Amended in Assembly April 28, 2015

Amended in Assembly March 26, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 880

Introduced by Assembly Member Ridley-Thomas

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(Coauthor: Senator Hall)

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February 26, 2015

An act to add Section 1626.6 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to dentistry.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 880, as amended, Ridley-Thomas. Dentistry: licensure: begin delete exempt. end delete begin insert exemption. end insert

The Dental Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of persons engaged in the practice of dentistry by the Dental Board of California, and prohibits the practice of dentistry by any person without a valid license, except in certain circumstances.

This bill would additionally exempt from that prohibition the practice of dentistry, as specified and as approved by the board, by a final year student without compensation or expectation of compensation and under the supervision of a licensed dentist begin delete in a free clinic. end delete begin insert with a faculty appointment at a sponsored event, as defined. end insert

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 1626.6 is added to the Business and
Professions Code, to read:

1626.6.  

(a) (1) In addition to the exemptions set forth in
Section 1626, the practice of dentistry by a final year student
rendered or performed without compensation or expectation of
compensation under the supervision of a licensed dentist begin delete in a free
clinic end delete begin insert with a faculty appointment end insert begin insert at a sponsored event, end insert is exempt
from the operation of this chapter.

(2) The practice of dentistry exempted by paragraph (1) only
includes those operations, approved by the board, that are begin delete described
in the exemption provided in subdivision (b) of Section 1626 and end delete
rendered or performed under the same begin delete supervisory conditions. end delete
begin insert conditions as operations exempt under subdivision (b) of Section
1626. end insert

(b) For purposes of this section, all of the following shall apply:

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(1) “Free clinic” means a clinic as defined in Section 1200 of
the Health and Safety Code where there are no charges directly to
the patient for services rendered or for drugs, medicines,
appliances, or apparatuses furnished, including, but not limited to,
a free clinic as defined in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of
subdivision (a) of Section 1204 of the Health and Safety Code.

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(2)

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begin insert (1) end insert  “Final year student” means a student of dentistry in his or
her final year of completion at a dental school approved by the
board.

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(3)

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begin insert (2) end insert  “Licensed dentist” means a dentist licensed pursuant to this
chapter.

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(3) “Sponsored event” means an event, not to exceed 10
calendar days, administered by a sponsoring entity or a local
governmental entity, or both, through which health care is provided
to the public without compensation, or expectation of
compensation.

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(4) “Sponsoring entity” means a nonprofit organization
pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a
community-based organization.

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