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Board authorizes EO to draft changes to appeals process for dental hygiene programs
Summary
The board voted to have its executive officer draft regulatory language to shift initial enforcement determinations on education programs to the EO, with full board review if programs appeal. Members and public commenters debated concentrating authority in a single official.
The Dental Hygiene Board of California voted Nov. 16 to authorize its executive officer to draft amendments to the appeals process that apply to dental hygiene educational programs. The proposed change would have the executive officer (EO) determine intermediary enforcement actions after staff site visits; if a program appeals the EO’s decision, that appeal would be taken to the full board for review.
Executive Officer Anthony Lum framed the proposal as aligning educational-program appeals with the board’s…
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