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SB 335

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Health Occupations - Private Dental Offices - Infection Control

Sponsor: Senator KlausmeierCommittee: FinanceSubject: Health OccupationsStatus: First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring each owner of a private dental office to designate a licensed dentist to be the supervising dentist for the private dental office; requiring a supervising dentist to complete the registration required by the State Board of Dental Examiners and be responsible for all infection control activities within the private dental office; requiring the owner of a private dental office to designate an interim supervising dentist under certain circumstances; and authorizing the Board to charge a certain registration fee.

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Testimony (24)

MGA witness list
FAV 5FavorableUNF 17UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVMorris, EdwinMaryland State Board of Dental ExaminersOral
FAVDoring, CharlesMaryland State Dental AssociationPosition only
FAVDoherty, DanielMaryland State Dental Association, Maryland Society of Oral & Maxillofacial SurgeonsPosition only
FAV(MD), State of MarylandIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Klausmeier, Senator KlausmeierlegislatorIndividualOral
UNFPrice, SuzanneConcerned CitizenPosition only
UNFMcDonough, CaitlinlobbyistHJMOral
UNFArshavsky, SvetlanaIndividualPosition only
UNFBenjaminson, HeatherIndividualPosition only
UNFDiefenbach, LindaIndividualPosition only
UNFDitraglia, FrankIndividualPosition only
UNFD’Orazio , DanielaIndividualPosition only
UNFElbourn, JamesIndividualPosition only
UNFFink, NeldaIndividualPosition only
UNFKatz, JanetIndividualPosition only
UNFLove, WilliamIndividualPosition only
UNFMeyerovich, MarkIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFPedersen, StacyIndividualPosition only
UNFSirkel, RobinIndividualPosition only
UNFVolkmar, LeslieIndividualPosition only
UNFWilliams, PeggyIndividualPosition only
UNFsirkel, jessIndividualPosition only
INFOVranian, DaniellelobbyistBaxter, Baker, Sidle, Conn & Jones, PAOral
INFOPerry, TimlobbyistIndividualOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFMcDonough, CaitlinHJMRegistered for: AbbVie Inc.; Aligned Data Centers; American Academy of Anesthesiology Assistants, Inc.; Associated Builders & Contractors; Association of Independent Midwives of Maryland (AIMM); Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
INFOVranian, DanielleBaxter, Baker, Sidle, Conn & Jones, PARegistered for: Heartland Dental; Maryland Radiological Society; Radnet; Association of Dental Support Organizations; University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center; Sims ARG, Inc.
INFOPerry, TimRegistered for: Miller Pipeline; 28 Walker Avenue; AT&T; Advantage Capital; Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates - Philip Morris USA Inc., John Middleton Co., U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co., Helix Innovations LLC & NJOY, LLC; Altruix