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Board approves technical legislative cleanups: removes portfolio-pathway fee and restores an RDAEF duty
Summary
The board voted to submit two technical legislative proposals: to remove a dentist-licensure fee tied to a repealed portfolio pathway and to amend Business and Professions Code to restore polishing and contouring of existing amalgam restorations as an allowable RDAEF duty and to update education requirements for earlier-licensees.
The Dental Board approved two legislative cleanups on May 15: a submission to remove a licensure fee linked to a repealed “portfolio” pathway and a legislative proposal to amend the authorized duties and education requirements for registered dental assistants in extended functions (RDAEFs).
Brent Nelson, legislative and regulatory specialist, summarized the portfolio-pathway cleanup. Prior to Jan. 1, 2025, the portfolio examination under BPC §16.32 subdivision C1A/B provided a pathway for…
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