BILL NUMBER: AB 880	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 22, 2015
	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:
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   student, as defined,
 without compensation or expectation of compensation and under
the supervision of a licensed dentist with a faculty appointment at a
sponsored event, as  defined.   defined, if
specified conditions are met. This bill would require the
administering entity of the sponsored event to provide the Dental
Board of California with a list of the names of the students
practicing dentistry exempted pursuant to this bill at the sponsored
event, the name of the school of enrollment of those students, and
the name and license number of the supervising licensed dentist.

   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 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 rendered
or performed under the same conditions as operations exempt under
subdivision (b) of Section 1626.
   (b) For purposes of this section, all of the following shall
apply:
   (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.  "Final year student" also includes a dental student
enrolled in an advanced program. 
   (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. 
   (c) The volunteer practice of dentistry by students pursuant to
this section shall comply with all of the following requirements:
 
   (1) Each patient shall be sufficiently informed that a dental
student may be providing some of the treatment that he or she will be
receiving.  
   (2) Any information provided to the patient to give informed
consent shall offer the patient the option to decline to be treated
by the student.  
   (3) The volunteer practice of a student shall be supervised by
faculty from the dental school in which the student is enrolled.
 
   (4) Each volunteer student shall wear an identification badge that
clearly identifies the student as a dental student. The
identification badge shall display the student's name, the name of
the student's dental school, and the name and the telephone number of
the Dental Board of California. That information shall be displayed
in 14-point font, at minimum.  
   (5) Supervision ratios and student oversight shall be at least as
stringent as required to meet the standards of the Commission on
Dental Accreditation at each school's clinical department,
laboratory, or dental extension program operated pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 1626.  
   (6) Supervision ratios shall be appropriate for the procedure
being performed by the student.  
   (7) The student shall perform only those procedures in which he or
she is credentialed or those procedures he or she is permitted to
perform in the school's clinical department, laboratory, or dental
extension program operated pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
1626.  
   (d) The administering entity of the sponsored event shall provide
the Dental Board of California with a list of the names of the
students practicing dentistry exempted by this section at the
sponsored event, the name of the school of enrollment of those
students, and the name and license number of the supervising licensed
dentist.