Dental Hygienists Peer Health Assistance Program

The bill creates a peer health assistance program (program) for dental hygienists to assist dental hygienists with physical, emotional, or psychological problems that may be detrimental to the dental hygienist's ability to practice dental hygiene.

The program is funded by a fee each dental hygienist is required to pay upon initial licensure and the reinstatement and renewal of the dental hygienist's license.

(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)

(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)