This chapter constitutes the chapter on dentistry of the Business and Professions Code. It may be known and cited as the Dental Practice Act. Whenever a reference is made to the...
(a) There shall be in the Department of Consumer Affairs the Dental Board of California in which the administration of this chapter is vested. The board shall consist of eight...
Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Dental Board of California in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection...
(a) (1) The Director of Consumer Affairs shall appoint a dental board enforcement program monitor no later than March 31, 2002. The director may retain a person for this position by...
For purposes of Section 1601, practicing dentist includes a member of a faculty of any dental college or dental department of any medical college in the State of California....
All of the members of the board, except the public members, shall have been actively and legally engaged in the practice of dentistry in the State of California, for at least five...
Except for the initial appointments, members of the board shall be appointed for a term of four years, and each member shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of his...
A member of the Board of Dental Examiners who has served two terms shall not be eligible for reappointment to the board. In computing two terms hereunder, that portion of an unexpired...
Each member of the board, upon his or her qualification, shall file with the executive officer his or her post office address, and thereafter any notice of any change thereof. Any...
The Governor has power to remove from office at any time any member of the board for continued neglect of duty required by this chapter or for incompetency or unprofessional...
The board shall elect a president, a vice president and a secretary from its membership. This section controls over the provisions of section 107 of this code with respect to the...
The board shall meet regularly once each year in San Francisco and once each year in Los Angeles after the commencement of the dental schools for the purpose of examining applicants, and...
Special meetings may be held at such times as the board may elect, or on the call of the president of the board, or of not less than four members thereof. A written notice of the time,...
Meetings may be held at any time and place by unanimous consent evidenced either by writing or by the presence of any member whose consent is necessary....
Eight members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting....
The board shall carry out the purposes and enforce the provisions of this chapter. It shall examine all applicants for a license to practice dentistry according to the provisions of...
The board may inspect the books, records, and premises of any dentist licensed under this chapter in response to a complaint that a licensee has violated any law or regulation...
The board shall keep a record of the names of all persons to whom licenses have been granted by it to practice dentistry, and such other records as may be necessary to show plainly all of...
The board shall have and use a seal bearing the name Board of Dental Examiners of California....
The board may adopt reasonably necessary rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter concerning: (a) The holding of meetings. (b) The holding of examinations. (c)...
Each member of the board shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103. The secretary shall be entitled to traveling and other expenses necessary in the performance of...
The board shall have full power to employ all necessary investigators, clerical and other assistants and appoint its own attorney, prescribe his duties and fix his compensation....
(a) The board, by and with the approval of the director, may appoint a person exempt from civil service who shall be designated as an executive officer and who shall exercise the...
A copy of any part or all of the books of the board duly certified by the executive officer shall be primary evidence in any court of this state....
The original books, records, and papers of the board shall be kept at the office of the executive officer, which shall be at such place as may be designated by the board. The executive...
(a) The board shall provide to the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care a copy of any accusation filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing...
The examination papers of any applicant shall be kept for the period of one year and may then be destroyed, but they shall be open to inspection only by members of the board, by the applicant...
Notwithstanding Section 1619, the board need not retain the National Board of Dental Examiners' examination papers....
The Department of Consumer Affairs, in conjunction with the board and the Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions, and Consumer Protection, shall review the scope of practice...
The board shall utilize in the administration of its licensure examinations only examiners whom it has appointed and who meet the following criteria: (a) Possession of a valid license...
Dentistry is the diagnosis or treatment, by surgery or other method, of diseases and lesions and the correction of malpositions of the human teeth, alveolar process, gums, jaws,...
It is unlawful for any person to engage in the practice of dentistry in the state, either privately or as an employee of a governmental agency or political subdivision, unless the person...
A dentist licensed under this chapter is a licentiate for purposes of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 805, and thus is a health care practitioner subject to the provisions...
(a) A licensed dentist, or group of dentists, or dental corporation shall not share in any fee charged by a person for performing acupuncture or receive anything of value from or on behalf of...
In addition to the exemptions set forth in Section 1626, the operations by bona fide students of registered dental assisting, registered dental assisting in extended functions,...
The license of any dentist, existing at the time of the passage of this chapter, shall continue in force until it expires or is forfeited in the manner provided by this chapter....
No person licensed under this chapter, who in good faith renders emergency care at the scene of an emergency occurring outside the place of that person's practice, or who, upon the...
(a) A dentist shall not be liable for damages for injury or death caused in an emergency situation occurring in the dentist's office or in a hospital on account of a failure to inform a...
