{"id":"PA-097","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Department of State, BPOA / State Board of Dentistry (suspension granted by Governor Wolf)","authority":"35 Pa.C.S. § 7301(f); Dental Law","instrument":"Department of State summary: Pennsylvania Gives Dentists and Dental Hygienists Alternatives to Live-Patient Clinical Licensing Exam During COVID-19 Emergency","title":"Summary - Dentist and Dental Hygienist Waivers (Apr. 24, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-04-24","effective":"2020-04-24","end":"Continued by Act 21 of 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021 unless sooner terminated","startDate":"2020-04-24","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["dental and dental hygiene licensure applicants; dental practices hiring them"],"clause":"Pennsylvania Gives Dentists and Dental Hygienists Alternatives to Live-Patient Clinical Licensing Exam During COVID-19 Emergency. Summary: Dentistry is one of the only health-related professions that still requires a licensure examination involving a live patient.... Five regional testing agencies across the United States administer these clinical examinations. [Live-patient examinations were suspended during the emergency; the Board accepted alternative examinations.]","enforcement":"State Board of Dentistry","functions":["HR dental hiring and credentialing","CH chairside (context: live-patient contact suspended)"],"notes":"For the dental memorandum, with the life-sustaining list\u0027s \u0027Offices of Dentists... Elective procedures prohibited\u0027 notation (PA-004, PA-069).","sourceUrl":"https://www.dos.pa.gov/Documents/2020-04-24-Summary-Dentist-Dental-Hygienist-Waivers.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200519192246/https://www.dos.pa.gov/Documents/2020-04-24-Summary-Dentist-Dental-Hygienist-Waivers.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":209615,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"PA","url":"/library/PA-097","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/PA-097","citation":"Department of State, BPOA / State Board of Dentistry (suspension granted by Governor Wolf), Department of State summary: Pennsylvania Gives Dentists and Dental Hygienists Alternatives to Live-Patient Clinical Licensing Exam During COVID-19 Emergency (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. PA-097)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["PA-004","PA-069","PA-055"]}