Category: Legal Issues

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case that received a great deal of attention because it tangentially involved so-called “birthright citizenship.” In reality, the main issue in the case involved the use of universal injunctions by federal district courts. One legal commenter defines a “universal injunction” as a court order ... [continue reading]

As usual with this section of the “ODA Today” I try to keep information up to date and answer questions that I have been seeing throughout the state from members. This month is no different and a topic that I have not written on before but has been a question I have been asked several times over the last month. That question is “what should ... [continue reading]

Regular readers of this column know that non-compete clauses are usually included in dentist employment contracts, and, as I have written in previous columns, employment contracts are far more common in dentistry today than in the past. Many young dentists enter their careers as employees when they graduate from dental school. Some of them will ... [continue reading]

In this month’s article, I wanted to focus on what the intent of this column is on a monthly basis and what services the ODA provides to members around legal questions and regulatory compliance. The Legal & Legislative column aims to highlight a legal or regulatory question that has been posed recently by a member or members of the ... [continue reading]

It seems that we are at the time of the year where dental suppliers are requesting that offices update their exemption from having a Terminal Distributor of Dangerous Drugs license (TDDD). Over the last few months phone calls to the ODA have picked up regarding the TDDD. Due to the significant amount of conversation on this topic I think that it ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association has received many calls over the last number of months concerning Ohio’s new non-covered services law. It may be helpful to review the new law and the commonly asked questions concerning it so dental offices have a good idea of what to expect from its full implementation on Jan. 1, 2025. Background and key to ... [continue reading]

In February, I wrote about a new law – the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) – that would require most dental offices to provide information to the U.S. Department of Treasury regarding their dental practices and beneficial ownership. The filing was required to be made before Jan. 1, 2025, or face possible penalties. For the filing, most dental ... [continue reading]

To the Members of the Ohio Dental Association: I understand that some of you have recently received factually inaccurate information regarding the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. Senate Bill 40, which includes the Compact, passed the Ohio Senate and Ohio House of Representatives with overwhelming bipartisan support and was signed into law ... [continue reading]

Dr. Joseph Crowley has a long and distinguished career in organized dentistry. Among his many offices, he has served as president of both the Ohio Dental Association (2005-06) and the American Dental Association (2017-18). In 2019, following the end of his term as ADA president, Crowley was appointed chair of the Coalition for Modernizing Dental ... [continue reading]

In September, the Ohio State Dental Board floated a new proposed set of rules that would effectively end state protection of the public related to false claims of dental specialty status in advertising. The proposed rules would remove any criteria for specialty status or specialty-granting organizations and would merely require that anyone ... [continue reading]