Federal Reclassification of Technicians Could Change As Early As 2013

By LMT Communications, Inc.

Posted Jun 01, 2011 in Industry News

The NADL has been successful in identifying a different regulatory avenue to expedite the U.S. Department of Labor's reclassification for dental technicians, moving the original timeline for such a change up by five years.


In September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which falls under the Department of Labor (DOL), lowered the occupational status of dental technicians from skilled to unskilled labor after randomly surveying about 600 technicians about their educational backgrounds. Concerned about the repercussions of the reclassification, the NADL immediately began lobbying the Department of Labor to reverse its decision but was told that occupational classifications wouldn't be reviewed again until 2018.


However, the NADL began working with Rep. John Kline, R-MN—Gary Iocco, NADL boardmember and president of Red Wing Dental Arts, Hastings, MN, is a constituent—who started working with the DOL's Evaluation and Testing Administration. He determined that...

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