Regulatory Updates: Page 69

State audit cites Texas dental board shortcomings
By Kathy Kincade
A report released this week by the Texas State Auditor's Office takes the State Board of Dental Examiners to task for failing to adequately regulate dental licenses and keep the public informed of complaints.
August 5, 2009
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FDA issues guidance document on amalgam
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. FDA has issued its new guidance document on amalgam, "Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Dental Amalgam, Mercury, and Amalgam Alloy."
August 4, 2009
AGD supports FDA ruling on dental amalgam
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) supports the U.S. FDA's ruling last week that dental amalgam is a safe and effective dental restorative material, the organization announced.
August 3, 2009
California fights aerosol transmissible diseases
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration has recently adopted a new regulation to prevent aerosol transmissible diseases at healthcare facilities, according to the California Dental Association.
July 30, 2009
Kerr issues statement on FDA amalgam ruling
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Kerr Dental has issued a statement regarding the U.S. FDA's recent decision to classify dental amalgam as a class II medical device.
July 29, 2009
FTC delays Red Flags Rule another 3 months
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is once again delaying enforcement of the Red Flags Rule, this time until November 1, 2009, to give small businesses and other entities more time to come up to speed on how to comply with the new identity theft rules.
July 28, 2009
Dentists fined for improper mercury disposal
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
More than a dozen Massachusetts dental practices and facilities are being fined for failing to comply with regulations that prevent mercury-based dental amalgam from being released into the state's water resources.
July 28, 2009
FDA follows through on plan to reclassify dental amalgam
July 27, 2009
FDA follows through on plan to reclassify dental amalgam
By Kathy Kincade
After months of speculation and years of debate, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued a final regulation classifying dental amalgam and its component parts as class II medical devices -- even as the agency insists that amalgam poses no health risks.
July 27, 2009
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Will the FDA delay its decision on amalgam?
By Kathy Kincade
Despite the FDA's commitment a year ago to reclassify dental amalgam by July 28 of this year, there is speculation that the agency may not make that deadline.
July 21, 2009
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Critics blast proposed Colorado sedation rules
By Laird Harrison
The Colorado Board of Dental Examiners has delayed imposing new sedation rules that would have required 60 hours of training for dentists practicing "minimal" sedation.
July 12, 2009
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U.S. orders stronger overdose warning on painkillers
By Reuters Health
WASHINGTON (Reuters), Jul 7 - U.S. regulators on Tuesday ordered stronger warnings about overdoses with the painkilling drugs Darvon and Darvocet and rejected a call by consumer group Public Citizen for a ban of the medicines.
July 6, 2009
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