Bill Text: CA SB1245 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: The Dental Hygiene Committee of California.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-17 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 396, Statutes of 2014. [SB1245 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1245	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lieu
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Bonilla)

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Sections 1901 and 1903 of the Business and
Professions Code, relating to the Dental Hygiene Committee of
California.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1245, as introduced, Lieu. The Dental Hygiene Committee of
California.
   Existing law establishes the Dental Hygiene Committee of
California, within the jurisdiction of the Dental Board of
California, and provides for the appointment of the committee
members. Existing law requires the committee to administer the laws
regulating dental hygienists. Under existing law those provisions
remain in effect only until January 1, 2015.
   This bill would extend the operation of those provisions until
January 1, 2019.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1901 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   1901.  (a) There is hereby created within the jurisdiction of the
Dental Board of California a Dental Hygiene Committee of California
in which the administration of this article is vested.
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2015   2019  , and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2015   2019  , deletes or
extends that date. Notwithstanding any other  provision of
 law, the repeal of this section renders the committee
subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the
Legislature.
  SEC. 2.  Section 1903 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   1903.  (a) (1) The committee shall consist of nine members
appointed by the Governor. Four shall be public members, one member
shall be a practicing general or public health dentist who holds a
current license in California, and four members shall be registered
dental hygienists who hold current licenses in California. Of the
registered dental hygienists members, one shall be licensed either in
alternative practice or in extended functions, one shall be a dental
hygiene educator, and two shall be registered dental hygienists. No
public member shall have been licensed under this chapter within five
years of the date of his or her appointment or have any current
financial interest in a dental-related business.
   (2) For purposes of this subdivision, a public health dentist is a
dentist whose primary employer or place of employment is in any of
the following:
   (A) A primary care clinic licensed under subdivision (a) of
Section 1204 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (B) A primary care clinic exempt from licensure pursuant to
subdivision (c) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (C) A clinic owned or operated by a public hospital or health
system.
   (D) A clinic owned and operated by a hospital that maintains the
primary contract with a county government to fill the county's role
under Section 17000 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
   (b) (1) Except as specified in paragraph (2), members of the
committee shall be appointed for a term of four years. Each member
shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of his or
her successor or until one year shall have lapsed since the
expiration of the term for which he or she was appointed, whichever
comes first.
   (2) For the term commencing on January 1, 2012, two of the public
members, the general or public health dentist member, and two of the
registered dental hygienist members, other than the dental hygiene
educator member or the registered dental hygienist member licensed in
alternative practice or in extended functions, shall each serve a
term of two years, expiring January 1, 2014.
   (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to
subdivision (e), the Governor may appoint to the committee a person
who previously served as a member of the committee even if his or her
previous term expired.
   (d) The committee shall elect a president, a vice president, and a
secretary from its membership.
   (e) No person shall serve as a member of the committee for more
than two consecutive terms.
   (f) A vacancy in the committee shall be filled by appointment to
the unexpired term.
   (g) Each member of the committee shall receive a per diem and
expenses as provided in Section 103.
   (h) The Governor shall have the power to remove any member from
the committee for neglect of a duty required by law, for
incompetence, or for unprofessional or dishonorable conduct.
   (i) The committee, with the approval of the director, may appoint
a person exempt from civil service who shall be designated as an
executive officer and who shall exercise the powers and perform the
duties delegated by the committee and vested in him or her by this
article.
   (j) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2015   2019  , and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2015   2019  , deletes or
extends that date.