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210Chapter 8 – Profession of Dental Hygiene2. That section 5(3) of the Dental Hygiene Act, 1991 be repealed and thefollowing substituted:Grounds for misconduct(3) In addition to the grounds set out in subsection 51(1) of the HealthProfessions Procedural Code, a panel of the Discipline Committeeshall find that a member has committed an act of professionalmisconduct if the member contravenes subsection (1), (2) or (2.1).3. That section 12 of the Dental Hygiene Act, 1991 be repealed and thefollowing substituted:Regulations12. Subject to the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council andwith prior review by the Minister, the Council may make regulations,(a) regulating the prescribing, dispensing, selling or compoundingof drugs by members, requiring members to keep prescribedrecords and to provide to the Minister reports containingprescribed information respecting the prescribing, dispensing,selling or compounding of drugs;(b) prescribing requirements for performing scaling teeth and rootplaning, including curetting surrounding tissue, whichrequirements may include the educational and experientialqualifications that must be obtained in order for a member toundertake those procedures on the member’s own initiative;and(c) prescribing contraindications to a member performing orcontinuing to perform on the member’s own initiative theprocedures of scaling teeth and root planing, including curettingsurrounding tissue.4. That Ontario Regulation 218/94 under the Dental Hygiene Act,1991(General) be amended by adding the following sections:12.1(k.1) any drug prescribed, dispensed, sold or compounded forthe client.39. (a) For the purposes of this section, “Drug List” has the meaninggiven to it in the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991.(b) A member may prescribe, dispense, sell or compound thefollowing classes of drugs:i Anti-infectives-– miscellaneousii Miscellaneous therapeutic agents – cariostatic agents.HPRAC Critical Links January 2009