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Committee advances package to raise licensing standards and create limited foreign-trained hygiene license

House Public Health Committee · January 13, 2026
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Summary

HB 1254, amended by consent, updates respiratory care credential thresholds, adjusts a dental "three-strike" rule, and creates a limited hygiene license pathway for certain foreign-trained dentists; the committee voted to advance the bill 13-0.

The House Public Health Committee took up House Bill 12 54 with an amendment that raises the minimum credentialing threshold for respiratory practitioners and updates several dental licensing provisions.

Danielle Colter of the Indiana Society for Respiratory Care described the amendment as "raising the…

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