What Illinois Actually Requires — and Where the Requirement Lives The Illinois dental spore testing requirements are not written down as a testing interval. Read the full Illinois Dental Practice Act rules — 68 Ill. Adm. Code 1220 — and…
What New York Actually Requires — and Where the Requirement Lives The New York dental spore testing requirements do not live in a dental board rule. New York licenses dentists through the State Education Department and the Board of Regents,…
Florida Sterilization Monitoring: What the Rule Actually Says The Florida dental spore testing requirements are unusual. Most states set a weekly interval. Florida instead measures sterilizer use, and it sets two different intervals depending on the type of sterilizer you…
Why “Keeping It Wet” Matters for Infection Control Compliance Many dental offices believe that wiping a surface quickly is enough to disinfect it — but one of the most common infection-control mistakes involves misunderstanding contact time. Contact time refers to…
What Are Arizona’s Dental Spore Testing Requirements? Arizona is one of a number of states with no dedicated sterilization or infection control rule in its dental code. The Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners’ rules, at 4 A.A.C. 11, run…
What Ohio Actually Requires — and Where the Requirement Lives The Ohio dental spore testing requirements are written down in plain words, which makes Ohio one of the clearer states in the country. The Ohio State Dental Board's sterilization rule…
Intro Dental offices in the United States are required to monitor sterilization equipment using biological indicators (spore tests) to ensure patient safety and compliance with infection control standards. While most states follow CDC recommendations for weekly spore testing, specific requirements…
What Dental Offices Must Know to Stay Compliant The California dental spore testing requirements are among the clearest in the country. California does not leave sterilizer monitoring to guidance documents or professional custom — it is written directly into state…
What Texas Actually Requires — and Where the Requirement Lives The Texas dental spore testing requirements come from a State Board of Dental Examiners rule that says, in so many words, that sterilizers must be tested. What it does not…
California Healthcare Minimum Wage SB 525: Does It Apply to Dental Offices? SB 525 healthcare minimum wage coverage depends on facility type California’s new healthcare minimum wage law under Senate Bill 525 (SB 525) has created confusion for many dental…
