California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 2 — Healing ArtsChapter 4 — DentistryArticle 9 — Dental HygienistsSection 1927
A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice shall not do any of the following:
(a) Infer, purport, advertise, or imply that he or she is in any way able to provide dental services or make any type of dental diagnosis beyond evaluating a patient’s dental hygiene status, providing a dental hygiene treatment plan, and providing the associated dental hygiene services.
(b) Hire a registered dental hygienist to provide direct patient services other than a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice.
Notes
Prohibits an alternative-practice registered dental hygienist from representing or implying an ability to provide dental services or make dental diagnoses beyond evaluating dental-hygiene status, creating a hygiene treatment plan, and providing associated hygiene services. It also bars the hygienist from hiring a registered dental hygienist for direct patient services unless that person is also licensed in alternative practice.
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