§ 32 §18435 — Compact privilege

1.
Requirements.
To obtain and exercise a compact privilege, a licensee must:
2.
Compliance.
The licensee must comply with all of the requirements of subsection 1 to maintain the compact privilege in a remote state. If those requirements are met, the compact privilege continues as long as the licensee maintains a qualifying license in the state through which the licensee applied for the compact privilege and pays any applicable compact privilege renewal fees.
3.
Scope of practice.
A licensee providing dentistry or dental hygiene in a remote state under the compact privilege shall function within the scope of practice authorized by the remote state for a dentist or dental hygienist licensed in that state. A licensee providing dentistry or dental hygiene pursuant to a compact privilege in a remote state is subject to that state's regulatory authority.
4.
Revocation or limitation of compact privilege by remote state.
A remote state may, in accordance with due process and that state's laws, by adverse action revoke or remove a licensee's compact privilege in the remote state for a specific period of time and impose fines or take any other necessary actions to protect the health and safety of its citizens. If a remote state imposes an adverse action against a compact privilege that limits the compact privilege, that adverse action applies to all compact privileges in all remote states. A licensee whose compact privilege in a remote state is revoked or removed for a specified period of time is not eligible for a compact privilege in any other remote state until the specific time for revocation or removal of the compact privilege has passed and all encumbrance requirements are satisfied.
5.
Encumbered license.
If a license in a participating state is an encumbered license, the licensee loses the compact privilege in a remote state and is not eligible for a compact privilege in any remote state until the license is no longer encumbered.

Legislative History

PL 2023, c. 664, §1 (NEW).