ARTICLE 9. Dental Hygienists [1900. - 1966.6.]

Article 9 added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 31, Sec. 47.

§§ 1900–1966.6 · 86 sections

§ 1900 It is the intent of the Legislature by enactment of this article to permit the full utilization of registered dental hygienists, registered dental hygienists…
§ 1901 (a) There is hereby created in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Dental Hygiene Board of California in which the administration of this article is vested.…
§ 1902 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Dental hygiene board” means the Dental Hygiene Board of California. (b) “Dental board”…
§ 1902.1 Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the dental hygiene board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions.…
§ 1902.2 (a) A licensee shall report, upon initial licensure and any subsequent application for renewal or inactive license, the practice or employment status of the…
§ 1902.3 A registered dental hygienist licensed in another state may teach in a dental hygiene college without being licensed in this state if the person has a special…
§ 1903 (a) (1) The dental hygiene board shall consist of nine members as follows: (A) Seven members appointed by the Governor as follows: (i) Two members shall be…
§ 1904 The dental hygiene board shall meet at least two times each calendar year and shall conduct additional meetings in appropriate locations that are necessary to…
§ 1905 (a) The dental hygiene board shall perform the following functions: (1) Evaluate all registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative…
§ 1905.1 The dental hygiene board may contract with the dental board to carry out this article. The dental hygiene board may contract with the dental board to perform…
§ 1906 (a) The dental hygiene board shall adopt, amend, and revoke regulations to implement the requirements of this article. (b) All regulations adopted by the…
§ 1907 The following functions may be performed by a registered dental hygienist, in addition to those authorized pursuant to Sections 1908 to 1914, inclusive: (a)…
§ 1908 (a) The practice of dental hygiene includes dental hygiene assessment and development, planning, and implementation of a dental hygiene care plan. It also…
§ 1909 A registered dental hygienist is authorized to perform the following procedures under direct supervision of a licensed dentist, after submitting to the dental…
§ 1910 A registered dental hygienist is authorized to perform the following procedures under general supervision: (a) Preventive and therapeutic interventions,…
§ 1910.5 (a) In addition to the duties specified in Section 1910, a registered dental hygienist is authorized to perform the following additional duties, as specified:…
§ 1911 (a) A registered dental hygienist may provide, without supervision, educational services, oral health training programs, and oral health screenings. (b) A…
§ 1911.5 Notwithstanding Section 1912, a registered dental hygienist may provide, without supervision, fluoride varnish to a patient.
§ 1912 Any procedure performed or service provided by a registered dental hygienist that does not specifically require direct supervision shall require general…
§ 1913 Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, a registered dental hygienist may perform any procedure or provide any service within the scope of their practice…
§ 1914 A registered dental hygienist may use any material or device approved for use in the performance of a service or procedure within his or her scope of practice…
§ 1915 No person other than a registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or registered dental hygienist in extended functions…
§ 1916 (a) (1) An applicant for licensure under this article shall furnish electronic fingerprint images for submission to state and federal criminal justice…
§ 1917 The dental hygiene board shall grant initial licensure as a registered dental hygienist to a person who satisfies all of the following requirements: (a)…
§ 1917.1 (a) The dental hygiene board may grant a license as a registered dental hygienist to an applicant who has not taken a clinical examination before the dental…
§ 1917.3 Notwithstanding Section 135, an examinee for a registered dental hygienist license who either fails to pass the clinical examination required by Section 1917…
§ 1918 The dental hygiene board shall license as a registered dental hygienist in extended functions a person who meets all of the following requirements: (a) Holds a…
§ 1920 (a) A person who holds a current and active license as a registered dental hygienist in extended functions or a registered dental hygienist in alternative…
§ 1921 In addition to any other duties or functions authorized by law, a registered dental hygienist in extended functions or a registered dental hygienist in…
§ 1922 The dental hygiene board shall license as a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice a person who demonstrates satisfactory performance on an…
§ 1924 A person licensed as a registered dental hygienist who has completed the prescribed classes through the Health Manpower Pilot Project (HMPP) and who has…
§ 1925 A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice may practice, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1907, subdivision (a) of Section 1908, subdivisions…
§ 1926 In addition to practices authorized in Section 1925, a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice may perform the duties authorized pursuant to…
§ 1926.01 (a) In addition to practices authorized in Section 1925, a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice may perform the duties authorized pursuant to…
§ 1926.05 (a) In addition to the duties specified in Section 1926, a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice is authorized to perform the duties pursuant to…
§ 1926.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice may operate a mobile dental hygiene clinic in the…
§ 1926.2 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice may operate one mobile dental hygiene clinic registered…
§ 1926.3 (a) Every person who is now or hereafter licensed as a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice in this state shall register with the executive…
§ 1926.4 When a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice desires to have more than one place of practice, the person shall, before opening the additional…
§ 1927 A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice shall not do any of the following: (a) Infer, purport, advertise, or imply that he or she is in any way…
§ 1928 A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice may submit or allow to be submitted any insurance or third-party claims for patient services performed as…
§ 1929 (a) A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice may hire other registered dental hygienists in alternative practice to assist in his or her practice.…
