California Business and Professions Code

§ 1741

BPC § 1741 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 2 · Ch. 4 · Art. 7

Statute text

As used in this article:

(a)“Alternative dental assisting program” means a program offered by an institution of secondary or postsecondary education that has a current accreditation from the Commission on Dental Accreditation or is accredited or approved by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education or State Department of Education, including career health and technical education programs, regional occupation centers or programs, or apprenticeship programs registered by the State Department of Education or Division of Apprenticeship Standards of the Department of Industrial Relations in allied dental programs, and whereby a certificate of completion from the program shall serve as a pathway component for licensure as a registered dental assistant.

(b)“Basic supportive dental procedures” means procedures that have technically elementary characteristics, are completely reversible, and are unlikely to precipitate potentially hazardous conditions for the patient being treated, including extraoral tasks involving sterilization procedures and infection control and disease prevention tasks.

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Legislative history

Repealed and added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 483, Sec. 46. (SB 1453) Effective January 1, 2025.