STATE OF NEW YORK
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8073
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 27, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. N. RIVERA, CRESPO, RAMOS, BARRON, J. RIVERA,
LINARES, STEVENSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, CAMARA,
CASTRO, CLARK, GIBSON, JEFFRIES, V. LOPEZ, MENG, MOYA, ORTIZ, PERRY,
PRETLOW, P. RIVERA, ROBINSON, RODRIGUEZ -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring dentists and
dental hygienists to use digital radiography on patients under the age
of eighteen
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 6611 of the education law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 7-a to read as follows:
3 7-a. No later than January first, two thousand fourteen, any dentist
4 or dental hygienist who in the performance of dental services, x-rays
5 the mouth or teeth of a patient under the age of eighteen, shall only
6 use digital radiography for such patient.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11712-02-1
