AB 2331, as introduced, Dababneh. Dentistry: applicants to practice.
The Dental Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of dentists and associated professions by the Dental Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act requires each applicant for a license to practice dentistry to successfully complete specified examinations, including receiving a passing score on either a portfolio examination, as specified, or a clinical and written examination administered by the Western Regional Examining Board, which determines the passing score for that examination.
This bill would additionally allow an applicant to satisfy that examination requirement by receiving a passing score on an examination developed by the American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc.
Existing law authorizes the Director of Finance to accept on behalf of the state any gift of real or personal property whenever he or she deems the gift and the terms and conditions thereof to be in the best interest of the state. Existing law establishes the Special Deposit Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, which consists of money that is paid into it in trust pursuant to law when no other fund has been created to receive that money.
This bill would authorize the Director of Finance to accept funds for the purposes of implementing the dental examination developed by the American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc., described above. Because these funds would be deposited in the Special Deposit Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 1632 of the Business and Professions
2Code is amended to read:
(a) The board shall require each applicant to successfully
4complete the Part I and Part II written examinations of the National
5Board Dental Examination of the Joint Commission on National
6Dental Examinations.
7(b) The board shall require each applicant to successfully
8complete an examination in California law and ethics developed
9and administered by the board. The board shall provide a separate
10application for this examination. The board shall ensure that the
11law and ethics examination reflects current law and regulations,
12and ensure that the examinations are randomized. Applicants shall
13submit this application and required fee to the board in order to
14take this examination. In addition to the aforementioned
15application, the only other requirement for taking this
examination
16shall be certification from the dean of the qualifying dental school
17attended by the applicant that the applicant has graduated, or will
18graduate, or is expected to graduate. Applicants who submit
19completed applications and certification from the dean at least 15
20days prior to a scheduled examination shall be scheduled to take
21the examination. Successful results of the examination shall, as
22established by board regulation, remain valid for two years from
23the date that the applicant is notified of having passed the
24examination.
25(c) Except as otherwise provided in Section 1632.5, the board
26shall require each applicant to have taken and received a passing
27score on one of the following:
28(1) A portfolio examination of the applicant’s competence to
29enter the practice of dentistry. This examination shall be conducted
30while the applicant is enrolled in a dental school program
at a
P3 1board-approved school located in California. This examination
2shall utilize uniform standards of clinical experiences and
3competencies, as approved by the board pursuant to Section 1632.1.
4The applicant shall pass a final assessment of the submitted
5portfolio at the end of his or her dental school program. Before
6any portfolio assessment may be submitted to the board, the
7applicant shall remit the required fee to the board to be deposited
8into the State Dentistry Fund, and a letter of good standing signed
9by the dean of his or her dental school or his or her delegate stating
10that the applicant has graduated or will graduate with no pending
11ethical issues.
12(A) The portfolio examination shall not be conducted until the
13board adopts regulations to carry out this paragraph. The board
14shall post notice on its Internet Web site when these regulations
15have been adopted.
16(B) The
board shall also provide written notice to the Legislature
17and the Legislative Counsel when these regulations have been
18adopted.
19(2) A clinical and written examination administered by the
20Western Regional Examining Board,begin insert or an examination developed
21by the American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc., or its successor
22organization,end insert which board shall determine the passing score for
23that examination.
24(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 1628, the board
25is authorized to do either of the following:
26(1) Approve an application for examination from, and to
27examine an applicant who is enrolled in, but has not yet graduated
28from, a reputable dental school approved by the board.
29(2) Accept the results of an examination described in paragraph
30(2) of subdivision (c) submitted by an applicant who was enrolled
31in, but had not graduated from, a reputable dental school approved
32by the board at the time the examination was administered.
33In either case, the board shall require the dean of that school or
34his or her delegate to furnish satisfactory proof that the applicant
35will graduate within one year of the date the examination was
36administered or as provided in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c).
Section 1632.6 is added to the Business and Professions
38Code, to read:
The Department of Finance may accept funds pursuant
40to Sections 11005.1 and 16302 of the Government Code for the
P4 1purposes of implementing the examination developed by the
2American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc., as described in
3paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 1632.
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