California Laws: Business and Professions Code Sections 1740-1777
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1740
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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1741
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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1742
(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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1742.1
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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1743
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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1744
(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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1745
Each member of the committee shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103. ...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1746
The committee may employ such employees as it may deem necessary to carry out the functions and responsibilities prescribed by this article. ...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1746.1
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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1747
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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1748
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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1749
(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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1749.1
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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1750
(a) A dental assistant is a person who may perform basic supportive dental procedures as authorized by this article under the supervision of a licensed...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1750
(a) A dental assistant is an individual who, without a license, may perform basic supportive dental procedures, as authorized by this article and by regulations...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1750.1
(a) The practice of dental assisting does not include any of the following procedures: (1) Diagnosis and comprehensive treatment planning. (2) Placing, finishing, or removing...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1750.2
(a) On and after January 1, 2008, the board shall license as a "registered orthodontic assistant," "registered surgery assistant," or "registered restorative assistant" any person...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1750.3
(a) A registered orthodontic assistant may perform all of the following dental procedures, as well as those authorized by board regulations adopted pursuant to Section...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1750.4
(a) A dentist who holds a valid, active, and current license to practice dentistry under this chapter may train and educate his or her employees,...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1751
(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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1751
(a) The board, upon recommendation of the committee, shall adopt regulations governing the procedures that dental assistants, registered orthodontic assistants, registered surgery assistants, registered restorative...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1751.1
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to expedite the implementation of the provisions in Chapter 667 of the Statutes of 2004 and Senate...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1752
(a) The supervising licensed dentist shall be responsible for determining the competency of the dental assistant to perform allowable functions. (b) This section shall become...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1752
(a) A "registered dental assistant in extended functions" is an individual licensed pursuant to this article who may perform basic restorative services and direct patient...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1752.1
(a) The board shall license as a registered dental assistant a person who files an application prior to September 1, 2007, and submits written evidence,...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1752.2
(a) A board-approved educational program in registered dental assisting, as provided in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 1752.5, is a program that has met...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1752.5
On and after September 1, 2007, a person may apply for and be issued a license as a registered dental assistant upon providing evidence to...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1752.6
A registered dental assistant may perform all duties and procedures that a dental assistant, registered orthodontic assistant, registered surgery assistant, and a registered restorative assistant...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1753
(a) On and after January 1, 2008, the board shall license as a registered dental assistant in extended functions a person who submits written evidence,...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1753.1
(a) A registered dental assistant in extended functions licensed on or after January 1, 2008, is authorized to perform all duties and procedures that a...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1753.5
A registered dental assistant may apply pit and fissure sealants under the general supervision of a licensed dentist, after providing evidence to the board of...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1754
(a) By September 15, 1993, the board, upon recommendation of the committee and consistent with this article, standards of good dental practice, and the health...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1756
(a) The board shall license as a registered dental assistant in extended functions a person who satisfies all of the following requirements: (1) Status as...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1757
(a) Each person who holds a license as a registered dental assistant in extended functions on the effective date of this section may only perform...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1760
The following functions may be performed by a registered dental hygienist in addition to those authorized pursuant to Sections 1760.5, 1761, 1762, 1763, and 1764:...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1760.5
(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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1761
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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1762
A dental hygienist is authorized to perform the following procedures under general supervision: (a) Preventive and therapeutic interventions, including oral prophylaxis, scaling, and root planing....
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1763
(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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1764
(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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1765
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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1766
(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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1767
The board, upon recommendation of the committee, shall adopt regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this article. ...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1768
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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1769
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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1770
(a) A licensed dentist may simultaneously utilize in his or her practice no more than two dental auxiliaries in extended functions licensed pursuant to Sections...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1770
(a) A licensed dentist may simultaneously utilize in his or her practice no more than three dental auxiliaries in extended functions licensed pursuant to Sections...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1771
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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1772
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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1773
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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1774
(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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1775
(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...
- California Laws: Business and Professions Code Section 1777
While employed by or practicing in a primary care clinic or specialty clinic licensed pursuant to Section 1204 of the Health and Safety Code, in...
