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Dental compact draws split testimony: portability supporters face objections over hands‑on clinical assessment and multistate rulemaking
Summary
Proponents urged adoption of the dentist/dental hygienist interstate compact to ease licensure portability; regulators and some dentists warned the compact lacks a hands‑on clinical skills requirement and would cede regulatory rulemaking to an unaccountable multistate commission.
Testimony on the dentist and dental hygienist compact (S1494/H2563) showed a sharp divide: supporters described the compact as a tool to improve workforce mobility and access to care, while licensing experts and former regulators said the compact could undermine Massachusetts’ ability to ensure clinical hand‑skills competency and cede lawmaking authority to a multistate commission. Amanda Berthiaume, a dental hygienist and educator, and other proponents told the committee the compact modernizes licensure portability,…
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