Effective - 28 Aug 2005
332.304. Duties of the dental hygienist distance learning committee. — The specific duties of the committee shall include the following:
(1) Designing a training program for dental hygienists which allows coursework to be completed off-site from the educational institution, and clinical and didactic training to be delivered in the office of a dentist licensed under this chapter, if such offsite dental office is a part of an accredited dental hygiene program through the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association as an extended campus facility or any other facility approved by the council on dental accreditation;
(2) Developing suggestions for the creation of a contract between the department and an institution of higher education to establish the training program designed under subdivision (1) of this section;
(3) Analyzing issues relating to the curriculum, funding, and administration of the training program designed under subdivision (1) of this section; and
(4) On or before November 1, 2005, delivering to both houses of the general assembly and the governor a report on the training program designed under subdivision (1) of this section and any suggestions developed and analysis made under subdivisions (2) and (3) of this section.
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(L. 2005 S.B. 177)