§ 1930 A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice shall provide to the dental hygiene board documentation of an existing relationship with at least one…
§ 1931 (a) (1) A dental hygienist in alternative practice may provide services to a patient without obtaining written verification that the patient has been examined…
§ 1932 (a) The dental hygiene board may, in its sole discretion, issue a probationary license to an applicant who has satisfied all requirements for licensure as a…
§ 1933 A licensee shall be issued a substitute license upon request and payment of the required fee. The request shall be accompanied by an affidavit or declaration…
§ 1934 A licensee who changes their physical address of record or email address shall notify the dental hygiene board within 30 days of the change. A licensee who…
§ 1935 If not renewed, a license issued under the provisions of this article, unless specifically excepted, expires at 12 midnight on the last day of the month of the…
§ 1936 Except as otherwise provided in this article, an expired license may be renewed at any time within five years after its expiration by filing an application for…
§ 1936.1 (a) The dental hygiene board shall require, as a condition of license renewal, that licensees submit assurances satisfactory to the dental hygiene board that…
§ 1937 A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this article. The renewal does not entitle the licensee, while the license…
§ 1938 A revoked license is subject to expiration as provided in this article. A revoked license may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after its expiration, the…
§ 1939 A license that is not renewed within five years after its expiration may not be renewed, restored, reinstated, or reissued. The holder of the license may apply…
§ 1940 (a) A licensee who desires an inactive license shall submit an application to the dental hygiene board on a form provided by the dental hygiene board. (b) In…
§ 1941 (a) The dental hygiene board shall grant or renew approval of only those educational programs for RDHs that continuously maintain a high-quality standard of…
§ 1941.5 (a) The dental hygiene board shall renew approval of educational programs for a registered dental hygienist, a registered dental hygienist in alternative…
§ 1942 (a) As used in this article, “extramural dental facility” means any clinical facility that has contracted with an approved dental hygiene educational program…
§ 1943 (a) The dental hygiene board may deny an application to take an examination for licensure as a registered dental hygienist, a registered dental hygienist in…
§ 1944 (a) The dental hygiene board shall establish by resolution the amount of the fees that relate to the licensing of a registered dental hygienist, a registered…
§ 1947 A license issued under this article and a license issued under this chapter to a registered dental hygienist, to a registered dental hygienist in alternative…
§ 1949 A licensee may have their license revoked or suspended, or may be reprimanded or placed on probation by the dental hygiene board for unprofessional conduct,…
§ 1950 (a) A licensee may have their license revoked or suspended, or may be reprimanded or placed on probation by the dental hygiene board, for conviction of a crime…
§ 1950.5 Unprofessional conduct by a person licensed under this article is defined as, but is not limited to, any one of the following: (a) The obtaining of any fee by…
§ 1951 The dental hygiene board may discipline a licensee by placing the licensee on probation under various terms and conditions that may include, but are not…
§ 1952 It is unprofessional conduct for a person licensed under this article to do any of the following: (a) Obtain or possess in violation of law, or except as…
§ 1953 (a) A registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or registered dental hygienist in extended functions who performs a…
§ 1954 (a) It is unprofessional conduct for a person licensed under this article to perform, or hold himself or herself out as able to perform, professional services…
§ 1955 (a) (1) A licensee who fails or refuses to comply with a request for a patient’s dental or dental hygiene records that is accompanied by that patient’s written…
§ 1956 It is unprofessional conduct for a person licensed under this article to require, either directly or through an office policy, or knowingly permit the delivery…
§ 1957 (a) A person whose license has been revoked or suspended, who has been placed on probation, or whose license was surrendered pursuant to a stipulated…
§ 1958 A person, company, or association is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not less than 10 days nor…
§ 1958.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, with regard to an individual who is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 290 of the Penal Code, or the…
§ 1959 A person who holds a valid, unrevoked, and unsuspended license as a registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or…
§ 1960 For the first offense, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than three…
§ 1961 A person who willfully, under circumstances that cause risk of bodily harm, serious physical or mental illness, or death, practices, attempts to practice,…
§ 1962 (a) An association, partnership, corporation, or group of three or more registered dental hygienists in alternative practice engaging in practice under a name…
§ 1963 The dental hygiene board may file a complaint for violation of any part of this article with any court of competent jurisdiction and may, by its officers,…
§ 1964 In addition to the other proceedings provided for in this article, on application of the dental hygiene board, the superior court of any county shall issue an…
§ 1965 If a person has engaged in or is about to engage in an act that constitutes an offense against this chapter, the superior court of any county, on application…
§ 1966 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the dental hygiene board seek ways and means to identify and rehabilitate licensees whose competency may be…
§ 1966.1 (a) The dental hygiene board shall establish criteria for the acceptance, denial, or termination of licensees in a diversion program. Unless ordered by the…
§ 1966.2 Each diversion evaluation committee shall have the following duties and responsibilities: (a) To evaluate those licensees who request to participate in the…
§ 1966.3 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to…
§ 1966.4 Each licensee who requests participation in a diversion program shall agree to cooperate with the treatment program designed by a diversion evaluation…
§ 1966.5 (a) After a diversion evaluation committee, in its discretion, has determined that a licensee has been rehabilitated and the diversion program is completed,…
§ 1966.6 The dental hygiene board shall provide for the representation of any person making reports to a diversion evaluation committee or the dental hygiene board…