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Committee backs proposed 2025 omnibus bill items to correct statutes, expand student scope and collect RDHAP location data
Summary
The committee voted to recommend statutory changes to be considered for inclusion in the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development omnibus bill (SB 861), including corrections to nomenclature, new authority for dental hygiene students at sponsored events, and a requirement that RDHAPs report practice location at license renewal.
The Legislation & Regulatory Committee voted to recommend that the full Dental Hygiene Board of California support submission of multiple proposed statutory amendments for possible inclusion in the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development omnibus bill (identified in materials as SB 861).
Executive Officer Anthony Lum described three categories of proposed statutory changes the board has pursued: (1) non-substantive nomenclature fixes requested by stakeholders (including the California Dental Hygienists' Association) to reflect the dentalhygiene-specific board; (2) a proposed change to Business and Professions Code section 1915.1 to allow dental hygiene students to assist and work at sponsored events (an access-to-care measure modeled on prior dental-student…
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