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Read. Follow. Verify.Vermont Adopts Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact to Enable Interstate Practice
Last action · January 21, 2025: Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health CareSponsors: Mary-Katherine Stone and 1 other
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill enacts the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact in Vermont, allowing qualified dentists and dental hygienists licensed in participating states to practice in Vermont and other member states without obtaining separate local licenses. The measure takes effect on July 1, 2025.
Licensed dental professionals gain a streamlined pathway to practice across state borders, potentially altering workforce availability and regional service options for patients.
- Interstate occupational licensure compacts are multi-state agreements designed to facilitate workforce mobility and allow licensed professionals to practice across member state borders more easily. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Dentists
Dentists licensed in participating states become eligible to obtain a compact privilege to practice in other member states without securing individual local licenses.
Dental Hygienists
Dental hygienists gain the ability to practice in remote participating states through a streamlined compact privilege pathway.
Active military members and their spouses
Military members and their spouses are exempt from paying Commission fees associated with obtaining a compact privilege.
Key Facts
- The bill establishes Vermont's adoption of the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact, taking effect on July 1, 2025.
- Participating states must fully participate in the Commission's data system, receive and investigate complaints, and implement criminal background check requirements.
- Dentists and dental hygienists holding a qualifying, unencumbered license in a participating state may obtain a compact privilege to practice in remote participating states.
- Active military members and their spouses are exempt from paying Commission fees for a compact privilege.
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- The Dentist and Dental Hygienist Commission is established as a joint government agency with rulemaking, financial, and enforcement powers.
- The Compact takes effect officially on the date the compact statute is enacted into law in the seventh participating state.
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Procedural history
1 action- Jan 21, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care
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Interstate Licensure Streamlining
The bill shifts professional regulation toward a multi-state compact framework, mirroring similar interstate compacts in nursing, medical, and physical therapy fields.
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