 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'i!3, 
Committee: Business, Research and Economic Development 
Fiscal Note Re9.uired: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Additional costs to the Board of Dental Examiners, affiliated with the Department of Professional and Financial 
Regulation, associated with preparing the required report can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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