State Board of Dentistry public meetings in 2021
6 substantive meetings from 2021, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
State Board of Dentistry
The Louisiana State Board of Dentistry is holding its annual meeting on December 11, 2021, at the Renaissance New Orleans Arts Warehouse District Hotel. The agenda consists of standard procedural items with no specific proposals or decisions detailed.
The Board elected Dr. Don Bennett as President, Dr. Tom Price as Vice President, and Dr. Jay Dumas as Secretary-Treasurer. The Board approved dental hygiene licenses for three individuals and modified continuing education requirements for retired dentists. Additionally, the Board authorized a 10% rewards payment for eligible classified staff.
- Approved dental hygiene licenses for S.C.J., J.K.V., and K.L.W. (unanimous)
- Elected Dr. Don Bennett (President), Dr. Tom Price (Vice President), and Dr. Jay Dumas (Secretary-Treasurer) (unanimous)
- Approved 10% rewards payment for eligible classified staff and 5% salary raises for Dr. Hickham and Ms. Conner (unanimous)
- Modified retired dentist CE requirements to require only Basic Life Support unless working over 250 hours/year (unanimous)
- Approved expungement of advertising violations older than 5 years if no subsequent violations occurred (unanimous)
- Voted to urge legislature to remove human subject component from licensing exams (unanimous)
- Approved joining the CDCA/WREB testing agency (unanimous)
- Clarified that procedures in the oral cavity or maxillofacial areas are included in the definition of dentistry (unanimous)
State Board of Dentistry
The Louisiana State Board of Dentistry issued a notice for a teleconference or video conference meeting. The agenda contains only the procedural notice of the meeting time and method.
State Board of Dentistry
This is a procedural meeting notice. The board will convene via teleconference or video conference due to quorum requirements. No specific agenda items are listed.
State Board of Dentistry
The Louisiana State Board of Dentistry will convene a special meeting in New Orleans. The meeting is scheduled for 12:30 PM at the Renaissance New Orleans Arts Warehouse District Hotel.
The Louisiana State Board of Dentistry approved the use of manikins instead of human subjects for 2022 graduates' licensing exams. The Board also approved the 2021-2022 fiscal year budget and opted into the program established by HB 398.
- Approved use of manikins instead of human subjects for 2022 licensing exams (Unanimous)
- Approved proposed budget for 2021-2022 fiscal year (Unanimous)
- Opted-in to the program set forth in HB 398 (Unanimous)
- Adopted proposed changes to Rule 120 (Unanimous)
- Denied proposed changes to Rule 132 (2-8, 2 abstentions)
- Adopted proposed changes to Rule 306 (Unanimous)
- Adopted proposed changes to Rule 491 (Unanimous)
- Ratified contracts with Silverwulf Computer Service, MiraComp Technologies, Jon P. Jeffcoat LLC, and Talley, Anthony, Hughes & Knight LLC (Unanimous)
State Board of Dentistry
The Louisiana State Board of Dentistry is holding a special meeting on May 14, 2021. The agenda provided contains only the notice of the meeting time and location.
The Louisiana State Board of Dentistry approved a legal services contract with Talley, Anthony, Hughes & Knight, L.L.C. and adopted a new disciplinary matrix. The Board also approved amendments to the 2020-2021 budget and granted three professional licenses.
- Approved legal services contract with Talley, Anthony, Hughes & Knight, L.L.C. (max $150,000 from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024) (Unanimous)
- Adopted proposed disciplinary matrix into Board Policy and Procedures manual (Unanimous)
- Approved proposed amendments to the 2020-2021 budget (Unanimous)
- Approved licensure for A.M. to practice dental hygiene (Unanimous)
- Approved licensure for J.D. to practice dentistry (Unanimous)
- Approved licensure for L.G. to practice dentistry (Unanimous)
- Approved allowing 2021 renewing licensees to complete all CE online, except BLS, ACLS and PALS (All but one in favor)
- Revised LAC 46XXXIII.1615 to accept ACE program courses from the American Association of Dental Boards (Unanimous)
State Board of Dentistry
The Louisiana State Board of Dentistry has issued a notice for a special meeting. The meeting is scheduled to take place at the Board office in Baton Rouge.
The Board revoked the licenses of 73 dentists and hygienists who failed to renew for 2019-2020. It also approved a dental x-ray function and safety course and granted licenses to two new practitioners. The Board decided to maintain standard continuing education requirements for 2021 renewals.
- Revoked licenses of 73 dentists and hygienists for failure to renew for 2019-2020 (Unanimous)
- Approved Dr. Rick Waters' dental x-ray function and safety course (Unanimous)
- Approved licensure application for Dr. Manal Ayoub (Unanimous)
- Approved licensure application for Molly Waddell, RDH (Unanimous)
- Approved minutes of August 14, 2020 special meeting with one correction (Unanimous)
- Ratified acts and decisions of Board leadership since December 5, 2020 (Unanimous)
- Approved Office Management Committee minutes from December 5, 2020 (Unanimous)
- Approved Nominating Committee minutes from December 5, 2020 (Unanimous)