Bill Text: CA AB318 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Medi-Cal: teledentistry.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB318 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB318-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 318	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Logue

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2013

   An act relating to dental care.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 318, as introduced, Logue. Dental care: telehealth.
   Existing law, the Dental Practice Act, provides for the licensure
and regulation by the Dental Board of California of those engaged in
the practice of dentistry. Existing law provides that a person
practices dentistry if the person, among other things, manages or
conducts as manager, proprietor, conductor, lessor, or otherwise, in
any place where dental operations are performed.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would promote the advancement of telehealth in
dental care.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to promote the advancement of telehealth in dental care.