{"id":8628,"date":"2023-10-11T18:06:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T18:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/?p=8628"},"modified":"2023-10-11T18:06:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T18:06:30","slug":"new-laws-aim-to-bolster-washingtons-dental-workforce-particularly-among-hygienists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/2023\/10\/11\/new-laws-aim-to-bolster-washingtons-dental-workforce-particularly-among-hygienists\/","title":{"rendered":"New laws aim to bolster Washington\u2019s dental workforce, particularly among hygienists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure id=\"attachment_8630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8630\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofreform.com\/featured\/2023\/09\/new-laws-aim-to-bolster-washingtons-dental-workforce-particularly-among-hygienists-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8630 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/10\/dental-hygienists-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/10\/dental-hygienists-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/10\/dental-hygienists.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Girl having her teeth examined by a dentist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lawmakers passed several new dental reform laws during the session, including <a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=1466&amp;Year=2023&amp;Initiative=false\">House Bill 1466<\/a>, which allows dental hygienists moving to Washington more time to get licensed while working in the field. Washington State Dental Association (WSDA) Executive Director Bracken Killpack discussed the bill with State of Reform.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofreform.com\/featured\/2023\/09\/new-laws-aim-to-bolster-washingtons-dental-workforce-particularly-among-hygienists-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawmakers passed several new dental reform laws during the session, including House Bill 1466, which allows dental hygienists moving to Washington more time to get licensed while working in the field. Washington State Dental Association (WSDA) Executive Director Bracken Killpack discussed the bill with State of Reform. Read the full article here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[342],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wohw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8628"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8631,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8628\/revisions\/8631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}