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Dental Hygiene Board moves forward with rulemaking for mobile clinics and clarifies patient‑record language
Summary
The Dental Hygiene Board of California voted Nov. 8 to pursue formal rulemaking for revised regulations governing mobile dental hygiene clinics and physical facility registration and adopted an amendment clarifying that patient treatment records must document the dental hygiene process of care (including assessments).
The Dental Hygiene Board of California on Nov. 8 recommended and the full board approved launching the formal rulemaking process for amended regulations that clarify registration and form requirements for mobile dental hygiene clinics and for registered dental hygienists in alternative practice who maintain portable equipment.
Dr. Adena Petty, the board’s regulatory presenter, told the Legislation & Regulatory Committee the proposed changes are intended to resolve conflicts between regulatory text and the underlying statute and to make form instructions clearer for licensees. “So we struck ‘diagnoses’ and added ‘care plan,’” Petty said while walking members through redlined language and new form layouts. Petty explained that the forms now include a…
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