A bill for an act relating to a licensed sedation provider host permit for a dentist. (Formerly HF 339 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

STATE OF IOWA
KIM REYNOLDS
GOVERNOR
May 06, 2026
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
House File 648, an Act relating to a licensed sedation provider host permit for a dentist.
The above House File is hereby approved on this date.
Sincerely.
KiNâJ^teynold
Governor of loWa
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
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House File 648
AN ACT
RELATING TO A LICENSED SEDATION PROVIDER HOST PERMIT FOR A
DENTIST.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. NEW SECTION . 153.25 Licensed sedation provider
host permit.
1. The board may issue a licensed sedation provider host
permit to a dentist who does all of the following:
a. Completes a course approved by the board as described
in subsection 3 within the twelve months immediately preceding
the submission of the application, or provide evidence that the
dentist holds a substantially similar permit issued in another
state .
House File 648, p. 2
b. Meets the facility and equipment requirements as
determined by the board by rule.
c. Receives certification in administering advanced
cardiovascular life support as determined by the board by rule.
d. Submits an application in a form prescribed by the board.
2. A dentist who holds a licensed sedation provider host
permit may do all of the following:
a. Employ a licensed sedation provider, or a dentist who
holds a current moderate sedation or general anesthesia permit
issued by the board, to administer moderate sedation on an
outpatient basis to a patient who is at least thirteen years of
age on whom the dentist is performing a dental procedure.
b. Monitor a patient who is at least thirteen years of age
who is under moderate sedation.
3. a. The board shall only approve a licensed sedation
provider host permit course that provides instruction and an
assessment of knowledge and skill in the following areas:
(1) Preoperative patient assessment.
(2) Emergency scenarios and rescue.
(3) Respiratory complication.
(4) Patient safety and monitoring.
(5) Airway assessment and management.
(6) Anesthetic drugs.
(7) Recovery.
b. A course described in paragraph "a" shall ensure that
a course participant can do all of the following at the
conclusion of the course:
(1) Identify a high-risk patient.
(2) Differentiate between levels of sedation.
(3) Monitor a patient receiving moderate sedation.
(4) Rescue a patient from a deeper-than-intended level of
sedation .
c. The board shall review courses for approval on an annual
basis and shall only approve a course for which the director
of the course has submitted documentation indicating that the
course meets the requirements of this subsection. The board
may require the director of a course to participate in an
interview as part of the approval process.
4. For the purposes of this section, "'licensed sedation
House File 648, p. 3
provider" means a physician anesthesiologist licensed in this
state or a certified registered nurse anesthetist licensed
this state.
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5. The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A
implement this section, including rules for the expiration
renewal of a licensed sedation provider host permit.
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and
PAT GRASSLJ
Speaker of/ the House
AMY SI^LAIR
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in
is known as House File 648, Ninety-first General
the House and
Assembly .
MEl
Chiaf Clerk of the House
Approved
I KIM REYNOLDS I
Governor X