Department of Health (DOH) Dental Facilities

<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This layer was created from dental licensure data gathered from the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) Health Care Practitioner Data Portal, https://appsmqa.doh.state.fl.us/downloadnet/Main.aspx, on December 19, 2016. The dentist practice location was then geocoded and reviewed for accuracy. Points that were obviously geocoded incorrectly were moved to the correct practice location. The data attempts to report the practice locations of the active dentists within Florida that are subject to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) federal rule, “Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Dental Category, 40 CFR Parts 403 and 441”. https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-12/documents/dental-office-category_final_prepub_12-15-2016.pdf. This final rule requires dental offices to use amalgam separators and two best management practices recommended by the American Dental Association (ADA). Amalgam separators are an available technology for capturing mercury at dental offices. The EPA signed this rule on December 15, 2016 and has submitted it for publication in the Federal Register.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>

本图层数据源自2016年12月19日从佛罗里达州卫生署（Florida Department of Health, FDOH）医疗从业者数据门户（https://appsmqa.doh.state.fl.us/downloadnet/Main.aspx）采集的牙科执业许可数据。随后对牙医执业地点开展地理编码并进行准确性复核，对明显存在地理编码错误的点位修正至正确的执业位置。本数据集旨在统计佛罗里达州境内受美国环境保护署（U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA）联邦规制《牙科类别废水排放限制指南与标准，40 CFR第403和441部分》约束的在职牙医的执业地点。相关规制文件可参见：https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-12/documents/dental-office-category_final_prepub_12-15-2016.pdf。该最终规则要求牙科诊所使用汞齐分离器，并采用美国牙科协会（American Dental Association, ADA）推荐的两项最佳管理实践。汞齐分离器是可在牙科诊所捕获汞污染物的实用技术。美国环境保护署于2016年12月15日签署该规则，并已将其提交至《联邦公报（Federal Register）》予以发布。