2006 Distinguished Service Award Recipients and
2006 New Dentist Award Recipient
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Chair of the Distinguished
Service Award Committee Dr. Tom Giacona (right)
congratulates the 2006 recipients (from left)
Drs. Frank Martello, Harcourt Stebbins
and Pete Glaser. |
Dr. Brian Basinger (right)
was presented the New Dentist Award
by Dr. Gregg May. |
2006 LDA House of
Delegates Resolutions
RESOLUTION #1
ADOPTED (as amended) RESOLVED, that
the LDA shall oppose any legislation with the restrictions or guidelines less
restrictive than those proposed in Attachment 1-B draft legislation for General
Supervision. Any future changes in the rules governing General Supervision
must first be approved by the LDA House of Delegates to have full LDA support.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATION: – $ 0 –
RESOLUTION #3
ADOPTED RESOLVED, that the LDA oppose an
increase in licensing fees from the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry until the
end of 2007 with a request for further information on the LSBD’s budgetary
needs.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATION: – $ 0 –
RESOLUTION #4
ADOPTED
RESOLVED, that the
LDA supports the LSBD putting in place procedures for the delaying of
nominations [for seats on the LSBD] to the governor in the event he/she declares
a state of emergency and for approving expedited procedures for issuing
provisional licenses to dentists and dental hygienists displaced by an emergency
declared by the federal government.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATION: – $ 0 –
RESOLUTION #5
ADOPTED
RESOLVED, to support the retired volunteer dental license legislation.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATION: – $ 0 –
RESOLUTION #6
ADOPTED RESOLVED, to monitor the Prescription
Monitoring Program legislation to ensure that the portion of the draft
legislation stipulating that an authorized practitioner who dispenses or
distributes no more than a 48-hour supply of such substances to his/her patients
will not be considered a dispenser and will therefore not be affected by the
proposed legislation remains in the bill.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATION: – $ 0 –
RESOLUTION #7
ADOPTED RESOLVED, to
support legislation requiring insurers to honor assignment of benefits as part
of the LDA’s 2007 legislative agenda.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATION: – $ 0 –
RESOLUTION #8
ADOPTED (as amended) RESOLVED, that the LDA
support and encourage the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry to accept both
national or regional board exams.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATION: – $ 0 –
RESOLUTION #9
ADOPTED RESOLVED, to support the LSBD’s
proposed legislation amending the range/schedule of fees and costs [pertaining
to examination fees].
FINANCIAL IMPLICATION: – $ 0 –
RESOLUTION #10
ADOPTED RESOLVED, that, in the event
multiple continuing education programs shall be presented at the LDA Annual
Session, Resolution #2 of the 1999 LDA House of Delegates shall not be construed
to apply to all the continuing education programs presented at the LDA
Annual Session and, provided that at least one such seminar is of clinical
subject matter, additional courses, should they be offered, may cover any topic
deemed appropriate by the Council on LDA Sessions.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATION: – +$ 20,000 (est.) –
RESOLUTION #11
ADOPTED
(House of Delegates) RESOLVED, that the manual Committees
and Councils of the Louisiana Dental Association be amended by the inclusion
of a new standing committee to be responsible for the planning and programming
of the LDA Annual Sessions and to be called the Council on LDA Sessions, and be
it further resolved…
RESOLVED, that in addition to a representative
from each component as is standard for LDA standing committees, the council
shall have two additional members to be appointed by the LDA president from
among all eligible members, and be it further…
RESOLVED, that the council members shall each
be assigned to one of three subcommittees at the prerogative of the chairperson
such that each subcommittee shall have four members, with said subcommittees to
be named the Programs Subcommittee, Entertainment Subcommittee and the Exhibits
Subcommittee, and their specific areas of jurisdiction and responsibility to be
consistent with those suggested by their names, subject to the direction of the
chairperson.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATION: – $2,500 –
RESOLUTION #12
ADOPTED
(House of Delegates) RESOLVED, that the LDA revise the policy
regarding the LDA student award section in the manual Policies and Mandates
of the House of Delegates as follows:
AWARDS
A. It shall be the policy of the Louisiana Dental Association
to present an award to the graduating senior of the LSU Dental School who best
represents and conducts his/her
life in accordance with the ideals of the profession of dentistry,
and who has demonstrated a willingness to be involved with organized dentistry.
The winner of the award shall be selected in advance by a committee composed of
the
LDA President, the Chairman of the LDA Council on Government Affairs, and the
LDA Executive Director
Dental School Department Heads, and chaired by the Dean of the Dental School.
A monetary prize of $250 shall be presented with the award.
B.– D. [no further
changes]
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RESOLUTION #13
ADOPTED
(House of Delegates) RESOLVED, that Chapter I, Section 50 of
the LDA Bylaws be amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER I – MEMBERSHIP AND DUES
Section 50: Assessments, Dues and
Reinstatement
A.–H. [No changes]
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Members Elected After July 1 and October 1:
Those members elected to active membership in this Association after July 1,
except for those where membership has lapsed for failure to pay the current
year’s dues and/or assessments, shall pay one half (˝) of the current year’s
dues and assessments, and those elected after October 1, shall
be exempt from the payment
pay one-quarter (1/4) of the current year’s dues and assessments
on a one-time only basis; except that a student member, upon
classification as an active member by a constituent society, shall pay no
further dues and assessments for the remainder of the calendar year in which
the member was entitled to the benefits of student membership.
And, be it further…
RESOLVED, that in order that this change
might be implemented in time to benefit non-members who are victims of
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the LDA Board of Directors hereby adopts the above
mentioned Bylaws change as an emergency policy provision to become effective
immediately upon adoption of this motion, and be it further…
RESOLVED, that all LDA component societies be
urged to adopt similar changes.
FINFINANCIAL
IMPLICATION:
– $237 –
RESOLUTION #14
ADOPTED
(House of Delegates) RESOLVED, that Chapter VI, Section 10 of
the LDA Bylaws be amended as follows:
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The Annual House of Delegates Meeting shall
begin on or about the third Saturday in March
convene at a place
and time designated by the Board of Directors
that affords adequate opportunity for the House of Delegates to dispense with
all matters of business for that year that may appropriately come before it.
FINFINANCIAL IMPLICATION: – $ 0 –
ADJOURNMENT
The House
of Delegates meeting was adjourned at 10:35 a.m.
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