Bill Text: CA AB880 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Dentistry: licensure: exemption.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-10-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 409, Statutes of 2015. [AB880 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB880-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 880	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  409
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 1, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 1, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 1, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 22, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 28, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ridley-Thomas
   (Coauthor: Senator Hall)

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to add Section 1626.6 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to dentistry.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 880, Ridley-Thomas. Dentistry: licensure: exemption.
    The Dental Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation
of persons engaged in the practice of dentistry by the Dental Board
of California, and prohibits the practice of dentistry by any person
without a valid license, except in certain circumstances.
   This bill would additionally exempt from that prohibition the
practice of dentistry, as specified and as approved by the board, by
a final year student, as defined, without compensation or expectation
of compensation and under the supervision of a licensed dentist with
a clinical faculty appointment at a sponsored event, as defined, if
specified conditions are met. This bill would require the sponsoring
entity of the sponsored event to provide the board with a list of the
names of the students practicing dentistry exempted pursuant to this
bill at the sponsored event, the name of the school of enrollment of
those students, and the name and license number of the supervising
licensed dentist.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1626.6 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   1626.6.  (a) (1) In addition to the exemptions set forth in
Section 1626, the practice of dentistry by a final year student
rendered or performed without compensation or expectation of
compensation under the supervision of a licensed dentist with a
clinical faculty appointment at a sponsored event, is exempt from the
operation of this chapter.
   (2) The practice of dentistry exempted by paragraph (1) only
includes those operations, approved by the board, that are rendered
or performed under the same conditions as operations exempt under
subdivision (b) of Section 1626.
   (b) For purposes of this section, all of the following shall
apply:
   (1) "Final year student" means a student of dentistry in his or
her final year of completion at a dental school approved by the
board. "Final year student" also includes a dental student enrolled
in an advanced dental program.
   (2) "Licensed dentist" means a dentist licensed pursuant to this
chapter.
   (3) "Patient" means a dental patient or, in the case of a minor,
the patient's representative.
   (4) "Sponsored event" means an event, not to exceed 10 calendar
days, administered by a sponsoring entity or a local governmental
entity, or both, through which health care is provided to the public
without compensation, or expectation of compensation.
   (5) "Sponsoring dental school" means a dental school that
sanctions student and clinical faculty participation at a sponsored
event.
   (6) "Sponsoring entity" means a nonprofit organization pursuant to
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a community-based
organization.
   (c) The volunteer practice of dentistry by students pursuant to
this section shall comply with all of the following requirements:
   (1) Each patient shall be sufficiently informed that a dental
student may be providing some of the treatment that he or she will be
receiving.
   (2) Any information provided to the patient to give informed
consent shall offer the patient the option to decline to be treated
by the student.
   (3) The volunteer practice of a student shall be supervised by
clinical faculty from the dental school in which the student is
enrolled.
   (4) Each volunteer student shall wear an identification badge that
clearly identifies the student as a dental student. The
identification badge shall display the student's name, the name of
the student's dental school, and the name and the telephone number of
the Dental Board of California. That information shall be displayed
in 14-point font, at minimum.
   (5) Supervision ratios and student oversight shall be at least as
stringent as the standards set for the procedure being performed by
the student and the age of the patient, in accordance with the
standards at the sponsoring dental school's clinical department,
laboratory, or dental extension program operated pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 1626.
   (6) The student shall perform only those procedures in which he or
she is credentialed or those procedures he or she is permitted to
perform in the school's clinical department, laboratory, or dental
extension program operated pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
1626.
   (d) The student or the student's sponsoring dental school shall
ensure liability insurance coverage is obtained that covers all
services provided by the student, including diagnosis, treatment, and
evaluation.
   (e) The sponsoring entity of the sponsored event shall provide the
Dental Board of California with a list of the names of the students
practicing dentistry exempted by this section at the sponsored event,
the name of the school of enrollment of those students, and the name
and license number of the supervising licensed dentist.