Amends existing law to provide that dental health aide therapists are not prohibited from providing services under certain circumstances and to provide that licensed dentists are not prohibited from supervising certain dental health aide therapists.

ThislegislationenablesNativeAmericantribesoperatingIndianHealthProgramsinIdahototakeadvantage of the federal Dental Health Aide Program, which was created to help tribes have better access to dental care in communities where there is an underserved population. Federal law requires state legislatures to approve the program, so this bill creates an exception to the "unlawful practice of dentistry" section of the Idaho Dentistry Act. In order to practice in Idaho under this proposed law, Dental Health Aide Therapists would need to complete a course of study accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation and other requirements as set forth by a Community Health Aide Program Commission or Tribal standards which are no less stringent.