California Assembly Bill AB403 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 403AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2009 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Fuller FEBRUARY 23, 2009 An act to amend Section 1917 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to dental hygienists. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 403, as amended, Fuller. Dental hygienists: examinations and licensure. Existing law, operative July 1, 2009, establishes the Dental Hygiene Committee of California in the Dental Board of California, and provides for the licensure and regulation of dental hygienists by the committee. Existing law requires the committee to license as a registered dental hygienist a person who completes an approved educational program, as specified, and who passes  various examinations, including   a clinical examination prescribed by the committee, an examination in California law and ethics prescribed by the committee, and  a national written dental hygiene examination approved by the committee, with specified exemptions. This bill would  instead  provide that satisfactory  performance on the state clinical examination, or satisfactory  completion of the dental hygiene examination given by the Western Regional Examining Board  or any other clinical dental hygiene examination approved by the Dental Hygiene Committee of California  satisfies  the clinical examination requirement for licensure as a dental hygienist. The bill would also provide that satisfactory completion of the National Dental Hygiene Board examination satisfies  the national testing examination requirement for licensure as a dental hygienist. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no   yes  . State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   Section 1917 of the   Business and Professions Code  is amended to read:  1917. The committee shall license as a registered dental hygienist a person who satisfies all of the following requirements: (a) Completion of an educational program for registered dental hygienists, approved by the committee, accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation, and conducted by a degree-granting, postsecondary institution.  (b) Satisfactory performance on a clinical examination and an examination in California law and ethics as prescribed by the committee.   (c) Satisfactory completion of a national written dental hygiene examination approved by the committee.   (b) Satisfactory performance on the state clinical examination, or satisfactory completion of the dental hygiene examination given by the Western Regional Examining Board or any other clinical dental hygiene examination approved by the committee.   (c) Satisfactory completion of the National Dental Hygiene Board examination.   (d) Satisfactory completion of the examination in California law and ethics as prescribed by the committee.   SECTION 1.   Section 1917 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 1917. The committee shall license as a registered dental hygienist a person who satisfies all of the following requirements: (a) Completion of an educational program for registered dental hygienists, approved by the committee, accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation, and conducted by a degree-granting, postsecondary institution. (b) Satisfactory performance on a clinical examination and an examination in California law and ethics as prescribed by the committee. (c) Satisfactory completion of the dental hygiene examination given by the Western Regional Examining Board or any other national written dental hygiene examination approved by the committee.