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Education committee backs a violation-and-fine rubric and recommends conditional approval for Gurnick Academy program

Dental Hygiene Board of California · March 20, 2026
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The DHBC Education Committee voted to recommend the full board adopt a draft Violation and Fine Rubric to standardize penalties for dental hygiene educational programs, and it recommended conditional approval (two-year probation) for Gurnick Academy—s new Modesto dental hygiene program with reporting and pre-operational oversight requirements.

The Dental Hygiene Board of California—s Education Committee voted to recommend that the full board approve two consecutive items: a staff-drafted Violation and Fine Rubric for dental hygiene educational programs and the conditional approval of Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts—s proposed dental hygiene educational program in Modesto.

Adena Petty, the board—s education specialist, said the rubric was developed by a task force co-chaired by Board President Joanne Pacheco and public member Julie Elginer, with three subject-matter experts added by the task force. Petty said the draft…

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