Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2110 - Missouri Dental Board
Chapter 2 - General Rules
Section 20 CSR 2110-2.131 - Definition of a Public Health Setting

Universal Citation: 20 MO Code of State Regs 2110-2.131

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024

PURPOSE: This rule is being amended to reduce unnecessary regulatory restrictions.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this rule is to implement section 332.311, RSMo, and defines the public health settings in which a dental hygienist may practice without the supervision of a dentist.

(1) For the purposes of section 332.311, RSMo only the term "public health setting" is defined as a location where dental services authorized by section 332.311, RSMo are performed so long as the delivery of services are sponsored by a governmental health entity which includes:

(A) Department of Health and Senior Services;

(B) A county health department;

(C) A city health department operating under a city charter;

(D) A combined city/county health department; or

(E) A nonprofit community health center qualified as exempt from federal taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code including a community health center that receives funding authorized by sections 329, 330, and 340 of the United States Public Health Services Act.

*Original authority: 332.311 , RSMo 1969, amended 1997, 2001 .

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