The Virginia Board of Dentistry is considering updating their regulations to add a provision for the recovery of costs associated with investigating and monitoring licenses for those whom disciplinary action has been imposed. A Notice of Intended Regulatory Action was posted on Oct. 5, 2009, and comments are being taken until Nov. 25 on the measure.

Illinois AGD (IL AGD) leaders created a blast e-mail for members to send to their local legislators and the governor asking them to restore funding to the Donated Dental Services (DDS) program for fiscal year 2010. The legislature had slashed funding for this project due to budget constraints, but IL AGD members were hoping that a last-minute blast e-mail and phone campaign before the legislature adjourned at the end of October would help.

At its September meeting, the Wisconsin Dentistry Examining Board (DEB) discussed rule changes to require CE providers to keep a record of each attendee, along with detailed course records, for five years. The Wisconsin AGD  is waiting  to see what the DEB plans to do and what the actual language looks like before taking any action on this proposal.

The Georgia Board of Dentistry held a public forum to provide dentists interested in the proposed revisions to the Board's Sedation Rules a platform to address their opinions on the rules on Oct. 30, 2009. According to the proposed rules, those holding current permits would be grandfathered in regarding educational requirements, but not equipment.  Those not holding current permits would have to comply with the final rule as it is approved.  The chief debate regarding the proposal centered around rules regarding moderate sedation as it applies to pediatrics.  Georgia AGD (GA AGD) members were sent a blast e-mail from GA AGD leaders giving them details about the meeting and asking them to attend. No word on the final outcome on the rule is available yet.