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Dental Assistant Council backs omnibus cleanup bill and clarifying reinstatement rules

Dental Assistant Council (Dental Board of California) · January 29, 2026
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Summary

The council voted to recommend a board‑sponsored omnibus cleanup bill to consolidate technical and substantive Business and Professions Code updates and approved revisions clarifying petitions for reinstatement, fingerprint requirements, competency proof for licenses expired five-plus years, and limits on automatic reinstatement of scope permits.

The Dental Assistant Council unanimously voted to recommend two legislative proposals aimed at cleaning up statutory cross‑references and clarifying administrative processes.

First, staff presented an omnibus cleanup vehicle that consolidates previously approved technical and substantive changes to numerous Business and Professions Code sections. Executive officer Bryce Dougherty said Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula has offered to author the board’s cleanup bill, which staff hopes to introduce promptly this legislative session. The council voted to recommend submission of…

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