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 onbegin delete an examination developed by the American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc.end deletebegin insert
theend insert Patient Centered Curriculum Integrated Dental Examinationbegin delete Format,end deletebegin insert Format developed by the American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc.,end insert subject to prior review and approval of the examination by the Office of Professional Examination Services, asbegin delete provided.end deletebegin insert provided, and delivery of this review to the Dental Board of California.end insert
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
P3 1the date that the applicant is notified of having passed the
2examination.
3(c) Except as otherwise provided in Section 1632.5, the board
4shall require each applicant to have taken and received a passing
5score on one of the following:
6(1) A portfolio examination of the applicant’s competence to
7enter the practice of dentistry. This examination shall be conducted
8while the applicant is enrolled in a dental school program at a
9board-approved school located in California. This examination
10shall utilize uniform standards of clinical experiences and
11competencies, as approved by the board pursuant to Section 1632.1.
12The applicant shall pass a final assessment of the submitted
13portfolio at the end of his or her dental school program. Before
14any portfolio assessment may be submitted to the board, the
15applicant shall remit the required fee to the board to be deposited
16into the State Dentistry Fund, and a letter of good standing signed
17by the dean of his or her dental school or his or her delegate stating
18that the applicant has graduated or will graduate with no pending
19ethical issues.
20(A) The portfolio examination shall not be conducted until the
21board adopts regulations to carry out this paragraph. The board
22shall post notice on its Internet Web site when these regulations
23have been adopted.
24(B) The board shall also provide written notice to the Legislature
25and the Legislative Counsel when these regulations have been
26adopted.
27(2) begin deleteA end deletebegin insertEither one of the following examinations:end insert
28begin insert(A)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertAend insert
clinical and written examination administered by the
29Western Regional Examiningbegin delete Board, or an examinationend deletebegin insert Board.end insert
30begin insert(B)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertThe Patient Centered Curriculum Integrated Dental
31Examination Formatend insert developed by the American Board of Dental
32Examiners,begin delete
Inc. Patient Centered Curriculum Integrated Dental
33Examination Format, which board shall determine the passing
34score for that examination.end delete
35(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 1628, the board
36is authorized to do either of the following:
37(1) Approve an application for examination from, and to
38examine an applicant who is enrolled in, but has not yet graduated
39from, a reputable dental school approved by the board.
P4 1(2) Accept the results of an examination described in paragraph
2(2) of subdivision (c) submitted by an applicant who was enrolled
3in, but had not graduated from, a reputable dental school
approved
4by the board at the time the examination was administered.
5In either case, the board shall require the dean of that school or
6his or her delegate to furnish satisfactory proof that the applicant
7will graduate within one year of the date the examination was
8administered or as provided in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c).
Section 1632.55 is added to the Business and
10Professions Code, to read:
(a) Prior to implementation ofbegin insert subparagraph (B) ofend insert
12 paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 1632, the department’s
13Office of Professional Examination Services shall review the
14American Board of Dental Examiners,begin delete Inc.end deletebegin insert Inc.,end insert examination to
15ensure compliance with the requirements of Sectionbegin delete 139 andend deletebegin insert 139,end insert
16
to certify that the examination process meets thosebegin delete standards.end delete
17begin insert standards, and to deliver this review to the Dental Board of
18California.end insert If the department determines that the examination
19process fails to meet thosebegin delete standards,end deletebegin insert standards or does not deliver
20the review to the Dental Board of California, subparagraph (B)
21ofend insert paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) shall not be implemented.begin delete The
22review of the American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc.
23examination shall be conducted during or after the Dental Board
24of California’s occupational.end delete
25(b) The American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc. examination
26process shall be regularly reviewed by the department pursuant to
27Section 139.
28(c) The American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc. examination
29shall meet the mandates of subdivision (a) of Section 12944 of the
30Government Code.
Section 1632.7 is added to the Business and Professions
32Code, to read:
The Department of Finance may accept funds pursuant
34to Sections 11005.1 and 16302 of the Government Code for the
35purposes of implementing the examination developed by the
36American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc., as described in
37paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 1632.
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