I encourage the approval of the petition for rule-making to the Board of Dentistry to have the Board endorse the ADA Principles of Ethics and the Code of Professional Conduct.  Currently, the Board of Dentistry already endorses the ADA’s sedation guidelines and the ADA’s CPT codes.  Having this type of precedence with other endorsements from the ADA will only help the Board deal with unethical behavior and fee splitting by licensed Dentists. If the Board of Dentistry can endorse theses other guidelines from the ADA, then there is no reason they should not be able to endorse these principles of Ethics. Currently, there are 9 other states that currently endorse these principles of ethics in their regulations. All other organizations reference the ADA's ethical guidelines which are considered the gold standard for Dentistry.  Passing this petition and having the document in regulation will be ideal.