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Dental Board approves revised legislative proposal on dental assisting courses, authorizes executive committee to work with stakeholders
Summary
The Dental Board approved a staff-drafted legislative proposal to amend several Business and Professions Code sections governing dental assisting infection control and radiation safety courses and authorized the executive committee to work with the Legislature and stakeholders on final language.
The Dental Board of California voted on Feb. 7 to advance a revised legislative proposal addressing dental assisting infection control and radiation safety courses, with specific provisions to preserve electronic delivery for certain unlicensed dental assistant training and to clarify application and student-protection requirements.
Board staff said the proposed amendments respond to implementation problems following Senate Bill 1453's changes and aim to provide clearer statutory authority for course-approval fees, course director and faculty requirements, laboratory and clinical instruction standards, and consumer protections for electronically delivered courses.
Brent Nelson, the board's legislative…
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