Any person over 18 years of age is eligible to take an examination before the board upon making application therefor and meeting all of the following requirements: (a) Paying the fee...
(a) A person who has been issued a degree of doctor of dental medicine or doctor of dental surgery by a foreign dental school that is not approved by the board pursuant to Section 1636.4 shall...
The board may deny an application to take an examination for licensure as a dentist or dental auxiliary or an application for registration as a dental corporation, or, at any time...
(a) The board may, upon an applicant's successful completion of the board examination, in its sole discretion, issue a probationary license to an applicant for licensure as a dentist...
(a) Any member of the board may inquire of any applicant for examination concerning his or her qualifications or experience and may take testimony of anyone in regard thereto, under oath,...
The examination by the board of applicants for a license to practice dentistry in this State shall be sufficiently thorough to test the fitness of the applicant to practice dentistry,...
The subjects in which the applicant shall be examined shall be those subjects as the board may from time to time prescribe. However, the subjects of examination shall be selected...
Each applicant shall give clinical demonstrations of his or her skill in operative dentistry, prosthetic dentistry, and diagnosis and treatment in periodontics. The applicant shall also...
Notwithstanding Section 135, on and after January 1, 1993, an applicant who fails to pass the examination required by Section 1632 after three attempts shall not be eligible...
When an applicant for a license has received a grading of 85 percent or above in any given subject, he or she shall be exempt from reexamination on that subject in subsequent examinations...
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the board shall require each applicant to successfully complete the National Board of Dental Examiners' written examination....
A person successfully passing the examination shall be registered as a licensed dentist on the board register, as provided in Section 1612, and shall be granted by the board a license...
(a) Notwithstanding Section 1634, the board may grant a license to practice dentistry to an applicant who has not taken an examination before the board, if the applicant submits all...
(a) The Legislature recognizes the need to ensure that graduates of foreign dental schools who have received an education that is equivalent to that of accredited institutions in the...
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that in order to assure that the people of California receive the highest quality of dental care, dentists graduating from dental schools outside...
(a) For purposes of this article, oral and maxillofacial surgery means the diagnosis and surgical and adjunctive treatment of diseases, injuries, and defects which involve both...
(a) The fee to renew an oral and maxillofacial surgery permit shall be the same as that for renewal of a dental license as determined under Section 1724. (b) Every provision of this...
An oral and maxillofacial surgery permit shall be automatically suspended for any period of time during which the holder does not possess a current valid license to practice medicine in...
The next occupational analysis of dental licensees and oral and maxillofacial facial surgeons pursuant to Section 139 shall include a survey of the training and practices of oral...
Any person meeting all the following eligibility requirements may apply for a special permit examination: (a) Furnishing satisfactory evidence of having a pending contract with a...
As used in this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) Specialty means an area of dental practice approved by the American Dental Association and recognized by the board. ...
The board shall limit the number of special permits to practice in a discipline at a college to the number that may be properly administered and supervised by the board....
The examination by the board for a special permit shall test the fitness of the applicant to practice a specialty or discipline recognized by the board....
Every person to whom a special permit is issued shall be entitled to practice in the specialty or discipline in which he or she has been examined by the board at the dental college at which...
(a) Effective with the 1974 license renewal period, if the board determines that the public health and safety would be served by requiring all holders of licenses under this chapter...
By January 1, 2005, each person who holds a registered dental assistant license shall provide evidence of having successfully completed board-approved courses in radiation safety...
General anesthesia, as used in this article, means a controlled state of depressed consciousness or unconsciousness, accompanied by partial or complete loss of protective reflexes, produced by...
(a) No dentist shall administer or order the administration of general anesthesia on an outpatient basis for dental patients unless the dentist either possesses a current license in...
(a) A dentist who desires to administer or order the administration of general anesthesia shall apply to the board on an application form prescribed by the board. The dentist must...
Any dentist holding a permit shall maintain medical history, physical evaluation, and general anesthesia records as required by board regulations....
(a) Prior to the issuance or renewal of a permit for the use of general anesthesia, the board may, at its discretion, require an onsite inspection and evaluation of the licentiate and...
A permittee shall be required to complete 15 hours of approved courses of study related to general anesthesia as a condition of renewal of a permit. Those courses of study shall...
(a) The application fee for a permit or renewal under this article shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250). (b) The fee for an onsite inspection shall not exceed three hundred...
(a) A violation of this article constitutes unprofessional conduct and is grounds for the revocation or suspension of the dentist's permit, license, or both, or the dentist may be...
