BILL NUMBER: AB 2331	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dababneh

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Section 1632 of, and to add  Section
1632.6   Sections 1632.55 and 1632.7  to, the
Business and Professions Code, relating to  dentistry
  dentistry,  and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2331, as amended, 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.   Inc. Patient Centered Curriculum
Integrated Dental Examination Format, subject to prior review and
approval of the examination by the Office of Professional Examination
Services, as provided. 
   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 1.  Section 1632 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   1632.  (a) The board shall require each applicant to successfully
complete the Part I and Part II written examinations of the National
Board Dental Examination of the Joint Commission on National Dental
Examinations.
   (b) The board shall require each applicant to successfully
complete an examination in California law and ethics developed and
administered by the board. The board shall provide a separate
application for this examination. The board shall ensure that the law
and ethics examination reflects current law and regulations, and
ensure that the examinations are randomized. Applicants shall submit
this application and required fee to the board in order to take this
examination. In addition to the aforementioned application, the only
other requirement for taking this examination shall be certification
from the dean of the qualifying dental school attended by the
applicant that the applicant has graduated, or will graduate, or is
expected to graduate. Applicants who submit completed applications
and certification from the dean at least 15 days prior to a scheduled
examination shall be scheduled to take the examination. Successful
results of the examination shall, as established by board regulation,
remain valid for two years from the date that the applicant is
notified of having passed the examination.
   (c) Except as otherwise provided in Section 1632.5, the board
shall require each applicant to have taken and received a passing
score on one of the following:
   (1) A portfolio examination of the applicant's competence to enter
the practice of dentistry. This examination shall be conducted while
the applicant is enrolled in a dental school program at a
board-approved school located in California. This examination shall
utilize uniform standards of clinical experiences and competencies,
as approved by the board pursuant to Section 1632.1. The applicant
shall pass a final assessment of the submitted portfolio at the end
of his or her dental school program. Before any portfolio assessment
may be submitted to the board, the applicant shall remit the required
fee to the board to be deposited into the State Dentistry Fund, and
a letter of good standing signed by the dean of his or her dental
school or his or her delegate stating that the applicant has
graduated or will graduate with no pending ethical issues.
   (A) The portfolio examination shall not be conducted until the
board adopts regulations to carry out this paragraph. The board shall
post notice on its Internet Web site when these regulations have
been adopted.
   (B) The board shall also provide written notice to the Legislature
and the Legislative Counsel when these regulations have been
adopted.
   (2) A clinical and written examination administered by the Western
Regional Examining Board, or an examination developed by the
American Board of Dental Examiners,  Inc., or its successor
organization,   Inc. Patient Centered Curriculum
Integrated Dental Examination Format,  which board shall
determine the passing score for that examination.
   (d) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 1628, the board is
authorized to do either of the following:
   (1) Approve an application for examination from, and to examine an
applicant who is enrolled in, but has not yet graduated from, a
reputable dental school approved by the board.
   (2) Accept the results of an examination described in paragraph
(2) of subdivision (c) submitted by an applicant who was enrolled in,
but had not graduated from, a reputable dental school approved by
the board at the time the examination was administered.
   In either case, the board shall require the dean of that school or
his or her delegate to furnish satisfactory proof that the applicant
will graduate within one year of the date the examination was
administered or as provided in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c).
   SEC. 2.    Section 1632.55 is added to the  
Business and Professions Code   , to read:  
   1632.55.  (a) Prior to implementation of paragraph (2) of
subdivision (c) of Section 1632, the department's Office of
Professional Examination Services shall review the American Board of
Dental Examiners, Inc. examination to ensure compliance with the
requirements of Section 139 and to certify that the examination
process meets those standards. If the department determines that the
examination process fails to meet those standards, paragraph (2) of
subdivision (c) shall not be implemented. The review of the American
Board of Dental Examiners, Inc. examination shall be conducted during
or after the Dental Board of California's occupational.
   (b) The American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc. examination
process shall be regularly reviewed by the department pursuant to
Section 139.
   (c) The American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc. examination shall
meet the mandates of subdivision (a) of Section 12944 of the
Government Code. 
   SEC. 2.   SEC. 3.   Section 
1632.6   1632.7  is added to the Business and
Professions Code, to read:
    1632.6.   1632.7.   The Department of
Finance may accept funds pursuant to Sections 11005.1 and 16302 of
the Government Code for the purposes of implementing the examination
developed by the American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc., as
described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 1632.