SB178
Preventative dental assistants; certification.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 9, 2026
Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Chief Patron:
Mamie Locke (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Preventative dental assistants; certification.
Adds preventative dental assistant to the list of positions allowed to obtain dental scans for use in the practice of dentistry. The bill provides that any dental assistant I or dental assistant II may be certified as a preventative dental assistant after completing 1,800 hours of clinical experience and at ... (More) least 120 hours of didactic and clinical manikin or human subject training in specified areas. The bill also requires licensed dentists who supervise the training of expanded function dental assistants (i) to certify under oath that the preventative dental assistant has completed at least 20 supervised full-mouth supragingival scaling procedures and (ii) to produce such certification to the Board of Dentistry upon request. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/09/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102763D
- 01/09/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/21/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB178)
- 01/23/2026 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Senate subcommittee offered
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26106581D-S1
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
