BILL NUMBER: AB 179	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


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,
 2016,   2020,  and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2016,   2020,  deletes or
extends that date. Notwithstanding any other  provision of
 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,
 2016,   2020   ,  and as of that
date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted
before January 1,  2016,   2020   ,
 deletes or extends that date.