Resolve, Directing the Board of Dental Examiners To Amend Its Rules To Improve Access to Oral Health Care in Maine

Sec. 1. Board of Dental Examiners to amend rules. Resolved: That the Board of Dental Examiners shall amend its rules to permit a dental student of a bona fide dental school or university acceptable to the board, after the completion of satisfactory training, to perform limited dental service, including dental hygiene treatment, in institutional and public health service programs and in private dental offices within the State, commensurate with the student's level of training, under the supervision and control of a licensed dentist or a teaching school.

SUMMARY

This resolve requires the Board of Dental Examiners to amend its rules to permit a dental student to perform limited dental service in certain settings, commensurate with the student's level of training, under the supervision and control of a licensed dentist or a teaching school.