BILL NUMBER: AB 497	CHAPTERED  08/23/00

	CHAPTER   224
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   AUGUST 23, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   AUGUST 22, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 10, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   JULY 6, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 28, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 3, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 6, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gallegos

                        FEBRUARY 18, 1999

   An act to repeal and add Section 1658.1 of the Business and
Professions Code, relating to dentists.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 497, Gallegos.  Dentists.
   Existing law, the Dental Practice Act, requires the licensure of
dentists by the Board of Dental Examiners.  Existing law prohibits a
dentist from establishing an additional place of practice unless
specified requirements are met.
   This bill would revise the law prohibiting a dentist from
establishing an additional place of practice unless specified
requirements are met.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 1658.1 of the Business and Professions Code is
repealed.
  SEC. 2.  Section 1658.1 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   1658.1.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a
licensed dentist from maintaining more than one dental office in this
state if all of the following conditions are met:
   (a) In addition to any existing legal responsibility or liability,
a dentist maintaining more than one office shall assume legal
responsibility and liability for the dental services rendered in each
of the offices maintained by the dentist.
   (b) A dentist maintaining more than one office shall ensure that
each office is in compliance with the supervision requirements of
this chapter.
   (c) A dentist maintaining more than one office shall post, in an
area which is likely to be seen by all patients who use the facility,
a sign with the dentist's name, mailing address, telephone number,
and dental license number.