pa-56-38-1369: Interpretations regarding mobile dental units— statement of policy

Summary

The State Board of Dentistry (board) adds § 33.216 (relating to interpretations regarding mobile dental units statement of policy) to read as set forth in Annex A. This statement of policy is intended to provide guidance to board regulated practitioners and the general public. Effective Date This statement of policy will be effective upon publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin . Statutory Authority The board is authorized under sections 3 and 4.1 of The Dental Law (act) (63 P.S. §§ 122 and 123.1) to license, regulate and discipline a board regulated practitioner in this Commonwealth. Section 102 of the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L. 769, No. 240) (45 P.S. § 1102), referred to as the Commonwealth Documents Law, defines ''statement of policy'' as ''any document, except an adjudication or a regulation, promulgated by an agency which sets forth substantive or procedural personal or property rights, privileges, immunities, duties, liabilities or obligations of the public or any part thereof, and includes, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any document interpreting or implementing any act of Assembly enforced or administered by such agency.'' Statements of policy that are general and permanent in nature are required to be codified in the Pennsylvania Code . See 1 Pa. Code § 3.1 (relating to contents of Code ). Background and Purpose A mobile dental unit, sometimes referred to as a mobile dental clinic, mobile dental van or mobile dental bus, is a practice site that...

The agency’s own summary, as published.