California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 2 — Healing ArtsChapter 4 — DentistryArticle 9 — Dental HygienistsSection 1966.5

(a) After a diversion evaluation committee, in its discretion, has determined that a licensee has been rehabilitated and the diversion program is completed, the diversion evaluation committee shall purge and destroy all records pertaining to the licensee’s participation in the diversion program.

(b) Except as authorized by subdivision (f) of Section 1966.1, all dental hygiene board and diversion evaluation committee records and records of proceedings pertaining to the treatment of a licensee in a program shall be kept confidential and are not subject to discovery or subpoena.

Notes

Requires a diversion evaluation committee to purge and destroy all participation records after it determines, in its discretion, that a dental-hygiene licensee has been rehabilitated and completed diversion. Board, committee, proceeding, and treatment records are otherwise confidential and not discoverable or subject to subpoena, except as specifically authorized by the referenced subdivision.

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