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Dental Assisting Council to send program‑approval proposal back to working group after stakeholder concerns
Summary
The council agreed to return a legislative proposal that would shift dental assisting program and course approvals to recognized accrediting agencies to a working group for additional stakeholder meetings and research, after members and stakeholders raised concerns about cost, access and feasibility.
The Dental Assisting Council of the Dental Board of California voted on May 14, 2025, to return a staff legislative proposal that would move approval of registered dental assistant (RDA) educational programs and stand‑alone dental assisting courses to recognized accrediting agencies back to the existing working group for further stakeholder discussion.
Board staff told the council that they have found widespread compliance problems in program reviews and reevaluations, including programs that reported far fewer than the 265 required clinical instruction hours, missing student records and evaluation documentation, and programs that ceased operations during reevaluation. Tina Valery, Chief of Dental Assisting Licensing and Program Compliance, told the council that of 21 reevaluations completed recently, 12 resulted in withdrawal of approval and several others closed or received continued approval.
Council members and stakeholders said they shared the goal of ensuring…
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