California Business and Professions Code

§ 1682

BPC § 1682 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 2 · Ch. 4 · Art. 4

Statute text

In addition to other acts constituting unprofessional conduct under this chapter, it is unprofessional conduct for:

(a)Any dentist performing dental procedures to have more than one patient undergoing moderate sedation, deep sedation, or general anesthesia on an outpatient basis at any given time unless each patient is being continuously monitored on a one-to-one ratio while sedated by either the dentist or another licensed health professional authorized by law to administer moderate sedation, deep sedation, or general anesthesia.

(b)Any dentist with patients recovering from moderate sedation, deep sedation, or general anesthesia to fail to have the patients closely monitored by licensed health professionals experienced in the care and resuscitation of patients recovering from moderate sedation, deep sedation, or general anesthesia. If one licensed professional is responsible for the recovery care of more than one patient at a time, all of the patients shall be physically in the same room to allow continuous visual contact with all patients and the patient to recovery staff ratio should not exceed three to one.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 483, Sec. 34. (SB 1453) Effective January 1, 2025.