Sections
34 entriesSection 1625Defines dentistry as diagnosing or treating diseases and lesions and correcting malpositions involving teeth, gums, jaws, and associated structures, including related procedures,…Section 1625.1Exempts specified licensed or exempt primary care clinics, public hospital or health-system clinics, and certain county-contract hospital clinics from being treated as…Section 1625.2Exempts qualifying tax-exempt nonprofit ownership or management of a place providing dental operations from being treated as unlicensed dentistry if the entity…Section 1625.3Allows specified representatives of an incapacitated or deceased dentist to employ licensees and dental assistants and charge for services for up to…Section 1625.4Allows a deceased or incapacitated sole-practice dentist’s representative to contract with licensed dentists for up to 12 months or until disposal, whichever…Section 1625.5Requires every application and renewal form for a dentistry license to include a written notice, effective January 1, 2008, explaining that specified…Section 1625.6Allows a dentist to independently prescribe and administer influenza and COVID-19 vaccines to persons at least three years old consistent with specified…Section 1626Prohibits practicing dentistry in California without a valid, unexpired board license or special permit, but exempts specified physician oral surgery, approved students…Section 1626.1Exempts specified operations by bona fide students of registered dental assisting, extended-functions dental assisting, and extended-functions dental hygiene from the chapter when…Section 1626.2Defines a dentist licensed under the chapter as a “licentiate” for purposes of the referenced reporting provision and, as a result, as…Section 1626.5Prohibits a licensed dentist, dental group, or dental corporation from sharing an acupuncture fee or receiving anything of value for an acupuncture…Section 1626.6Exempts uncompensated dentistry by a dental student at a sponsored event lasting no more than 10 calendar days when supervised by licensed…Section 1627Extends any dentist license existing when the chapter was passed until that license expires or is forfeited in the manner the chapter…Section 1627.5Exempts a chapter licensee from civil damages for good-faith emergency care outside the practice location or, at another licensee’s request, for complications…Section 1627.7Exempts a dentist from damages based on failure to disclose possible consequences in an office or hospital emergency when the patient is…Section 1628Sets examination eligibility at over 18 years old with required fees, approved dental education, and financial-responsibility evidence. Graduates of an unapproved foreign…Section 1628.5Allows the board to deny an application for a dentist or dental-auxiliary licensing examination, an application to register a dental corporation, or…Section 1628.7Allows the board to deny licensure for unprofessional conduct or other suspension or revocation grounds, or issue a probationary license with conditions…Section 1629Requires each licensure applicant to provide fingerprint cards or a completed Live Scan form for state and federal identity and criminal-record checks…Section 1630Requires the dentistry licensing examination to be thorough enough to test fitness to practice and assess competency in diagnosis, treatment planning, restorative…Section 1632Requires applicants to pass the National Board written examination, California law-and-ethics examination, and, except as provided, a listed clinical and written examination…Section 1632.5Requires the department’s examination office, before implementation, to review and certify the Western Regional Examining Board examination against specified standards; failure prevents…Section 1632.55Requires the department’s examination office to review the American Board of Dental Examiners examination and deliver that review to the Dental Board…Section 1632.6Requires the board to review the portfolio examination, certify compliance with specified standards, and submit its review and certification or failure determination…Section 1632.7Allows the Department of Finance to accept funds under the two referenced Government Code provisions to review and analyze the examination developed…Section 1633Exempts an applicant scoring at least 85 percent in a subject from reexamination on that subject for two years. After three failed…Section 1634Requires a person who successfully passes the examination to be registered as a licensed dentist on the board register and granted a…Section 1634.1Allows the board to license an applicant who submits required forms and fees, approved-school graduation, specified written and California law-and-ethics examinations, and…Section 1634.2Requires regular department review of qualifying advanced education programs, specified competency content in residency-completion certification, and alignment with the board’s current occupational…Section 1635.5Allows licensure without examination for unrestricted out-of-state dentists with five years’ practice or 5,000 faculty/clinical hours; residency earns 1,000 hours yearly, up…Section 1635.7Requires a dentist licensed under the referenced alternative licensure provision to complete the continuing education requirements established by the board before the…Section 1636.4Requires a foreign dental school seeking approval beginning January 1, 2024, to have successfully completed the international consultative and accreditation process with…Section 1636.5Extends approval for a foreign dental school whose program was renewed by the board before January 1, 2020, through its approved date…Section 1636.6Allows graduates of a foreign dental school to remain eligible for licensure under the referenced provision when the school’s program was board-approved…