2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-328.17. Standing committees – Composition - Functions.

A. 1. The Board of Dentistry shall have the following standing committees that shall meet once per year and other times as needed to study issues affecting the practice of dentistry and the safety of the public and to make recommendations to the Board:
a.
Dental Practice Committee,
b.
Anesthesia Committee,
c.
Specialty Practice Committee,
d.
Historical and Retirement Committee, and
e.
Assistants, Dental Labs and Other Auxiliary Personnel Committee.
2. Each committee shall be cochaired by a current or past Board member to be appointed by the Board President with approval by the Board and a member of a statewide organization representing dentists as recommended by such organization;
3. Each committee may have up to ten committee members with the exception of the Anesthesia Committee which may have up to eighteen members, exclusive of the cochairs;
4. The Board President, with approval of the Board, shall appoint all committee members. One-half (1/2 or 50%) of the committee members shall be recommended by the Board and one-half (1/2 or 50%) of the committee members shall be recommended to the Board President by a statewide organization representing dentists; and
5. Committee members shall be on staggered three-year terms and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.
B. There shall be a Dental Hygiene Advisory Committee to be composed of the following members:
1. One current dental hygiene member of the Board;
2. Two dental hygienists recommended by the Board and two dental hygienists recommended by a statewide organization representing dental hygienists;
3. The Committee shall have the following functions:
a.
to develop and propose recommendations to the Board regarding the education, examination, licensure, and regulation of dental hygienists,
b.
to advise the Board in rulemaking regarding dental hygiene,
c.
to hold meetings at least annually, but not more than six (6) times a year, and
d.
to work directly with the Allied Dental Education Committee in reviews and recommendations for equivalent dental hygiene programs; and
4. Members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board and shall serve a term of three (3) years. Appointments shall be made so that approximately one-third (1/3 or 33%) of the Committee is reappointed at any given time. Members may be appointed for consecutive terms if recommended by the Board President and approved by the Board.
C. There shall be an Allied Dental Education Committee.
1. The Board President shall appoint all members of the Allied Dental Education Committee upon approval by the Board;
2. The Allied Dental Education Committee shall:
a.
review the standards and equivalency of in-state and out-of-state dental and auxiliary program requirements and make recommendations to the Board,
b.
evaluate individual credentials and programs for the purpose of issuing dental assistant expanded duty permits and dental hygiene advanced procedure permits from persons holding out-of-state licenses and permits based on CODA or DANB programs and criteria as defined by the State Dental Act and other statutes and shall make recommendations to the Board,
c.
recommend standards and guidelines and review criteria for all expanded duty programs or courses for dental assistants from CODA approved programs and non-CODA approved providers and advanced procedures of dental hygienists from CODA approved programs to the Board, and
d.
recommend and develop guidelines for classroom, electronic media and other forms of education and testing;
3. The Committee shall meet as deemed necessary by the Board President;
4. The Committee may have up to ten (10) members of whom three shall have a background in dental education. The Committee shall be composed of:
a.
the Board President or his or her designee who must be a current or past Board Member,
b.
the hygiene member of the Board or their designee who must be a current or past Board Member,
c.
the Dean of the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry or his or her designee,
d.
up to seven at-large members, one of which must be an educator and one of which must have a current Certified Dental Assistant Permit.
D. The Board President shall have the authority to appoint other ad hoc committees as needed.
E. All Committee members of standing committees, the Hygiene Committee and the Allied Dental Education Committee shall serve staggered three-year terms and serve at the pleasure of the Board.
Added by Laws 1970, c. 173, § 17, eff. July 1, 1970. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 172, § 3, emerg. eff. May 5, 2003; Laws 2015, c. 229, § 5, eff. July 1, 2015; Laws 2019, c. 397, § 2.