Licensure Examinations for Dental Practitioners
Summary
Licensure Examinations for Dental Practitioners; Revising licensure examination requirements for dentists to require applicants to demonstrate certain clinical skills on a manikin rather than a live patient; revising requirements for regional licensure examinations offered by dental schools to dental students; revising licensure examination requirements for dental hygienists to require applicants to demonstrate certain clinical skills on a manikin rather than a live patient; deleting a requirement that applicants for dental practitioner licensure examinations maintain medical malpractice insurance to cover any incident of harm to a patient during the clinical examination, etc.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Signed Apr 6, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 10, 2022 · House Mar 4, 2022
How they voted
37–0
Passed
Total votes 37
Feb 10, 2022
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican23
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
36
Key actions
10
Committee
8
Apr 6, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0
lower
Feb 28, 2022
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (144414)
upper
Feb 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 31, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/03/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 20, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/25/22, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Jan 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/13/22, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Nov 30, 2021
Committee
Referred to Health Policy; Banking and Insurance; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ben Albritton
RRepublican
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