California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 9 - Dental Hygienists

• Section 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 in...
• Section 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...
• Section 1902.
  For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:(a) “Committee” means the Dental Hygiene Committee of California.(b) “Dental board” means the Dental Board of California.(c) “Direct supervision” means...
• Section 1902.1.
  Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the committee in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection of the...
• Section 1902.2.
  (a) A licensee shall report, upon his or her initial licensure and any subsequent application for renewal or inactive license, the practice or employment status of...
• Section 1902.3.
  A registered dental hygienist licensed in another state may teach in a dental hygiene college without being licensed in this state if he or she...
• Section 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...
• Section 1904.
  The committee shall meet at least two times each calendar year and shall conduct additional meetings in appropriate locations that are necessary to transact its...
• Section 1905.
  (a) The committee shall perform the following functions:(1) Evaluate all registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, and registered dental hygienist in extended functions educational...
• Section 1905.1.
  The committee may contract with the dental board to carry out this article. The committee may contract with the dental board to perform investigations of...
• Section 1905.2.
  Recommendations by the committee regarding scope of practice issues, as specified in paragraph (8) of subdivision (a) of Section 1905, shall be approved, modified, or...
• Section 1906.
  (a) The committee shall adopt, amend, and revoke regulations to implement the requirements of this article.(b) All regulations adopted by the committee shall comply with the provisions...
• Section 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) All functions that...
• Section 1908.
  (a) The practice of dental hygiene includes dental hygiene assessment and development, planning, and implementation of a dental hygiene care plan. It also includes oral health...
• Section 1909.
  A registered dental hygienist is authorized to perform the following procedures under direct supervision of a licensed dentist, after submitting to the committee evidence of...
• Section 1910.
  A registered dental hygienist is authorized to perform the following procedures under general supervision:(a) Preventive and therapeutic interventions, including oral prophylaxis, scaling, and root planing.(b) Application of...
• Section 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:(1) Determine which radiographs...
• Section 1911.
  (a) A registered dental hygienist may provide, without supervision, educational services, oral health training programs, and oral health screenings.(b) A registered dental hygienist shall refer any screened...
• Section 1912.
  Any procedure performed or service provided by a registered dental hygienist that does not specifically require direct supervision shall require general supervision, so long as...
• Section 1913.
  Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, a registered dental hygienist may perform any procedure or provide any service within the scope of his or her...
• Section 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...
• Section 1915.
  No person other than a registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or registered dental hygienist in extended functions or a licensed dentist...
• Section 1916.
  (a) An applicant for licensure under this article shall furnish electronic fingerprint images for submission to state and federal criminal justice agencies, including, but not limited...
• Section 1917.
  The committee shall grant initial licensure as a registered dental hygienist to a person who satisfies all of the following requirements:(a) Completion of an educational program...
• Section 1917.1.
  (a) The committee may grant a license as a registered dental hygienist to an applicant who has not taken a clinical examination before the committee, if...
• Section 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 after three...
• Section 1918.
  The committee shall license as a registered dental hygienist in extended functions a person who meets all of the following requirements:(a) Holds a current license as...
• Section 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 practice...
• Section 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 alternative...
• Section 1922.
  The committee shall license as a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice a person who demonstrates satisfactory performance on an examination in California law and...
• Section 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 established...
• Section 1925.
  A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice may practice, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1907, subdivision (a) of Section 1908, subdivisions (a) and (b)...
• Section 1926.
  A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice may perform the duties authorized pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1907, subdivision (a) of Section 1908, and...
• Section 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 Section...
• Section 1926.1.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice may operate a mobile dental hygiene clinic provided by his or her...
• Section 1926.2.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice may operate one mobile dental hygiene clinic registered as a dental hygiene...
• Section 1926.3.
  Every person who is now or hereafter licensed as a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice in this state shall register with the executive officer,...
• Section 1926.4.
  When a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice desires to have more than one place of practice, he or she shall, prior to the opening...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 authorized...
• Section 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.(b) A registered dental...
• Section 1930.
  A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice shall provide to the committee documentation of an existing relationship with at least one dentist for referral, consultation,...
• Section 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 by a dentist...
• Section 1932.
  (a) The committee may, in its sole discretion, issue a probationary license to an applicant who has satisfied all requirements for licensure as a registered dental...
• Section 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...
• Section 1934.
  A licensee who changes his or her physical address of record or email address shall notify the committee within 30 days of the change. A...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 1936.1.
  (a) If the committee determines that the public health and safety would be served by requiring all holders of licenses under this article to continue their...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 1940.
  (a) A licensee who desires an inactive license shall submit an application to the committee on a form provided by the committee.(b) In order to restore an...
• Section 1941.
  (a) The committee shall grant or renew approval of only those educational programs for a registered dental hygienist, a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or...
• Section 1942.
  (a)  As used in this article “extramural dental facility” means any clinical facility that has contracted with an approved dental hygiene educational program for instruction...
• Section 1943.
  (a) The committee may deny an application to take an examination for licensure as a registered dental hygienist, a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or...
• Section 1944.
  (a) The committee shall establish by resolution the amount of the fees that relate to the licensing of a registered dental hygienist, a registered dental hygienist...
• Section 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...
• Section 1949.
  A licensee may have his or her license revoked or suspended, or may be reprimanded or placed on probation by the committee for unprofessional conduct,...
• Section 1950.
  (a) A licensee may have his or her license revoked or suspended, or may be reprimanded or placed on probation by the committee, for conviction of...
• Section 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...
• Section 1951.
  The committee may discipline a licensee by placing him or her on probation under various terms and conditions that may include, but are not limited...
• Section 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...
• Section 1953.
  (a) A registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or registered dental hygienist in extended functions who performs a service on a patient in...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 settlement...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 1959.
  A person who holds a valid, unrevoked, and unsuspended license as a registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or registered dental hygienist...
• Section 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...
• Section 1961.
  A person who willfully, under circumstances that cause risk of bodily harm, serious physical or mental illness, or death, practices, attempts to practice, advertises, or...
• Section 1962.
  (a) An association, partnership, corporation, or group of three or more registered dental hygienists in alternative practice engaging in practice under a name that would otherwise...
• Section 1963.
  The committee may file a complaint for violation of any part of this article with any court of competent jurisdiction and may, by its officers,...
• Section 1964.
  In addition to the other proceedings provided for in this article, on application of the committee, the superior court of any county shall issue an...
• Section 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...
• Section 1966.
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the committee seek ways and means to identify and rehabilitate licensees whose competency may be impaired due...
• Section 1966.1.
  (a) The committee shall establish criteria for the acceptance, denial, or termination of licensees in a diversion program. Unless ordered by the committee as a condition...
• Section 1966.2.
  Each diversion evaluation committee shall have the following duties and responsibilities:(a) To evaluate those licensees who request to participate in the diversion program according to the...
• Section 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...
• Section 1966.4.
  Each licensee who requests participation in a diversion program shall agree to cooperate with the treatment program designed by a diversion evaluation committee and to...
• Section 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, the diversion evaluation...
• Section 1966.6.
  The committee shall provide for the representation of any person making reports to a diversion evaluation committee or the committee under this article in any...

Last modified: October 22, 2018