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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="4-308.1" title_number="4" title_name="Dentistry" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “community–based health fair” means a health service event that offers primary health care services to an individual for free or using a sliding fee schedule that is sponsored by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The federal, the State, or a local government;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A nonprofit organization that is exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A nonprofit community organization that has the stated purpose of providing health services to the disadvantaged.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a licensed dental hygienist, without the supervision of a dentist, may provide without compensation the following services at a community–based health fair:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A preliminary dental examination, including charting any cavities, restorations, or missing teeth;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Oral health education;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Taking blood pressure, pulse rate, respiration rate, height, and weight; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Referrals to a dental home, including providing a patient with a list of clinical public health facilities.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board, in consultation with the Department’s Office of Oral Health, shall develop a standard form to be used by a dental hygienist who performs the services authorized under this section at a community–based health fair.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A dental hygienist who performs services in accordance with this section shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Fill out the form required under paragraph (1) of this subsection for each patient who received services from the dental hygienist; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Submit the completed form to the Office of Oral Health.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
