4205452 This rulemaking extends the registration deadline for persons who were performing the duties of dental assistants on July 15, 2011.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

 

NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING

 

The Director of the Department of Health, pursuant to the authority set forth in § 302(14) of the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985, effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code § 3-1203.02(14) (2007 Repl.)), and Mayor’s Order 98-140, dated August 20, 1998, hereby gives notice of the intent to take proposed rulemaking action by adopting the following amendments to Chapter 90 of Title 17 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR) in not less than thirty (30) days from date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register. The purpose of this rulemaking is to extend the registration deadline for persons who were performing the duties of dental assistants on July 15, 2011.

These rules were previously published in the D.C. Register as a proposed rulemaking on August 31, 2012, at 59 DCR 010508.  No written comments were received from the public in connection with this publication during the thirty (30)-day comment period and no changes have been made to the rulemaking. 

Final action to adopt the rules took place on January 16, 2013.  These rules will be effective upon publication of the notice in the D.C. Register.

Chapter 90 (DENTAL ASSISTANTS) of Title 17 (BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS, AND PROFESSIONS) is amended as follows:

 

Section 9001 (REGISTRATION REQUIRED) is amended as follows:

 

Subsection 9001.2 is amended to read as follows:

 

9001.2             Notwithstanding subsection 9001.1, a person who is performing the duties of a dental assistant on the effective date of this chapter shall obtain a registration no later than September 17, 2012.

 

 

Section 9005 (SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF REGISTERED DENTAL ASSISTANT) is amended as follows:

 

Paragraph (c) of Subsection 9005.3 is amended to read as follows:

 

                        (c)        The assistant registers no later than September 17, 2012.

 

Paragraph (c) of Subsection 9005.5 is amended to read as follows:

 

                        (c)        The assistant registers no later than September 17, 2012