Bill Text: CA AB3315 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Dentistry: foreign dental schools: applications.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-04-24 - Referred to Com. on B. & P. [AB3315 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB3315-Introduced.html
Introduced by Assembly Members Eduardo Garcia, Gonzalez, and Reyes (Coauthors: Assembly Members Carrillo, Cooper, Gipson, Medina, Quirk-Silva, and Salas) |
February 21, 2020 |
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 1636.4 of the Business and Professions Code, as amended by Section 35 of Chapter 865 of the Statutes of 2019, is amended to read:1636.4.
(a) The Legislature recognizes the need to ensure that graduates of foreign dental schools who have received an education that is equivalent to that of accredited institutions in the United States and that adequately prepares their students for the practice of dentistry shall be subject to the same licensure requirements as graduates of approved dental schools or colleges. It is the purpose of this section to provide for the evaluation of foreign dental schools and the approval of those foreign dental schools that provide an education that is equivalent to that of similar accredited institutions in the United States and that adequately prepare their students for the practice of dentistry.(h)(1)Beginning January 1, 2020, the board shall not accept new applications for schools seeking approval as a foreign dental school and shall instead require the applicant to successfully complete the international consultative and accreditation process with the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association or a comparable accrediting body approved by the board.
(2)An application submitted under this section must be deemed a complete application pursuant to the rules promulgated by the board prior to January 1, 2020, in order to be accepted.
(3)Notwithstanding any other law, a school required to submit a renewal application after January 1, 2020, shall
not submit that application and shall be deemed approved until January 1, 2024, subject to the continued compliance of the school as described in subdivision (e).
(i)By January 1, 2024, in order to remain an approved foreign dental school in the state, all schools previously approved by the board as a foreign dental school shall have successfully completed the international consultative and accreditation process with the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association or a comparable accrediting body approved by the board. Graduates of a foreign dental school whose programs were approved at the time of graduation shall be eligible for licensure pursuant to Section 1628.
(j)This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2024, and as of that date is repealed.
SEC. 2.
Section 1636.4 of the Business and Professions Code, as added by Section 36 of Chapter 865 of the Statutes of 2019, is repealed.(a)The Legislature recognizes the need to ensure that graduates of foreign dental schools who have received an education that is equivalent to that of accredited institutions in the United States and that adequately prepares the students for the practice of dentistry shall be subject to the same licensure requirements as graduates of approved dental schools or colleges. It is the purpose of this section to provide for the evaluation of foreign dental schools and the approval of those foreign dental schools that provide an education that is equivalent to that of similar accredited institutions in the United States and that adequately prepare their students for the practice of dentistry.
(b)Beginning January 1, 2024, a school seeking approval as a foreign dental school shall be required to have successfully completed the international consultative and accreditation process with the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association or a comparable accrediting body approved by the board. Graduates of a foreign dental school whose programs were approved at the time of graduation shall be eligible for licensure pursuant to Section 1628.
(c)This section shall become operative on January 1, 2024.