HB17-1010
Dental Practice Act And Dental Hygiene
Concerning the authority of the Colorado dental board to promulgate rules based on clarifications to existing laws that relate to collaborative dental agreements.
Session:
2017 Regular Session
Subjects:
Bill Summary
Public Health
State Government
The bill clarifies that the Colorado dental board may promulgate rules for the use of lasers for dental and dental hygiene purposes within the defined scopes of practice and with appropriate supervision. The bill makes clarifications as to what is considered the practice of unsupervised dental hygiene. The bill also corrects a statutory reference.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)