California Business and Professions Code

§ 1915

BPC § 1915 Effective Jan 1, 2014Div. 2 · Ch. 4 · Art. 9

Statute text

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 may engage in the practice of dental hygiene or perform dental hygiene procedures on patients, including, but not limited to, supragingival and subgingival scaling, dental hygiene assessment, and treatment planning, except for the following persons:

(a)A student enrolled in a dental or a dental hygiene school who is performing procedures as part of the regular curriculum of that program under the supervision of the faculty of that program.

(b)A dental assistant acting in accordance with the rules of the dental board in performing the following procedures:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 473, Sec. 2. (SB 821) Effective January 1, 2014.