Adopts Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact.
This bill would adopt New Jersey into the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact, an interstate agreement that allows dentists and dental hygienists licensed in one participating state to practice in other participating states without obtaining separate licenses in each state. To practice in another participating state, licensees would need to meet requirements like passing national board exams and having graduated from accredited programs, and would apply for a "compact privilege" to practice there. The compact would establish a commission to oversee the agreement and a data system to share licensure and disciplinary information among participating states, with adverse actions in one state affecting a professional's ability to practice in all participating states.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action May 13, 2024
Floor votes
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No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
2
May 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Committee
Reported and Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee
lower
2 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Michele Matsikoudis
RRepublican
P
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
DDemocratic
Co
Clinton Calabrese
DDemocratic
Co
Gerry Scharfenberger
RRepublican
Co
Shama Haider
DDemocratic
Co
Shanique Speight
DDemocratic
Co
Shavonda Sumter
DDemocratic
Co
Sterley Stanley
DDemocratic
Co
Tennille McCoy
DDemocratic
Co
Will Sampson
DDemocratic
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