Bill Text: CA AB1519 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 1519 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Healing arts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-10-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 865, Statutes of 2019. [AB1519 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB1519-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1519

Introduced by Committee on Business and Professions

February 22, 2019

An act to amend Sections 1601.1 and 1616.5 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1519, as introduced, Committee on Business and Professions. Healing arts: Dental Board of California.

Existing law, the Dental Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of dentists and dental assistants by the Dental Board of California and authorizes the board to appoint an executive officer to exercise powers and perform duties delegated by the board to the executive officer. These provisions are in effect only until January 1, 2020, and, upon repeal of those provisions, the board will be subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.

This bill would extend the provisions relating to the Dental Board of California and the executive officer to January 1, 2024.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 1601.1 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

1601.1.

(a) There shall be in the Department of Consumer Affairs the Dental Board of California in which the administration of this chapter is vested. The board shall consist of eight practicing dentists, one registered dental hygienist, one registered dental assistant, and five public members. Of the eight practicing dentists, one shall be a member of a faculty of any California dental college, and one shall be a dentist practicing in a nonprofit community clinic. The appointing powers, described in Section 1603, may appoint to the board a person who was a member of the prior board. The board shall be organized into standing committees dealing with examinations, enforcement, and other subjects as the board deems appropriate.

(b) For purposes of this chapter, any reference in this chapter to the Board of Dental Examiners shall be deemed to refer to the Dental Board of California.

(c) The board shall have all authority previously vested in the existing board under this chapter. The board may enforce all disciplinary actions undertaken by the previous board.

(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, ~~2020,~~ 2024, and as of that date is ~~repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.~~ repealed. Notwithstanding any other law, the repeal of this section renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.

SEC. 2.

Section 1616.5 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

1616.5.

(a) The board, by and 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 board and vested in ~~him or her~~ the executive officer by this chapter.

(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, ~~2020,~~ 2024, and as of that date is ~~repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.~~ repealed.