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The American College of Surgeons (ACS) joins the New York Chapter of the ACS and other medical and surgical organizations in opposition to S.3059 (Libous)/A.2820 (Morelle). This legislation would modify the definition of the scope of practice of dentistry to permit single degree oral surgeons (DDS – not medical doctors) to perform additional elective surgical procedures involving the hard or soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial area if they are certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and granted hospital privileges for such surgical procedures.