BILL NUMBER: AB 1938	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fletcher

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2010

   An act to repeal Section 1620.1 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to dentistry.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1938, as introduced, Fletcher. Dentistry.
   Existing law, the Dental Practice Act, establishes the Dental
Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the
purpose of licensing and regulating dental professionals and dental
auxiliaries. Existing law requires the department, in conjunction
with the board and the Joint Committee on Boards Commissions, and
Consumer Protection, to review the scope of practice of dental
auxiliaries and requires the department to report its findings and
recommendations to the Legislature by September 1, 2002.
   This bill would delete that provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1620.1 of the Business and Professions Code is
repealed. 
   1620.1.  The Department of Consumer Affairs, in conjunction with
the board and the Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions, and
Consumer Protection, shall review the scope of practice for dental
auxiliaries. The department shall employ the services of an
independent consultant to perform this comprehensive analysis. The
department shall be authorized to enter into an interagency agreement
or be exempted from obtaining sole source approval for a sole source
contract. The board shall pay for all of the costs associated with
this comprehensive analysis. The department shall report its findings
and recommendations to the Legislature by September 1, 2002.