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H. 3421
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. G.M. Smith
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Introduced in the House on January 28, 2003
Currently residing in the House Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
Summary: Definition of practice dentistry
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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1/28/2003 House Introduced and read first time HJ-29
1/28/2003 House Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and
Municipal Affairs HJ-30
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 40-15-70, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF THE PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY, SO AS TO CLARIFY THAT DENTAL PROCEDURES PERFORMED ON STRUCTURES ADJACENT TO THE ORAL CAVITY ARE PROCEDURES PERFORMED ON THE JAW AND SKULL RELATED TO ORAL HEALTH AND THAT THESE PROCEDURES DO NOT INCLUDE CERTAIN MEDICAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 40-15-70(2)(a) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(a) shall profess or indicate in any manner that he can or will attempt to perform dental procedures in the oral cavity and associated adjacent structures of the jaw or skull, or both, relating to oral health, but which exclude medical surgical procedures including, but not limited to, biepharoplasty, rhytidectomy, otoplasty, liposuction, chemical peel, dermabrasion, and removal and aesthetic reconstruction of benign and malignant lesions on the head and neck; or"
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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