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize a dentist to administer or directly supervise the administration of general anesthesia for reasons other than dental treatment,...
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, Section 1646.1, a physician and surgeon licensed pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000)...
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that a commendable patient safety record has been maintained in the past by dentists and those other qualified providers of anesthesia services...
(a) As used in this article, conscious sedation means a minimally depressed level of consciousness produced by a pharmacologic or nonpharmacologic method, or a combination thereof, that...
(a) On and after January 1, 1992, no dentist shall administer or order the administration of, conscious sedation on an outpatient basis for dental patients unless one of the...
(a) A dentist who desires to administer or order the administration of conscious sedation, shall apply to the board on an application form prescribed by the board. The dentist shall...
(a) On or before June 30, 1991, each dentist who has been using conscious sedation prior to January 1, 1990, shall make a permit application to the board if the dentist desires to...
A permittee shall be required to complete 15 hours of approved courses of study related to conscious sedation as a condition of renewal of a permit. Those courses of study shall...
A physical evaluation and medical history shall be taken before the administration of conscious sedation. Any dentist holding a permit shall maintain records of the physical...
(a) Prior to the issuance or renewal of a permit to administer conscious sedation, the board may, at its discretion, require an onsite inspection and evaluation of the licentiate and...
(a) The application fee for a permit or renewal under this article shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250). (b) The fee for an onsite inspection shall not exceed three hundred...
A violation of any provision of this article constitutes unprofessional conduct and is grounds for the revocation or suspension of the dentist's permit, license, or both, or the dentist may...
As used in this article: (a) Oral conscious sedation means a minimally depressed level of consciousness produced by oral medication that retains the patient's ability to...
(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 1647.2, after December 31, 2000, a dentist may not administer oral conscious sedation on an outpatient basis to a minor patient unless one...
A dentist who desires to administer, or order the administration of, oral conscious sedation for minor patients, who does not hold a general anesthesia permit as provided in Sections 1646.1...
A certificate holder shall be required to complete a minimum of 7 hours of approved courses of study related to oral conscious sedation of minor patients as a condition of certification renewal...
(a) A physical evaluation and medical history shall be taken before the administration of, oral conscious sedation to a minor. Any dentist who administers, or orders the administration...
The fee for an application for initial certification or renewal under this article shall not exceed the amount necessary to cover administration and enforcement costs incurred by the...
Any office in which oral conscious sedation of minor patients is conducted pursuant to this article shall, unless otherwise provided by law, meet the facilities and equipment standards set...
A violation of any provision of this article constitutes unprofessional conduct and is grounds for the revocation or suspension of the dentist's permit, certificate, license, or all three, or...
(a) The Board of Dental Examiners of California shall develop and distribute a fact sheet describing and comparing the risks and efficacy of the various types of dental restorative materials...
The fact sheet set forth by Section 1648.10 shall be provided by a dentist to every new patient and to patients of record prior to the performance of dental restoration work. The dentist needs...
(a) This article shall not apply to any surgical, endodontic, periodontic, or orthodontic dental procedure in which dental restorative materials are not used. (b) For purposes of this...
Every person who is now or hereafter licensed to practice dentistry in this state shall register on forms prescribed by the board, his or her place of practice with the Executive Officer...
Any dentist who removes his place of practice shall register each change made by him within one month after making said change. In the event any licensed dentist fails to notify the board...
The secretary shall issue a certificate of registration for each licentiate hereunder and for each office registered by such licentiate. The license and certificate may be offered...
Any licensed person who shall change his or her name according to law shall, within 10 days after that change, reregister with the executive officer of the board and the executive...
Any failure on the part of any person holding such license to register it as directed for a period of six months after its issuance shall ipso facto work a forfeiture of his license, and...
On and after January 1, 1985, every dentist licensed to practice dentistry in the state and any person working in a dentist's office who operates dental radiographic equipment shall meet...
A licensed dentist may operate one mobile dental clinic or unit registered as a dental office or facility. The mobile dental clinic or unit shall be registered and operated in...
When any licentiate hereunder desires to have more than one place of practice, he shall, prior to the opening of any additional office, make application therefor to the board, pay the...
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a licensed dentist from maintaining more than one dental office in this state if all of the following conditions are met: (a) In...
An additional place of practice, as used in this article, means any place of practice which increases the number of places of practice of the applicant and shall include any...
Nothing in this article shall limit or authorize the board to limit the number of additional places of practice authorized by the board, which are in operation on October 1, 1961,...
