GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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SENATE BILL 694

Short Title:        Amend Dentistry Laws/Out of State Dentists.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senator Garrou.
Referred to:	Health Care.

March 24, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT amending the laws pertaining to the practice of dentistry as performed by persons practicing dentistry out of state under certain circumstances.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 90‑36(e) reads as rewritten:

"(e)       The holder of a license issued under this section shall establish a practice location and actively practice dentistry, as defined in G.S. 90‑29(b)(1) through (b)(9), in North Carolina within one year from the date the license is issued. The license issued under this section shall be void upon a finding by the Board that the licensee fails to limit the licensee's practice to North Carolina or that the licensee no longer actively practices dentistry in North Carolina. However, when a dentist licensed under this section faces possible Board action to void the dentist's license for failure to limit the dentist's practice to North Carolina, if the dentist demonstrates to the Board that out‑of‑state practice actions were in connection with formal contract or employment arrangements for the dentist to provide needed clinical dental care to patients who are part of an identified ethnic or racial minority group living in a region of the other state with low access to dental care, the Board, in its discretion, may waive the in‑State limitations on the out‑of‑state practice for a maximum of 12 months."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.