SECTION 1. Section 51 of Chapter 112 of the Massachusetts General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended in the third paragraph by inserting after the word “agreement”, in line 52, the following sentences:-
No medical malpractice insurer shall refuse primary medical malpractice insurance coverage to a licensed dentist on the basis of their entry into a written collaborative agreement with a public health dental hygienist. A dentist who enters into such a collaborative agreement and the dentist's insurer shall be indemnified from claims made against said public health dental hygienist.
SECTION 2. Section 193U of Chapter 175 of the Massachusetts General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended in the second paragraph by inserting after the word “specialty”, in line 14, the following sentences:–
No medical malpractice insurer shall refuse primary medical malpractice insurance coverage to a licensed dentist on the basis of their entry into a written collaborative agreement with a public health dental hygienist. A dentist who enters into such a collaborative agreement and the dentist's insurer shall be indemnified from claims made against said public health dental hygienist.
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