BILL NUMBER: AB 869	CHAPTERED  04/06/00

	CHAPTER   9
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   APRIL 6, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   APRIL 5, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   MARCH 27, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 31, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 24, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 2, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 12, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Keeley

                        FEBRUARY 25, 1999

   An act to amend Section 1647.11 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to oral conscious sedation, and declaring the urgency
thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 869, Keeley.   Oral conscious sedation.
   Existing law prohibits after December 31, 1999, any dentist from
administering oral conscious sedation on an outpatient basis to a
patient under 13 years of age unless the dentist meets specified
licensing and permit requirements.
   This bill would extend the date for the operation of these
provisions to December 31, 2000.
   The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 1647.11 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   1647.11.  (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 1647.1,
after December 31, 2000, no dentist shall administer oral conscious
sedation on an outpatient basis to a minor patient unless one of the
following conditions is met:
   (1) The dentist possesses a current license in good standing to
practice dentistry in California and either holds a valid general
anesthesia permit, conscious sedation permit, or has been certified
by the board, pursuant to Section 1647.12, to administer oral
sedation to minor patients.
   (2) The dentist possesses a current permit issued under Section
1638 or 1640 and either holds a valid general anesthesia permit, or
conscious sedation permit, or possesses a certificate as a provider
of oral conscious sedation to minor patients in compliance with, and
pursuant to, this article.
   (b) Certification as a provider of oral conscious sedation to
minor patients expires at the same time the license or permit of the
dentist expires unless renewed at the same time the dentist's license
or permit is renewed after its issuance, unless certification is
renewed as provided in this article.
   (c) This article shall not apply to the administration of local
anesthesia or a mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen, or to the
administration, dispensing, or prescription of postoperative
medications.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to allow the Dental Board of California adequate time
within which to promulgate regulations required to effectively
implement the provisions of Article 2.8 (commencing with Section
1647) of Chapter 4 of Division 2 of the Business and Professions
Code, it is necessary that this act take immediate effect.