Here are 10 updates in the dental staffing space for dental leaders to know, as reported by Becker’s since June 12:
- The first state passed legislation to adopt the Interstate Dental & Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact, with Louisiana passing HB543 into law without opposition.
- The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development launched the state’s first dental assistant registered apprenticeship program.
- Dentists and patients in Fairfax County, Va., are continuing to struggle with the lack of dental hygienists in the state.
- The American Dental Association urged Congress to reauthorize and invest in dental workforce programs to increase access to oral healthcare in underserved communities.
- Massachusetts dental providers debated an interstate dental compact being considered by legislators.
- Vermont State Colleges is ending the development of its dental therapy program at Vermont State University in Montpelier.
- The New York state legislature passed a bill to allow dental hygienists to practice without supervision in specified locations if they enter a collaborative practice agreement with a licensed dentist.
- The American Dental Hygienists’ Association criticized an Arizona bill amendment that would eliminate educational requirements for dental assistants seeking to become oral preventive assistants.
- The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Dental Medicine graduated its inaugural class of 40 students.
- Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill requiring that at least 80% of students accepted into the University of Iowa dental and medical schools have ties to the state.
