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- Ordered to third reading cal.1011
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to higher education
- Referred to higher education
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Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to amending the definition of the scope of practice of dentistry to authorize dentists who are adequately trained to perform any procedure in the oral and maxillofacial area
Purpose or general idea of bill
This bill would permit maxillofacial surgeons who have been granted privileges to perform oral and maxillofacial surgery by a hospital to perform any procedure in the oral and maxillofacial area regardless of its relation to the oral cavity. It would eliminate the need to rely on the emergency exception for those surgeons who do perform such procedures.
Summary of specific provisions
This bill would amend section 6601 of the education law, as added by chapter 576 of the laws of 2001. It divides the scope of practice section into two subdivisions. The second adds express authorization for oral and maxillofacial surgeons to perform any procedure in the oral and maxillofacial area provided the oral and maxillofacial surgeon has been granted privileges by a hospital licensed by the health department.
Justification
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons are surgical specialists of the dental profession. Like medical surgeons, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons undergo long residencies of between four to six years. These nationally accredited residencies involve hundreds of facial surgeries, schooling in advanced biomedical sciences, hospital surgery rotations and general anesthesia/deep sedation. Surgical concentrations are in four main areas: 1) trauma; 2) pathology; 3) jaw surgery and 4) reconstructive and cosmetic surgery. Most Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons serve on hospital trauma teams to repair facial injuries on accident victims. In 2001, chapter 576 expanded and amended the scope of practice for dentistry to include the entire oral and maxillofacial area as it related to restoring or maintaining dental health. This amendment would continue the scope's modernization by allowing any procedure within that area to be performed by those Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons who have been granted privileges to perform the procedure/s in a hospital licensed by the health department.
Prior legislative history
A.7044 of 2007-2008 - Referred to Higher Education
Fiscal implications
Not Applicable.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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