Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB880: AN ACT relating to the Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact.
Status: In committee, March 11, 2026
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 313 to adopt the Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact; declare the intent and purpose of the compact; define terms; establish conditions under which an individual can practice in a remote state; authorize a home state to impose adverse action against an individual's license issued by the home state; authorize a member state's licensing authority to issue subpoenas for hearings and investigations as well as cease and desist orders to restrict, suspend, or revoke an individual's privilege to practice in the state; establish the Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact Commission; provide immunity from suit and liability for members, officers, executive director, employees, and representatives of the commission who act in accordance with the provisions of the compact; authorize the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of state government to enforce the provisions of the compact; establish rulemaking procedures; authorize the commission to attempt to resolve disputes related to the compact that arise among member states and between member and nonmember states; require provisions of the compact to become effective on the date the compact is enacted into law in the fifth compact state; establish withdrawal provisions for a member state that wishes to withdraw from the compact; provide for severability for any provision in the compact that is contrary to the constitution of any member state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance.
What the bill says
An act relating to the Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to the Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 313 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. PURPOSE. This Compact shall be known as the Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact and the purpose of the Compact is to expedite licensure and increase access to dental health care through licensure boards acting in cooperation. The Compact adopts the existing structures most utilized by dental boards across the United States, while ensuring the safety of the public through the sharing of documents and information. This Compact ensures that each state retains the right to impose an adverse action on a licensee as a home state or as a practicing state. Each state has an opportunity to share investigations and information with the home state of licensure. The Compact is operated by state dental board members, administrators, and other staff, thus allowing for each state to maintain its sovereignty. The Compact: (a) Allows for expedited licensure portability and ease of movement of licensees between states; (b) Allows each state to continue to regulate the practice of dentistry and dental hygiene within its borders; (c) Creates a common goal of protecting the public by ensuring a uniform licensure …
Sponsors
- Steve Riley (R, HD-023) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Occupations And Professions, Health Care Professionals, Physicians, Licensing, Boards And Commissions, Health And Medical Services, Compacts, Interstate, Administrative Regulations And Proceedings
Common questions
- What is HB880?
- HB880 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to the Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact.
- What does HB880 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact.
- What is the status of HB880?
- In committee as of March 11, 2026. Latest action: to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) (March 11, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB880?
- Steve Riley (R, HD-023).
- Where is the official record for HB880?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb880.html
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