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, as defined, without compensation or expectation of compensation and under the supervision of a licensed dentist with abegin insert clinicalend insert faculty appointment at a sponsored event, as defined, if specified conditions are met. This bill would require the sponsoring 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 1626.6 is added to the Business and
2Professions Code, to read:
(a) (1) In addition to the exemptions set forth in
4Section 1626, the practice of dentistry by a final year student
5rendered or performed without compensation or expectation of
6compensation under the supervision of a licensed dentist with a
7begin insert clinicalend insert faculty appointment at a sponsored event, is exempt from
8the operation of this chapter.
9(2) The practice of dentistry exempted by paragraph (1) only
10includes those operations, approved by the board, that are rendered
11or performed under the same conditions as operations exempt
12under subdivision (b) of Section
1626.
13(b) For purposes of this section, all of the following shall apply:
14(1) “Final year student” means a student of dentistry in his or
15her final year of completion at a dental school approved by the
16board. “Final year student” also includes a dental student enrolled
17in an advancedbegin insert dentalend insert program.
18(2) “Licensed dentist” means a dentist licensed pursuant to this
19chapter.
20(3) “Patient” means a dental patient or, in the case of a minor,
21the patient’s representative.
20 22(3)
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23begin insert(4)end insert “Sponsored event” means an event, not to exceed 10 calendar
24days, administered by a sponsoring entity or a local governmental
25entity, or both, through which health care is provided to the public
26without compensation, or expectation of compensation.
24 27(4)
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28(5) “Sponsoring dental school” means a dental school that
29sanctions student and clinical faculty participation at a sponsored
30event.
P3 1begin insert(6)end insert “Sponsoring entity” means a nonprofit organization pursuant
2to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a
3community-based organization.
4(c) The volunteer practice of dentistry by students pursuant to
5this section shall comply with all of the following requirements:
6(1) Each patient shall be sufficiently informed that a dental
7student may be providing some of the treatment that he or she will
8be receiving.
9(2) Any information provided to the patient to give informed
10consent shall offer the patient the option to decline to be treated
11by the student.
12(3) The volunteer practice of a student shall be supervised by
13begin insert
clinicalend insert faculty from the dental school in which the student is
14enrolled.
15(4) Each volunteer student shall wear an identification badge
16that clearly identifies the student as a dental student. The
17identification badge shall display the student’s name, the name of
18the student’s dental school, and the name and the telephone number
19of the Dental Board of California. That information shall be
20displayed in 14-point font, at minimum.
21(5) Supervision ratios and student oversight shall be at least as
22stringent as required to meet the standards of the Commission on
23Dental Accreditation at each school’s clinical department,
24laboratory, or dental extension program operated pursuant to
25subdivision (b) of Section 1626.
17 26(6)
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27begin insert(5)end insert Supervision ratiosbegin insert and student oversightend insert shall bebegin delete appropriateend delete
28begin insert at least as stringent as the standards setend insert for the procedure being
29performed by thebegin delete student.end deletebegin insert student and the age of the patient, in
30accordance with the standards at the sponsoring dental school’s
31clinical department, laboratory, or dental extension program end insert
32begin insertoperated
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1626.end insert
19 33(7)
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34begin insert(6)end insert The student shall perform only those procedures in which
35he or she is credentialed or those procedures he or she is permitted
36to perform in the school’s clinical department, laboratory, or dental
37extension program operated pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
381626.
39(d) The student or the student’s sponsoring dental school shall
40ensure liability insurance coverage is obtained that covers all
P4 1services
provided by the student, including diagnosis, treatment,
2and evaluation.
24 3(d)
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4begin insert(e)end insert The sponsoring entity of the sponsored event shall provide
5the Dental Board of California with a list of the names of the
6students practicing dentistry exempted by this section at the
7sponsored event, the name of the school of enrollment of those
8students, and the name and license number of the supervising
9licensed dentist.
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