FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 29, 2007
CONTACTS
Joyce Davidson, Regulatory Analysis and Integration, (402) 471- 0173,
joyce.davidson@dhhs.ne.gov
Mike Wight, Communications and Legislative Services, (402) 471-3486,
mike.wight@dhhs.ne.govDHHS to Hold Hearing July 5
Lincoln
– The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will hold a public hearing July 5, 2007 on proposed changes to regulations on Performance of Duties by Licensed Dental Hygienists and Dental Assistants. The hearing will take place in Lincoln at the State Office Building, 301 Centennial Mall South, Lower Level Conference Room ‘F’ at 1:00 p.m. CT.The proposed changes will –
- Clarify the duties that are and are not permitted by licensed dental hygienists and dental assistants;
- Modify requirements a dental assistant must meet in order to take dental roentgenograms (x-rays);
- Establish requirements a dental assistant must meet in order to place retraction material, perform oral brush biopsy, and apply pit and fissure sealants;
- Implement Laws 2007, LB 247, Section 25, which authorizes procedures and functions that can be performed by a licensed dental hygienist under the general supervision of a licensed dentist, and;
- Implement the Health and Human Services Act and statutes relating to dentistry as amended by Laws 2007, LB 296.
Anyone may comment at the hearings or submit comments in writing. Draft regulations are available online at: http://www.sos.state.ne.us/rules-and-regs/regtrack/index.cgi.
Written comments must be postmarked or received by 5:00 p.m. CT, July 7, 2007. They should be sent to DHHS, Regulatory Analysis and Integration, 301 Centennial Mall South, P.O. Box 95026, Lincoln, NE 68509, faxed to 402-742-2382, or e-mailed to Rules.Regs@dhhs.ne.gov.
If auxiliary aids or reasonable accommodations are needed to participate in a hearing, please call 402-471-9022. Persons with hearing impairments may call DHHS at 402-471-9570 (voice and TDD) or the Nebraska Relay System at 711 or 800-833-7352 TDD.
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