The transfer after October 1, 1961, of any additional office from one licentiate to another, other than as authorized by this article, shall terminate the privilege of operating...
The transfer of the location of one additional office to a new location within the same county shall not be considered the establishment of a new additional office....
Failure to comply with the provisions of this article relating to the operation of additional offices shall be a ground for the suspension or revocation of the permission granted by the...
The board shall have the power to carry out the provisions of this article by uniform rules and regulations....
Any licentiate may have his license revoked or suspended or be reprimanded or be placed on probation by the board for unprofessional conduct, or incompetence, or gross negligence, or repeated...
Any licentiate under this chapter may have his or her license revoked or suspended or be reprimanded or be placed on probation by the board for conviction of a crime substantially related to...
The board may discipline a licentiate by placing him or her on probation under various terms and conditions, which may include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Requiring the...
Upon the revocation of any license, the fact shall be noted upon the records of the board and the license shall be marked as canceled upon the date of its revocation....
Unprofessional conduct by a person licensed under this chapter is defined as, but is not limited to, the violation of any one of the following: (a) The obtaining of any fee by fraud...
In addition to other acts constituting unprofessional conduct within the meaning of this chapter, it is unprofessional conduct for a person licensed under this chapter to do any of the...
In addition to other acts constituting unprofessional conduct under this chapter, it is unprofessional conduct for: (a) Any dentist performing dental procedures to have more than...
(a) Every dentist, dental health professional, or other licensed health professional who performs a service on a patient in a dental office shall identify himself or herself in the...
In addition to other acts constituting unprofessional conduct under this chapter, it is unprofessional conduct for a person licensed under this chapter to perform, or hold himself or...
(a) (1) A licensee who fails or refuses to comply with a request for the dental records of a patient, that is accompanied by that patient's written authorization for release of record...
(a) In addition to other acts constituting unprofessional conduct under this chapter, it is unprofessional conduct for any dentist to perform or allow to be performed any treatment on...
In addition to other acts constituting unprofessional conduct under this chapter, it is unprofessional conduct for a person licensed under this chapter to require, either directly or...
A person whose license, certificate, or permit has been revoked or suspended, who has been placed on probation, or whose license, certificate, or permit was surrendered pursuant to...
It is the intent of the Legislature that the Board of Dental Examiners of California seek ways and means to identify and rehabilitate licentiates whose competency may be impaired due to abuse...
As used in this article: (a) Board means the Board of Dental Examiners of California. (b) Committee means a diversion evaluation committee created by this article....
One or more diversion evaluation committees is hereby created in the state to be established by the board. The board shall establish criteria for the selection of the committee. No...
Each member of a committee shall receive per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103....
The board shall administer the provisions of this article....
(a) The board shall establish criteria for the acceptance, denial, or termination of licentiates in a diversion program. Unless ordered by the board as a condition of...
Each committee shall have the following duties and responsibilities: (a) To evaluate those licentiates who request to participate in the diversion program according to the...
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to public meetings, a...
Each licentiate who requests participation in a diversion program shall agree to cooperate with the treatment program designed by a committee and to bear all costs related to the...
(a) After a committee in its discretion has determined that a licentiate has been rehabilitated and the diversion program is completed, the committee shall purge and destroy all...
The board shall provide for the representation of any person making reports to a committee or the board under this article in any action for defamation for reports or information given...
Any person, company, or association is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than 10 days nor more than one year, or...
Notwithstanding Section 1700, any person who holds a valid, unrevoked, and unsuspended certificate as a dentist under this chapter may append the letters D.D.S. to his or her name, regardless...
Any person is for the first offense guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) or more than three thousand dollars ($3,000),...
Any person who willfully, under circumstances or conditions which cause or create risk of bodily harm, serious physical or mental illness, or death, practices or attempts to...
Any association or partnership or corporation or group of three or more dentists, engaging in practice under any name that would otherwise be in violation of Section 1701 may practice...
Nothing in this article shall prohibit the conferring of degrees and the bestowing of diplomas by reputable dental colleges of this State which have been approved by the board....
The board, or any member or officer thereof, may prefer a complaint for violation of this chapter, or any part thereof, before any court of competent jurisdiction, and may by its...
In addition to the other proceedings provided for in this chapter, the superior court of any county, on application of the board, shall issue an injunction to restrain any unlicensed...
Whenever any person has engaged or is about to engage in any acts or practices which constitute or will constitute an offense against this chapter, the superior court of any county,...
Every complete upper or lower denture fabricated by a licensed dentist, or fabricated pursuant to the dentist's work order, shall be marked with the patient's name or social...
Licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter, unless specifically excepted, expire at 12 midnight on the legal birth date of a licentiate of the board during the second year of...
The provisions of Sections 1715, 1716, 1717, 1718, 1718.1, 1718.2, and 1718.3 shall also apply to and govern the expiration, renewal, restoration, reinstatement, and reissuance of...
Nothing contained in this chapter shall exempt from the payment of the renewal fee any person authorized to practice dentistry in the State of California, and every person practicing dentistry...
(a) Notwithstanding Section 1716, the board may, by regulation, reduce the renewal fee for a licensee who has practiced dentistry for 20 years or more in this state, has reached the...
To renew an unexpired license, the licensee shall, before the time at which the license would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the board and pay the renewal...
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an expired license may be renewed at any time within five years after its expiration on filing of application for renewal on a form prescribed by...
A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this article, but such renewal does not entitle the licensee, while the license remains suspended and until it...
A revoked license is subject to expiration as provided in this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after its expiration, the licensee, as a condition precedent...
(a) A license which is not renewed within five years after its expiration may not be renewed, restored, reinstated, or reissued thereafter, but the holder of the license may apply for and...
Upon collection by the proper officer of the court, 75 percent of the fines or forfeitures of bail in any case in which any person is charged with a violation of the provisions of...
The executive officer shall on or before the 10th day of each month pay to the State Treasury and report to the Controller all fines, penalties, and forfeitures received for violations...
Except as provided in Section 5, all funds received by the State Treasurer under the authority of this chapter shall be placed in the State Dentistry Fund. Except as provided in Section 5,...
All funds received by the State Treasurer under the authority of this chapter which relate to dental auxiliaries shall be placed in the State Dental Auxiliary Fund, which fund...
The amount of seven hundred dollars ($700) of the fund shall constitute a revolving fund and may be drawn upon the warrant of the president and secretary of the board without being audited...
All fines, penalties, and forfeitures, including the examination fee, imposed or collected by the board under any provision of this chapter shall be paid to the executive officer....
The amount of charges and fees for dentists licensed pursuant to this chapter shall be established by the board as is necessary for the purpose of carrying out the responsibilities required...
The amount of fees payable in connection with permits issued under Section 1701.5 is as follows: (a) The initial permit fee is an amount equal to the renewal fee for the applicant's license...
The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter that relate to the licensing of dental auxiliaries shall be established by board resolution and subject to the following limitations: (a)...
It is the intention of the Legislature by enactment of this article to permit the full utilization of dental auxiliaries in order to meet the dental care needs of all the state's citizens....
As used in this article: (a) Board means the Dental Board of California. (b) Committee means the Committee on Dental Auxiliaries. (c) Direct supervision means supervision of...
(a) There is within the jurisdiction of the board a Committee on Dental Auxiliaries. (b) The Committee on Dental Auxiliaries shall have the following areas of responsibility and duties: ...
(iv) The board shall set pass points for all dental auxiliary licensing examinations. (C) May appoint board members to any examination committee established pursuant to subparagraph (B). ...
Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Committee on Dental Auxiliaries in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection...
The committee shall consist of the following nine members: (a) One member who is a public member of the board, one member who is a licensed dentist and who has been appointed by the board...
(a) The members of the committee shall be appointed by the Governor. The terms of the member who is a board member and the member who has been appointed by the board as an examiner...
Each member of the committee shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103....
The committee may employ such employees as it may deem necessary to carry out the functions and responsibilities prescribed by this article....
The committee shall evaluate all suggestions or requests for regulatory changes related to auxiliaries. The committee shall have the authority to hold informational hearings in order to...
The procedure on all matters relating to the denial, suspension, or revocation of licenses granted under this article shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing...
Recommendations by the committee pursuant to this article shall be approved, modified, or rejected by the board within 90 days of submission of the recommendation to the board. If...
(a) The committee shall meet at least four times annually. The committee shall conduct additional meetings as are necessary in appropriate locations to conclude its business. Special...
In addition to any other examination required by this article, the board may require applicants for licensure under this article to successfully complete an examination in California...
A dental assistant is a person who may perform basic supportive dental procedures as authorized by this article under the supervision of a licensed dentist and who may perform...
(a) By September 15, 1993, the board, upon recommendation of the committee, consistent with this article, standards of good dental practice, and the health and welfare of patients,...
The supervising licensed dentist shall be responsible for determining the competency of the dental assistant to perform allowable functions....
