California Business and Professions Code

§ 1658

BPC § 1658 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 2 · Ch. 4 · Art. 3.5

Statute text

(a)(1) When a licensee desires to have more than one place of practice, the licensee shall, prior to the opening of the additional office, apply to the board, pay the fee required by this chapter, and receive permission in writing from the board to have the additional place of practice.

(2)“Place of practice” means any dental office where any act of dentistry is practiced as defined by Section 1625, and includes a place of practice in which the applicant holds any proprietary interest of any nature whatsoever, or in which the licensee holds any right to participate in the management or control thereof. A dentist who is the lessor of a dental office shall not be deemed to hold a proprietary interest in that place of practice, unless the dentist is entitled to participate in the management or control of the dentistry practiced there.

(b)This section shall not apply to a licensee who practices dentistry outside the licensee’s registered place of practice in any of the following places:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 865, Sec. 40. (AB 1519) Effective January 1, 2020.