California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 179

Introduced by Committee on Business and Professions (Assembly Members Bonilla (Chair), Bloom, Dodd, Gatto, Holden, Mullin, Ting, and Wood)

January 26, 2015

An act to amend Sections 1601.1 and 1616.5 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to dentistry.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 179, as introduced, Committee on Business and Professions. Dentistry.

Existing law provides for the Dental Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs, which consists of 8 practicing dentists, a registered dental hygienist, a registered dental assistant, and 5 public members, and authorizes the board to appoint an executive officer to exercise powers and perform duties delegated by the board to him or her. These provisions are in effect only until January 1, 2016, and upon repeal of those provisions the board will be subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.

This bill would extend those provisions until January 1, 2020.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 1601.1 of the Business and Professions
Code is amended to read:

1601.1.  

(a) There shall be in the Department of Consumer
Affairs the Dental Board of California in which the administration
of this chapter is vested. The board shall consist of eight practicing
dentists, one registered dental hygienist, one registered dental
assistant, and five public members. Of the eight practicing dentists,
one shall be a member of a faculty of any California dental college,
and one shall be a dentist practicing in a nonprofit community
clinic. The appointing powers, described in Section 1603, may
appoint to the board a person who was a member of the prior board.
The board shall be organized into standing committees dealing
with examinations, enforcement, and other subjects as the board
deems appropriate.

(b) For purposes of this chapter, any reference in this chapter
to the Board of Dental Examiners shall be deemed to refer to the
Dental Board of California.

(c) The board shall have all authority previously vested in the
existing board under this chapter. The board may enforce all
disciplinary actions undertaken by the previous board.

(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, begin delete 2016, end delete
begin insert 2020, end insert and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that is enacted before January 1, begin delete 2016, end delete begin insert 2020, end insert deletes or extends
that date. Notwithstanding any other begin delete provision of end delete law, the repeal
of this section renders the board subject to review by the
appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.

SEC. 2.  

Section 1616.5 of the Business and Professions Code
is amended to read:

1616.5.  

(a) The board, by and with the approval of the director,
may appoint a person exempt from civil service who shall be
designated as an executive officer and who shall exercise the
powers and perform the duties delegated by the board and vested
in him or her by this chapter.

(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, begin delete 2016, end delete
begin insert 2020 end insert begin insert , end insert and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that is enacted before January 1, begin delete 2016, end delete begin insert 2020 end insert begin insert , end insert deletes or extends
that date.