{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"1909","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 1909","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Dentistry [1600. - 1976.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 9. Dental Hygienists [1900. - 1966.6.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-4/article-9"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 456, Sec. 12.   (SB 786)   Effective January 1, 2020.","effective":"2020-01-01","html":"<p>A registered dental hygienist is authorized to perform the following procedures under direct supervision of a licensed dentist, after submitting to the dental hygiene board evidence of satisfactory completion of a course of instruction, approved by the dental hygiene board, in the procedures:</p><p>(a) Soft-tissue curettage.</p><p>(b) Administration of local anesthesia.</p><p>(c) Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered alone or in combination with each other.</p>","text":"A registered dental hygienist is authorized to perform the following procedures under direct supervision of a licensed dentist, after submitting to the dental hygiene board evidence of satisfactory completion of a course of instruction, approved by the dental hygiene board, in the procedures: (a) Soft-tissue curettage. (b) Administration of local anesthesia. (c) Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered alone or in combination with each other.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/dental-hygienists-1909","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}