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Board approves infection-control rulemaking, program sponsorship transfers and minutes; several procedural votes recorded
Summary
At its July 19, 2025 meeting the Dental Hygiene Board of California approved updated infection-control regulations, accepted several committee reports and approved program sponsorship and enrollment actions. The board also approved minutes from prior meetings; several items passed with unanimous or near-unanimous roll calls.
The Dental Hygiene Board of California on July 19, 2025 recorded a series of formal actions including approval of revised infection-control regulations, acceptance of committee reports and approval of two education-related items, along with routine approvals of past meeting minutes.
The board voted on multiple separate motions during its teleconference. Key outcomes included approval of proposed changes to California Code of Regulations, Title 16, section 1005 (minimum standards for infection control); provisional transfer of two dental hygiene programs' sponsorship to Carrington College pending Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) approval; and approval of a request to increase initial student enrollment at California Baptist University’s proposed dental hygiene program. The meeting also included formal approvals of the full-board minutes from March 21 and March 22, 2025 and the May 27, 2025 teleconference minutes.
Votes at a glance (motion text, mover/second if specified, roll-call tally, outcome):
- Approve March 21, 2025 full-board meeting minutes. Moved: Michael Long; Second: Sherman King. Roll call: 8 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain. Outcome: passed.
- Approve March 22, 2025 full-board meeting minutes. Moved: Michael Long; Second: Justin Matthews. Roll call: 8 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain. Outcome: passed.
- Approve May 27, 2025 full-board teleconference minutes. Moved: Julie Elginer; Second: Sridevi Poonala. Roll call: 6 yes, 0 no, 2 abstain (Sherman King, Michael Long). Outcome: passed.
- Approve final draft of proposed statutory language amendments to 16 CCR §1005, Minimum Standards for Infection Control (to proceed to public comment). Moved: Michael Long; Second: Sridevi Poonala. Roll call: 7 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain (Sonia Hansen). Outcome: approved.
- Approve transfer of sponsorship of San Joaquin Valley College (SJVC) Ontario and SJVC Visalia dental hygiene educational programs to Carrington College, pending CODA approval (Education Committee recommendation). Moved: Julie Elginer; Second: Michael Long. Roll call: 7 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain (Sonia Hansen). Outcome: approved pending CODA.
- Approve request to increase initial student enrollment at the proposed California Baptist University dental hygiene program, with terms of the board's March 2025 provisional approval to remain. Moved: Sonia Hansen; Second: not specified on the record. Roll call: 8 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain. Outcome: approved.
- Accept Education Committee full report. Moved: Sherman King; Second: Sridevi Poonala. Roll call: unanimous. Outcome: accepted.
- Accept Legislative and Regulatory Committee report and recommended bill positions. Moved: Justin Matthews; Second: Michael Long. Roll call: unanimous. Outcome: accepted.
These actions were recorded by roll call and entered into the minutes. Several agenda items were informational only and did not require votes.
Ending: The board concluded the meeting after the recorded votes and informational reports.
