HLS 20RS-807 ENGROSSED
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 312
BY REPRESENTATIVE DUSTIN MILLER
DENTISTRY/DENTISTS: Exempts retired volunteer dentists from continuing education
requirements
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 37:761.1(J), relative to retired volunteer dentists; to provide for
3 continuing education requirements; to provide for exemptions to obtaining
4 continuing education credits; to provide for cardiopulmonary resuscitation training;
5 and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 37:761.1(J) is hereby amended to read as follows:
8 ยง761.1. Retired volunteer dental license; issuance; applicant's requirements;
9 limitation of liability; denial; violations; status change; continuing dental
10 education
11 * * *
12 J. Holders of a retired volunteer dental license shall comply with the
13 continuing dental education requirements adopted by the board which shall include
14 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training who practice not more than two
15 hundred fifty hours in a calendar year shall be exempt from all continuing education
16 requirements. However, a retired volunteer dentist shall maintain his
17 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training.
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are additions. HLS 20RS-807 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 312
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HB 312 Engrossed 2020 Regular Session Dustin Miller
Abstract: Exempts retired volunteer dentists from having to comply with the La. State
Board of Dentistry (LSBD) continuing education requirements. Requires retired
volunteer dentists to maintain its cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training.
Present law permits the La. State Board of Dentistry (LSBD) to issue a retired volunteer
dentist license to an applicant whose practice consists of voluntary care, as defined by LSBD
rule.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law requires retired volunteer dentist licensees to comply with the continuing dental
education requirements adopted by LSBD which shall include CPR training.
Proposed law deletes present law and adds that a retired volunteer dentist who does not
practice at least 250 hours in a calendar year shall not be required to comply with LSBD
continuing education requirements. Further provides that a retired volunteer dentist shall
maintain his CPR training.
(Amends R.S. 37:761.1(J))
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