Title 18 — Title 18 BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS

Chapter 297, Laws of 2023 shall be known and cited as the dentist and dental hygienist compact. The purposes of this compact are to facilitate the interstate practice of dentistry and dental hygiene and improve public access to dentistry and dental hygiene services by providing d…

As used in this compact, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions shall apply:(1) "Active military member" means any individual in full-time duty status in the armed forces of the United States including members of the national guard and reserve.(2) "Adver…

(1) In order to join the compact and thereafter continue as a participating state, a state must:(a) Enact a compact that is not materially different from the model compact as determined in accordance with commission rules;(b) Participate fully in the commission's data system;(c) …

(1) To obtain and exercise the compact privilege under the terms and provisions of the compact, the licensee shall:(a) Have a qualifying license as a dentist or dental hygienist in a participating state;(b) Be eligible for a compact privilege in any remote state in accordance wit…

An active military member and their spouse shall not be required to pay to the commission for a compact privilege the fee otherwise charged by the commission. If a remote state chooses to charge a fee for a compact privilege, it may choose to charge a reduced fee or no fee to an …

(1) A participating state in which a licensee is licensed shall have exclusive authority to impose adverse action against the qualifying license issued by that participating state.(2) A participating state may take adverse action based on the significant investigative information…

(1) The compact participating states hereby create and establish a joint government agency whose membership consists of all participating states that have enacted the compact. The commission is an instrumentality of the participating states acting jointly and not an instrumentali…

(1) The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and the presence of significant investigative information on all licensees and applicants for a licen…

(1) The commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently implement and administer the purposes and provisions of the compact. A commission rule shall be invalid and have no force or effect only if a court of competent jurisdiction holds that th…

(1)(a) The executive and judicial branches of state government in each participating state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement the compact.(b) Venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or against the commission shall be brought…

(1) The compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the seventh participating state.(a) On or after the effective date of the compact, the commission shall convene and review the enactment of each of the states that enacted the c…

(1) This compact and the commission's rule-making authority shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes, and the implementation and administration, of the compact. Provisions of the compact expressly authorizing or requiring the promulgation of rules shall not b…

(1) Nothing in this chapter shall prevent or inhibit the enforcement of any other law of a participating state that is not inconsistent with the compact.(2) Any laws, statutes, regulations, or other legal requirements in a participating state in conflict with the compact are supe…