The board shall license as a registered dental assistant a person who submits written evidence, satisfactory to the board, of either one of the following requirements: (a) Graduation from...
In addition to the requirements of Section 1753, each applicant for registered dental assistant licensure on or after July 1, 2002, shall provide evidence of having...
By September 15, 1993, the board, upon recommendation of the committee and consistent with this article, standards of good dental practice, and the health and welfare of patients,...
The board shall license as a registered dental assistant in extended functions a person who satisfies all of the following requirements: (a) Status as a registered dental assistant. ...
Within one year of the date this article takes effect, the board, upon recommendation of the committee, consistent with standards of good dental practice and the health and welfare...
The following functions may be performed by a registered dental hygienist in addition to those authorized pursuant to Sections 5, 1761, 1762, 1763, and 1764: (a) All functions that may...
(a) The practice of dental hygiene includes dental hygiene assessment, development, planning, and implementation of a dental hygiene care plan. It also includes oral health...
A dental hygienist is authorized to perform the following procedures under direct supervision, after submitting to the board evidence of satisfactory completion of a board-approved...
A dental hygienist is authorized to perform the following procedures under general supervision: (a) Preventive and therapeutic interventions, including oral prophylaxis, scaling, and...
(a) A dental hygienist may provide, without supervision, educational services, oral health training programs, and oral health screenings. (b) A dental hygienist shall refer any...
(a) Any procedure performed or service provided by a dental hygienist that does not specifically require direct supervision shall require general supervision, so long as it does not give rise...
No person other than a licensed dental hygienist or a licensed dentist may engage in the practice of dental hygiene or perform dental hygiene procedures on patients, including, but not limited...
(a) The board shall license as a registered dental hygienist a person who satisfies all of the following requirements: (1) Completion of an educational program for registered...
The board, upon recommendation of the committee, shall adopt regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this article....
The board shall license as a registered dental hygienist in extended functions a person who meets all of the following requirements: (a) Holds a valid license issued pursuant to Section 1766...
The board, in consultation with the committee, shall adopt regulations necessary to define the functions that may be performed by registered dental hygienists in extended functions,...
A licensed dentist may utilize in his or her practice no more than two dental auxiliaries in extended functions licensed pursuant to Sections 1756 and 1768....
Any person, other than a person who has been issued a license by the board, who holds himself or herself out as a registered dental assistant, registered dental assistant in...
The board shall seek to obtain an injunction against any dental hygienist who provides services in alternative practice pursuant to Sections 1774 and 1775 if the board has reasonable...
The provisions of Sections 1715, 1718, 1718.1, 1718.2, and 1718.3 shall govern the renewal, restoration, reinstatement, and reissuance of licenses issued under this article. The license...
(a) The board shall license as a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice a person who demonstrates satisfactory performance on an examination required by the board and,...
(a) A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice may perform those preventive and therapeutic functions described in subdivision (a) of Section 1760, subdivision (a) of...
A dental corporation is a corporation that is authorized to render professional services, as defined in Sections 13401 and 13401.5 of the Corporations Code, if that corporation,...
Notwithstanding subdivision (i) of Section 1680 and subdivision (g) of Section 1701, the name of a dental corporation and any name or names under which it may be rendering...
Except as provided in Sections 13401.5 and 13403 of the Corporations Code, each director, shareholder, and officer of a dental corporation shall be a licensed person as defined in...
The income of a dental corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person (as defined in the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act) shall...
A dental corporation shall not do or fail to do any act the doing of which or the failure to do which would constitute unprofessional conduct under any statute, rule or regulation now...
The board may formulate and enforce rules and regulations to carry out the purposes and objectives of this article and the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, including...
There is hereby established in the Dental Board of California the Dental Corps Loan Repayment Program of 2002, which shall become operative on January 1, 2003. This program shall be known and...
It is the intent of the this article that the Dental Board of California, in consultation with the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, the dental community,...
For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) Board means the Dental Board of California. (b) Office means the Office of Statewide...
(a) Program applicants shall possess a current valid license to practice dentistry in this state issued by the board pursuant to Section 1626. (b) The board, in accordance with Section...
(a) The Dentally Underserved Account is hereby created in the State Dentistry Fund. (b) The sum of three million dollars ($3,000,000) is hereby authorized to be expended from the...
The terms of loan repayment granted under this article shall be as follows: (a) After a program participant has completed one year of providing services as a dentist in a dentally...
(a) On January 1, 2003, applications from dentists for program participation may be submitted. (b) The board shall report to the Legislature, no later than October 1, 2004, the experience...