Sections
11 entriesSection 1695Establishes only legislative intent that the Dental Board seek ways to identify and rehabilitate licensees impaired by dangerous-drug or alcohol abuse so…Section 1695.1Defines “board” as the Dental Board of California, “committee” as a diversion evaluation committee created by the article, and “program manager” as…Section 1695.2Establishes one or more diversion evaluation committees in the state and requires the Dental Board to establish criteria for selecting the committees.…Section 1695.3Requires each member of a diversion evaluation committee to receive the per diem and expenses provided under the referenced compensation provision. Committee…Section 1695.4Requires the Dental Board to administer every provision of the diversion-program article containing this rule. Administrative responsibility for the article is assigned…Section 1695.5Requires the board to set diversion-program acceptance, denial, and termination criteria; participation is voluntary unless ordered as probation, and confidential self-referral is…Section 1695.6Requires each diversion evaluation committee, under the program manager’s direction, to evaluate applicants, recommend participation, designate treatment facilities, review participant information, and…Section 1696Allows a dental diversion committee, despite the referenced public-meeting requirements, to convene in closed session to consider reports concerning a licensee requesting…Section 1697Requires every dental licensee requesting diversion to cooperate with the treatment program designed by the committee and approved by the program manager…Section 1698Requires the diversion committee to purge and destroy all participation records after the committee and program manager determine, in their discretion, that…Section 1699Requires the board to provide representation for anyone sued for defamation over reports or information given to a diversion committee or the…