Bill Text: CA AB2276 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Dental assistants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-19 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2276 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB2276-Amended.html
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Amended
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Assembly
April 06, 2022 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2276
| Introduced by Assembly Member Carrillo |
February 16, 2022 |
An act to add Section 1750.11 1750.1.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2276, as amended, Carrillo.
Dental assistants.
Existing law, the Dental Practice Act, establishes a Dental Assisting Council of the Dental Board of California to regulate the examination, licensure, and permitting of dental assistants. Existing law authorizes a dental assistant to perform basic supportive dental procedures, including the application of topical fluoride under the direct supervision of a supervising licensed dentist.
This bill would additionally authorize dental assistants to polish the coronal surfaces of teeth or apply pit and fissure sealants under the direct supervision of a licensed dentist when the dental assistant has completed specified training and provided evidence of the completion of that training to the board. The bill would require the supervising dentist and dental practice
where the procedure is performed to be responsible for determining the competency of the dental assistant. The bill would also require the dentist practice to maintain a record of compliance with the training requirements for a minimum of 2 years after the dental assistant leaves the dental practice.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 1750.1.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:
1750.1.5.
(a) A dental assistant may polish the coronal surfaces of teeth or apply pit and fissure sealants when the dental assistant has completed each of the following:(1) A board-approved, two-hour course in the Dental Practice Act.
(2) A board-approved, eight-hour course in infection control.
(3) Any board-approved course in the procedure they seek to perform.
(b) The procedure shall be
performed under the direct supervision of a licensed dentist. For a pit and fissure sealant performed by a dental assistant, the supervising dentist must review the completed procedure.
(c) The supervising dentist and dental practice where the procedure is performed shall be responsible for determining the competency of the dental assistant, consistent with subdivision (y) of Section 1680.
(d) The dental practice where the procedure is performed shall maintain a record of compliance with the training requirements under this section.
(e) The supervising dentist shall be listed in the record. If there is more than one
supervising dentist, each supervising dentist shall be listed in the record.
(f) The dental practice shall maintain the record for a minimum of two years after the dental assistant leaves the dental practice.
(c)
(g) The procedure shall be performed only after the dental assistant has provided evidence to the board they have completed a board-approved course in the procedure.
