Legislature(2005 - 2006)BELTZ 211

04/28/2005 01:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE


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01:38:04 PM Start
01:40:01 PM Alcohol Beverage Control Board: Michael Gordon - Anchorage, William Tull – Palmer || Board of Marine Pilots - Dale Collins - Ketchikan || Real Estate Commission: Gene Duval - Fairbanks, Roger Stone - Ketchikan
01:42:22 PM HB61
01:50:57 PM HB211
01:55:28 PM SB173
02:10:00 PM HB216
02:14:25 PM Adjourn
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+= HB 211 DENTISTS; HYGIENISTS; BD OF DENTAL EXAM. TELECONFERENCED
Moved CSHB 211(FIN) Out of Committee
+= SB 173 NEWSPAPER PROPERTY SALES NOTICES TELECONFERENCED
Heard & Held
+ HB 216 INSURANCE RATES,FORMS,& FILING TELECONFERENCED
Moved CSHB 216(L&C)(Title am)Out of Cmte
+ Confirmation Hearing TELECONFERENCED
Alcohol Beverage Control Board
Michael Gordon - Anchorage
William Tull - Palmer
Board of Marine Pilots
Dale Collins - Ketchikan
Real Estate Commission
Gene DuVal - Fairbanks
Roger Stone - Ketchikan
+ Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled TELECONFERENCED
Including But Not Limited to:
+= HB 61 GAMING: CALCUTTA POOLS & CRANE CLASSICS TELECONFERENCED
Moved SCS CSHB 61(L&C) Out of Committee
     CSHB 211(FIN)-DENTISTS; HYGIENISTS; BD OF DENTAL EXAM.                                                                 
                                                                                                                              
CHAIR SEEKINS announced HB 211 to be up for consideration.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
HEATH HILYARD, staff to Representative  Mike Kelly, sponsor of HB
211, related  that in  addition to being  a sunset  extension, it                                                               
does  several  things  with  regards to  the  regulation  of  the                                                               
practice  of dentistry  and dental  hygienists.  It implements  a                                                               
change   of   continuing   education  requirements   for   dental                                                               
hygienists  to 700  hours  annually rather  than  the current  14                                                               
hours  per  week. It  also  modifies  the inspection  period  for                                                               
radiological equipment used in dentistry  to five years from four                                                               
and clarifies the qualifications  for licensure by broadening the                                                               
criminal activity  language on page  4, lines  3 - 7.  The intent                                                               
was to  give relatively vague  language to  the board so  that it                                                               
could  determine  that  on  a   case-by-case  basis  rather  than                                                               
mandating specific examples of past activity.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The requirements  of specialty licensure were  also clarified and                                                               
the intent  is to offer the  board the opportunity to  accept any                                                               
approved   examination   rather   than  specifying   a   specific                                                               
examination in statute.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                              
JIM TOWLE,  Executive Director, Alaska Dental  Society, supported                                                               
HB 211. He offered to answer questions.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
PAT  DAVIDSON, Division  of Legislative  Audit,  found that  this                                                               
board  is  operating effectively  in  the  public's interest  and                                                               
suggested no  changes. She  recommended a  non-standard six-years                                                               
extension  in trying  to  smooth  out the  number  of boards  and                                                               
commissions  that  the  legislature  has  to  deal  with  in  any                                                               
particular year.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
1:50:57 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR BEN  STEVENS moved to  pass CSHB 211(FIN)  from committee                                                               
with individual  recommendations and attached fiscal  note. There                                                               
were no objections and it was so ordered.                                                                                       

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