Dental Charting by Dental Hygienists

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Board of Dentistry

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

64B5-16.0075Dental Charting by Dental Hygienists

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 40, No. 206, October 22, 2014 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

The change is in response to written comments submitted by the staff of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee and by a vote by the board at the meeting held on November 21, 2014. The changes are as follows:

Subsection (1) will be deleted in its entirety.

Subsection (2) will be renumbered to (1).

Subsection (2) shall now read as follows:

(2) Dental hygienists charting and collecting data for epidemiological surveys for public health may use the dental charting forms without identifying patient information or the name, license number, and place of employment of the dental hygienists or dentists.

Subsections (3) through (5) shall be deleted in their entirety.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Susan Foster, Executive Director, Board of Dentistry, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C08, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3258