Category: Legal Issues

This fall, dentists and dental hygienists should have received licensure renewal information from the Ohio State Dental Board.  As was the case during the last several renewal periods, the board will direct licensees to renew licenses and report continuing education requirements online.  The information and payment of the renewal fee is ... [continue reading]

Health care is rapidly changing, and much of that is due to advances in technology. Last month attendees at the Ohio Dental Association Annual Session were able to browse the latest and most advanced technology for the dental office, including electronic health records systems, Web designs, digital diagnostic tools and patient communication ... [continue reading]

Small businesses are frequently cited as a key component of a healthy economy. Accordingly, state policymakers have taken steps in recent years to foster small business development. State Rep. Ross McGregor, a Republican from Springfield and spouse of an Ohio Dental Association member dentist, won passage of legislation that requires state ... [continue reading]

Last month, the Ohio State Dental Board took the first step in initiating several proposed rule changes that could impact dental offices and personnel. The board submitted its proposed changes and accompanying business impact analysis for public review and comment. The proposal includes changes to the dental assistant radiographer certificate ... [continue reading]

Membership in organized dentistry provides numerous benefits from savings on products and services used in dental offices to CE offerings and networking opportunities. However, your membership also offers you access to valuable information on a variety issues, including legal and regulatory compliance. Each day the ODA legal department fields ... [continue reading]

Keith Kerns, Esq.  - ODA Director of Legal & Legislative Services Membership in organized dentistry provides numerous benefits, from savings on products and services used in dental offices to CE offerings and networking opportunities. However, your membership also offers you access to valuable information on a variety issues, including ... [continue reading]

Membership in organized dentistry provides numerous benefits from savings on products and services used in dental offices to CE offerings and networking opportunities.  However, your membership also offers you access to valuable information on a variety issues, including legal and regulatory compliance.  Each day the Ohio Dental ... [continue reading]

In 2010, the Ohio General Assembly, with the backing of the Ohio Dental Association and Ohio Dental Hygienists' Association, created the Oral Health Access Supervision Program (OHASP). OHASP allows dentists to utilize dental hygienists in designated underserved locations outside of the traditional office setting under a relaxed level of ... [continue reading]

Recently, the Ohio Supreme Court ended a decade long advocacy battle for the ODA.  In 2002, the ODA played a key role in passage of a major tort reform measure that overhauled the state’s medical and dental malpractice laws.  Among other changes, the measure placed caps on damages and allowed for the introduction of collateral source benefits ... [continue reading]

In recent years, Ohio unions attempted to mandate that all employers, including small businesses, offer certain standardized benefits to employees like paid sick leave and a baseline level of maternity leave.  Ultimately, those efforts failed, and most dental offices  in Ohio still retain wide latitude with respect to employee benefit ... [continue reading]