BILL NUMBER: AB 880	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 28, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ridley-Thomas
    (   Coauthor:   Senator   Hall
  ) 

                        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: 
exempt.   exemption. 
    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 
in a free clinic.   with a faculty appointment at a
sponsored event, as defined. 
   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  in
a free clinic   with a faculty appointment   at
a sponsored event,  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 
described in the exemption provided in subdivision (b) of Section
1626 and  rendered or performed under the same 
supervisory conditions.   conditions as operations
exempt under subdivision (b) of Section 1626. 
   (b) For purposes of this section, all of the following shall
apply: 
   (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.  
   (2) 
    (1)  "Final year student" means a student of dentistry
in his or her final year of completion at a dental school approved by
the board. 
   (3) 
    (2)  "Licensed dentist" means a dentist licensed
pursuant to this chapter. 
   (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.  
   (4) "Sponsoring entity" means a nonprofit organization pursuant to
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a community-based
organization.