dental board; membership, the official text

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dental board;
membership

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HOUSE BILL 2906

AN
ACT

Amending section 32-1203, Arizona
Revised Statutes; relating to the state board of dental examiners.

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Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 32-1203, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE32-1203. State board of dental examiners; members; qualifications; terms

A. The state board of dental examiners is
established consisting of six licensed dentists, one of whom is
an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who is in active
practice at the time of appointment, two licensed dental hygienists, two
public members and one business entity member. all
members shall be appointed by the governor for a term of four years, to
begin and end on January 1.

B. Before appointment by the governor, a prospective
member of the board shall submit a full set of fingerprints to the governor for
the purpose of obtaining a state and federal criminal records check pursuant to
section 41-1750 and Public Law 92-544. The department of public
safety may exchange this fingerprint data with the federal bureau of
investigation.

C. The business entity member and the public members
may participate in all board proceedings and determinations, except in
preparing, giving or grading examinations for licensure. Dental
hygienist board members may participate in all board proceedings and
determinations, except in preparing, giving and grading examinations that do
not relate to dental hygiene procedures.

D. A board member shall not serve more than two
consecutive terms.

E. For the purposes of this section, the business
entity member must be an employee or owner of a registered business entity pursuant
to section 32-1213 and may not include a person who is licensed pursuant
to this chapter. END_STATUTE