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Council recommends reinstating amalgam polishing and clarifying RDAEF duties for licensure
Summary
The council voted to recommend legislation to amend Business and Professions Code sections governing registered dental assistant in extended functions (RDAEF) duties, adding back polish and contour of existing amalgam restorations and updating educational requirements for earlier licensees.
The Dental Assisting Council voted May 14, 2025, to recommend that the Dental Board of California pursue legislation to amend Business and Professions Code Sections 17.53 and 17.53.5 to reinstate “polish and contour existing amalgam restorations” among allowable RDAEF duties and to update course requirements for RDAEF licenses issued prior to Jan. 1, 2010.
Tina Valery, chief of…
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