1 bill · 2026 Regular Session
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the practice of dental hygiene.
Idaho has been a leader in scope of practice reform, and many past reforms aided Idaho’s application for Rural Health Transformation funds. Further, Idaho’s RHT application indicated that the state would explore the possibility of expanding scope of practice of dental hygienists. To address existing provider shortages in this state, this bill expands the scope of practice for dental hygienists to all dental services within the hygienist’s education, training, and experience or those services delegated to the hygienist by a supervising dentist.