Business and Professions Code § 1953

ARTICLE 9. Dental Hygienists

Current as of September 28, 2026Bus. & Prof. Code, § 1953Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 31, Sec. 47. Effective January 1, 2009. Operative July 1, 2009, by Sec. 55 of Ch. 31.

(a) A registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or registered dental hygienist in extended functions who performs a service on a patient in a dental office shall identify himself or herself in the patient record by signing his or her name or identification number and initials next to the service performed, and shall date those treatment entries in the record.

(b) A repeated violation of this section constitutes unprofessional conduct.