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Board proposes moving dental‑assistant program approval to accrediting bodies after widespread compliance gaps
Summary
Board staff reported major compliance problems in dental assistant (RDA) programs and proposed shifting initial and renewal approvals to third‑party accrediting agencies; the board took the agenda item as informational and directed further stakeholder work.
Board staff told the Dental Board of California on May 15 that their recent program reevaluations found widespread deficiencies in dental‑assistant educational programs and courses and recommended moving program‑approval authority to an accrediting body that routinely evaluates educational programs.
The presentation, made by Tina Valerie, chief of license and program compliance, said the board has conducted targeted reevaluations and site visits and found failures that include insufficient clinical hours, missing or incomplete student records, inadequate assessment…
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