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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 530
BY SENATOR BROOME
DENTISTRY. Provides relative to the employment of persons licensed by the Louisiana
State Board of Dentistry by non-profit entities eligible for certain federal grants. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 37:797, relative to the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry; to provide for the2
employment of dentists by certain non-profit entities eligible for certain federal3
grants; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 37:797 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
§797. Employment or contracting with certain non-profit entities7
No provision in this Chapter shall be construed to prohibit any person8
licensed under the provisions of this Chapter from being an employee or9
independent contractor of a non-profit entity that meets the statutory,10
regulatory and program requirements for grantees supported under Section 33011
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. §254b) or its successor.12
Section 2. The provisions of this Act are procedural and not substantive and are13
enacted to clarify the provisions of Chapter 9 of Title 37 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes14
of 1950. This Act is declared to be interpretive, remedial, curative, and procedural and,15
therefore, should be applied retroactively as well as prospectively.16
Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not17 SB NO. 530
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signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature1
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If2
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become3
effective on the day following such approval.4
The original instrument was prepared by Greg Waddell. The following
digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was
prepared by Linda Nugent.
DIGEST
Broome (SB 530)
Present law provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of dentistry.
Proposed law provides that no provision in present law shall be construed to prohibit any
person licensed under the provisions of present law from being an employee or independent
contractor of a non-profit entity that meets the statutory, regulatory and program
requirements for grantees supported under Section 330 of the Public Health Services Act (42
U.S.C. §245b) or its successor.
Proposed law further provides that it is procedural and not substantive, and should be applied
retroactively as well as prospectively.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 37:797)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to
the original bill.
1. Technical amendment
2. Changes the qualifying criteria of the non-profit entity.
Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill.
1. Technical Legislative Bureau amendment.