BILL NUMBER: AB 880 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 18, 2015
AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 1, 2015
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, as defined, without compensation or expectation
of compensation and under the supervision of a licensed dentist with
a clinical 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 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
clinical 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 dental program.
(2) "Licensed dentist" means a dentist licensed pursuant to this
chapter.
(3) "Patient" means a dental patient or, in the case of a minor,
the patient's representative.
(3)
(4) "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)
(5) "Sponsoring dental school" means a dental school that
sanctions student and clinical faculty participation at a sponsored
event.
(6) "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
clinical 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)
(5) Supervision ratios and student oversight
shall be appropriate at least as stringent
as the standards set for the procedure being performed by the
student. student and the age of the patient,
in accordance with the standards at the sponsoring dental school's cl
inical department, laboratory, or dental extension program
operated pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 1626.
(7)
(6) 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 student or the student's sponsoring dental school shall
ensure liability insurance coverage is obtained that covers all
services provided by the student, including diagnosis, treatment, and
evaluation.
(d)
(e) The sponsoring 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.