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Dental Board moves to amend code to restore and clarify RDAEF duties after SB1453 changes
Summary
Board staff recommended—and the board approved—legislation to amend Business and Professions Code sections 17.53 and 17.53.5 to restore a polishing‑amalgam duty and to clarify education requirements for registered dental assistant‑expanded functions (RDAEF) licensed before Jan. 1, 2010.
The Dental Board of California voted May 15 to submit a legislative proposal to correct and clarify allowable duties and education requirements for registered dental assistants with expanded functions (RDAEF), including reinserting a polishing‑of‑existing‑amalgam restorations duty that staff say was removed by amendment in SB 1453.
“T he polishing of existing amalgam restorations is very specific and specialized…
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