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 the Patient Centered Curriculum Integrated Dental Examination Format developed by the American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc., subject to prior review and approval of the
examination by the Office of Professional Examination Services, as provided,begin delete andend delete delivery of this review to the Dental Board ofbegin delete California.end deletebegin insert California, and payment of specified expenses incurred by the board.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 ofbegin insert reviewing andend insert 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
P3 1the examination. Successful results of the examination shall, as
2established by board regulation, remain valid for two years from
3the date that the applicant is notified of having passed the
4examination.
5(c) Except as otherwise provided in Section 1632.5, the board
6shall require each applicant to have taken and received a passing
7score on one of the following:
8(1) A portfolio examination of the applicant’s competence to
9enter the practice of dentistry. This examination shall be conducted
10while the applicant is enrolled in a dental school program at a
11board-approved school located in California. This examination
12shall utilize uniform standards of clinical experiences and
13competencies, as approved by the board pursuant to Section 1632.1.
14The applicant shall pass a final assessment of the submitted
15portfolio at the end of his or her dental school program. Before
16any portfolio assessment may be submitted to the board, the
17applicant shall remit the required fee to the board to be deposited
18into the State Dentistry Fund, and a letter of good standing signed
19by the dean of his or her dental school or his or her delegate stating
20that the applicant has graduated or will graduate with no pending
21ethical issues.
22(A) The portfolio examination shall not be conducted until the
23board adopts regulations to carry out this paragraph. The board
24shall post notice on its Internet Web site when these regulations
25have been adopted.
26(B) The board shall also provide written notice to the Legislature
27and the Legislative Counsel when these regulations have been
28adopted.
29(2) Either one of the following examinations:
30(A) A clinical and written examination administered by the
31Western Regional Examining Board.
32(B) The Patient Centered Curriculum Integrated Dental
33Examination Format developed by the American Board of Dental
34Examiners, Inc.
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 of subparagraph (B) of
12paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 1632, the department’s
13Office of Professional Examination Services shall review the
14American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc., examination to ensure
15compliance with the requirements of Sectionbegin delete 139,
toend delete
16 certify that the examination process meets those standards, andbegin delete toend delete
17 deliver this review to the Dental Board of California. If the
18department determines that the examination process fails to meet
19thosebegin delete standards orend deletebegin insert standards,end insert does not deliver the review to the
20Dental Board of California,begin insert or if the American Board of Dental
21Examiners, Inc. fails to pay the costs and expenses the board
22incurs, as described in subdivision (d),end insert subparagraph (B) of
23paragraph (2) of
subdivision (c)begin insert of Section 1632end insert shall not be
24implemented.
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.
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(d) The American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc. shall pay
32all reasonable costs and expenses the board incurs for the purposes
33of implementing this section.
Section 1632.7 is added to the Business and Professions
35Code, to read:
The Department of Finance may accept funds pursuant
37to Sections 11005.1 and 16302 of the Government Code for the
38purposes ofbegin insert reviewing andend insert implementing the examination
P5 1developed by the American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc., as
2described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 1632.
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