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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4094 FILED ON: 1/23/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3880 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Tackey Chan |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to dental hygienist reciprocal licensure. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Tackey Chan2nd Norfolk1/23/2023Michael D. BradySecond Plymouth and Norfolk2/22/2023Patrick M. O'ConnorFirst Plymouth and Norfolk4/5/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4094 FILED ON: 1/23/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3880 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Tackey Chan and |
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| 19 | 19 | | Michael D. Brady relative to dental hygienist reciprocal licensure. Consumer Protection and |
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| 20 | 20 | | Professional Licensure. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to dental hygienist reciprocal licensure. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 Section 51 of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2is hereby amended by inserting after the third paragraph, the following paragraph:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 The board may, without examination upon payment of a fee determined annually by the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, register |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5and issue a dental hygienist license to a dentist who has been lawfully in practice for at least five |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6years in another state, country, or province if he presents to the board a certificate of registration |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7and duration of practice from an out-of-state board of dental examiners or other like registration |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8entity of such state, country, or province; provided, that such other jurisdiction shall require a |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9degree of competency as determined by the board equal to that required of applicants in this |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10commonwealth. |
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