ARTICLE 2. Admission and Practice [1625. - 1636.6.]
Article 2 added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 415.
§§ 1625–1636.6 · 34 sections
- § 1625 Dentistry is the diagnosis or treatment, by surgery or other method, of diseases and lesions and the correction of malpositions of the human teeth, alveolar…
- § 1625.1 (a) Any of the following entities may employ licensees and dental assistants and charge for the professional services they render, and shall not be deemed to…
- § 1625.2 (a) For purposes of subdivision (e) of Section 1625, the ownership or management, by a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation supported and maintained in whole or in…
- § 1625.3 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the incapacity or death of a dentist, if the requirements of Section 1625.4 are met, any of the following…
- § 1625.4 (a) Where the dental practice of an incapacitated or deceased dentist is a sole proprietorship or where an incapacitated or deceased dentist is the sole…
- § 1625.5 The following written notification shall be included with, or as part of, all application forms required for a license to practice dentistry pursuant to this…
- § 1625.6 (a) In addition to the actions authorized under Section 1625, a dentist may independently prescribe and administer influenza and COVID-19 vaccines, consistent…
- § 1626 It is unlawful for any person to engage in the practice of dentistry in the state, either privately or as an employee of a governmental agency or political…
- § 1626.1 In addition to the exemptions set forth in Section 1626, the operations by bona fide students of registered dental assisting, registered dental assisting in…
- § 1626.2 An individual licensed to practice dentistry under this chapter is a licentiate for purposes of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 805, and thus is a…
- § 1626.5 (a) A licensed dentist, or group of dentists, or dental corporation shall not share in any fee charged by a person for performing acupuncture or receive…
- § 1626.6 (a) (1) In addition to the exemptions set forth in Section 1626, the practice of dentistry by a dental student rendered or performed without compensation or…
- § 1627 The license of any dentist, existing at the time of the passage of this chapter, shall continue in force until it expires or is forfeited in the manner…
- § 1627.5 (a) A person licensed under this chapter, who in good faith renders emergency care at the scene of an emergency occurring outside the place of that person’s…
- § 1627.7 (a) A dentist shall not be liable for damages for injury or death caused in an emergency situation occurring in the dentist’s office or in a hospital on…
- § 1628 Any person over 18 years of age is eligible to take an examination before the board upon making application therefor and meeting all of the following…
- § 1628.5 The board may deny an application to take an examination for licensure as a dentist or dental auxiliary or an application for registration as a dental…
- § 1628.7 (a) The board may deny licensure to any applicant who is guilty of unprofessional conduct or of any cause that would subject a licensee to revocation or…
- § 1629 (a) Any member of the board may inquire of any applicant for examination concerning the applicant’s qualifications or experience and may take testimony of…
- § 1630 The examination of applicants for a license to practice dentistry in this state, as described in Section 1632, shall be sufficiently thorough to test the…
- § 1632 (a) The board shall require each applicant to successfully complete the written examination of the National Board Dental Examination of the Joint Commission on…
- § 1632.5 (a) Prior to implementation of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 1632, the department’s Office of Professional Examination Services shall review the…
- § 1632.55 (a) Prior to implementation of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 1632, the department’s Office of Professional Examination Services shall review the…
- § 1632.6 (a) As part of the ongoing implementation of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 1632, the board shall review the portfolio examination to ensure… see note
- § 1632.7 The Department of Finance may accept funds pursuant to Sections 11005.1 and 16302 of the Government Code for the purposes of reviewing and analyzing the…
- § 1633 (a) When an applicant for a license has received a grading of 85 percent or above in any given subject, the applicant shall be exempt from reexamination on…
- § 1634 A person successfully passing the examination shall be registered as a licensed dentist on the board register, as provided in Section 1612, and shall be…
- § 1634.1 Notwithstanding Section 1634, the board may grant a license to practice dentistry to an applicant who submits all of the following to the board: (a) A…
- § 1634.2 (a) An advanced education program’s compliance with subdivision (c) of Section 1634.1 shall be regularly reviewed by the department pursuant to Section 139.…
- § 1635.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 1634, the board may grant a license to practice dentistry to an applicant who has not taken an examination before the board, if the…
- § 1635.7 Any person licensed pursuant to Section 1635.5 shall be required to fulfill continuing education requirements established by the board pursuant to Section 1645…
- § 1636.4 (a) The Legislature recognizes the need to ensure that graduates of foreign dental schools who have received an education that is equivalent to that of…
- § 1636.5 Notwithstanding Section 1636.4, any foreign dental school whose program was renewed by the board prior to January 1, 2020, through any date between January 1,…
- § 1636.6 Notwithstanding Section 1636.4, graduates of a foreign dental school whose program was approved by the board prior to January 1, 2020, through any date before…