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A bill for an act relating to a licensed sedation provider host permit for a dentist.(See HF 648 .)

A bill for an act relating to a licensed sedation provider host permit for a dentist.(See HF 648 .)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
BRADLEY
Last action
2025-03-14
Official status
Withdrawn. H.J. 660 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to a licensed sedation provider host permit for a dentist.(See HF 648 .)

A bill for an act relating to a licensed sedation provider host permit for a dentist.(See HF 648 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to a licensed sedation provider host permit for a dentist.(See HF 648 .)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-14 Iowa Legislature

    Withdrawn. H.J. 660 .

  2. 2025-02-28 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 648 .

  3. 2025-02-25 Iowa Legislature

    Committee vote: Yeas, 19. Nays, 0. Excused, 2. H.J. 430 .

  4. 2025-02-25 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 430 .

  5. 2025-02-20 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  6. 2025-02-19 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 02/20/2025 1:00PM House Lounge.

  7. 2025-02-17 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Bradley, Jeneary and Turek. H.J. 341 .

  8. 2025-02-12 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 302 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to a licensed sedation provider host permit for a dentist.(See HF 648 .)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
House

File

339

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

339

BY

BRADLEY

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

a

licensed

sedation

provider

host

permit

for

1

a

dentist.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

153.25

Licensed

sedation

provider

1

host

permit.

2

1.

The

board

may

issue

a

licensed

sedation

provider

host

3

permit

to

a

dentist

who

does

all

of

the

following:

4

a.

Completes

a

course

approved

by

the

board

as

described

in

5

subsection

3.

If

the

dentist

completed

the

course

more

than

6

twelve

months

before

the

submission

of

the

application,

the

7

dentist

must

also

hold

a

substantially

similar

permit

issued

8

in

another

state.

9

b.

Meets

the

facility

and

equipment

requirements

as

10

determined

by

the

board

by

rule.

11

c.

Receives

certification

in

administering

advanced

12

cardiovascular

life

support

from

the

American

heart

association

13

or

an

equivalent

certification

as

determined

by

the

board

by

14

rule.

15

d.

Submits

an

application

in

a

form

prescribed

by

the

board.

16

2.

A

dentist

who

holds

a

licensed

sedation

provider

host

17

permit

may

do

all

of

the

following:

18

a.

Employ

a

licensed

sedation

provider

to

administer

19

moderate

sedation

on

an

outpatient

basis

to

a

patient

who

is

at

20

least

thirteen

years

of

age

on

whom

the

dentist

is

performing

a

21

dental

procedure.

22

b.

Monitor

a

patient

who

is

at

least

thirteen

years

of

age

23

who

is

under

moderate

sedation.

24

3.

a.

The

board

shall

only

approve

a

course

for

licensure

25

as

a

licensed

sedation

provider

host

that

provides

instruction

26

and

an

assessment

of

knowledge

and

skill

in

the

following

27

areas:

28

(1)

Preoperative

patient

assessment.

29

(2)

Emergency

scenarios

and

rescue.

30

(3)

Respiratory

complication.

31

(4)

Patient

safety

and

monitoring.

32

(5)

Airway

assessment

and

management.

33

(6)

Anesthetic

drugs.

34

(7)

Recovery.

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b.

A

course

described

in

paragraph

“a”

shall

ensure

that

1

a

course

participant

can

do

all

of

the

following

at

the

2

conclusion

of

the

course:

3

(1)

Identify

a

high-risk

patient.

4

(2)

Differentiate

between

levels

of

sedation.

5

(3)

Monitor

a

patient

receiving

moderate

sedation.

6

(4)

Rescue

a

patient

from

a

deeper-than-intended

level

of

7

sedation.

8

c.

The

board

shall

review

courses

for

approval

on

an

annual

9

basis

and

shall

only

approve

a

course

for

which

the

director

10

of

the

course

has

submitted

documentation

indicating

that

the

11

course

meets

the

requirements

of

this

subsection.

The

board

12

may

require

the

director

of

a

course

to

participate

in

an

13

interview

as

part

of

the

approval

process.

14

4.

For

the

purposes

of

this

section,

“licensed

sedation

15

provider”

means

a

physician

and

surgeon

or

osteopathic

physician

16

and

surgeon

anesthesiologist

or

a

certified

registered

nurse

17

anesthetist

licensed

in

this

state.

18

5.

The

board

shall

adopt

rules

pursuant

to

chapter

17A

to

19

implement

this

section,

including

rules

for

the

expiration

and

20

renewal

of

a

licensed

sedation

provider

host

permit.

21

EXPLANATION

22

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

23

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

24

This

bill

relates

to

the

hosting

of

a

licensed

sedation

25

provider

by

a

dentist.

The

bill

allows

the

dental

board

26

(board)

to

issue

a

licensed

sedation

provider

host

permit

27

(permit)

to

a

dentist

who

completes

a

course

approved

by

the

28

board,

meets

facility

and

equipment

requirements

as

determined

29

by

the

board

by

rule,

receives

certification

in

administering

30

advanced

cardiovascular

life

support

from

the

American

heart

31

association

or

an

equivalent

certification

as

determined

by

the

32

board

by

rule,

and

submits

an

application

in

a

form

prescribed

33

by

the

board.

A

dentist

with

a

permit

may

employ

a

licensed

34

sedation

provider,

defined

in

the

bill

as

a

physician

and

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surgeon

or

osteopathic

physician

and

surgeon

anesthesiologist

1

or

a

certified

registered

nurse

anesthetist

licensed

in

this

2

state,

to

administer

moderate

sedation

on

an

outpatient

basis

3

to

a

patient

who

is

at

least

13

years

of

age

on

whom

the

dentist

4

is

performing

a

dental

procedure,

and

to

monitor

a

patient

who

5

is

at

least

13

years

of

age

who

is

under

moderate

sedation.

6

The

bill

allows

the

board

to

approve

a

course

for

a

permit

7

only

if

the

course

meets

certain

education

requirements

listed

8

in

the

bill.

The

bill

requires

the

board

to

review

courses

for

9

approval

on

an

annual

basis

and

allows

the

board

to

approve

a

10

course

only

if

the

course

director

has

submitted

documentation

11

indicating

that

the

course

meets

the

requirements

of

the

12

bill.

The

bill

allows

the

board

to

require

the

director

of

a

13

course

to

participate

in

an

interview

as

part

of

the

approval

14

process.

The

bill

requires

the

board

to

adopt

rules

for

the

15

implementation

of

the

bill,

including

rules

for

the

expiration

16

and

renewal

of

a

permit.

17

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