Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman AURA K. DUNN
District 25 (Morris and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Requires New Jersey State Board of Dentistry to include orofacial pain as a special area of dentistry.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry and supplementing Title 45 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry shall adopt rules and regulations that include orofacial pain as a special area of dentistry that may be announced as a specialty dental practice by a licensed dentist pursuant to N.J.A.C.13:30-6.1 or its successor regulation.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry to adopt rules and regulations that include orofacial pain as a special area of dentistry that may be announced as a specialty dental practice by a licensed dentist pursuant. Under current regulations, the following special areas of dentistry are recognized by the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry: endodontics; oral or maxillofacial surgery; oral or maxillofacial radiology; oral pathology; orthodontics; pediatric dentistry, also called pedodontics; periodontics; prosthodontics; and public health. In order to announce to the public that the dentist is a specialist or specializes in one or more areas of dental practice, a dentist licensed in this State is required to obtain a permit from the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry, which board will grant the applicant permission to announce a dental specialty or specialization of a dental practice if certain requirements are met.