California Senate Bill SB1027 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1027INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Wyland FEBRUARY 12, 2010 An act to amend Section 1603 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to dentistry. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1027, as introduced, Wyland. Dentistry. Existing law, the Dental Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of dentistry by the Dental Board of California. Existing law requires the Governor, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Speaker of the Assembly to appoint members to the board, as specified. Existing law requires that members be appointed for 4-year terms and prohibits members from serving more than 2 terms. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 1603 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 1603.  (a)    Except for the initial appointments, members of the board shall be appointed for a term of four years, and each member shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of his or her successor or until one year shall have elapsed since the expiration of the term for which he or she was appointed, whichever first occurs.  A   (b)     A  vacancy occurring during a term shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term, within 30 days after it occurs.  No   (c)     No  person shall serve as a member of the board for more than two terms.  The   (d)     The  Governor shall appoint two of the public members, the dental hygienist member, the dental assistant member, and the eight licensed dentist members of the board. The Senate  Rules  Committee  on Rules  and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each appoint a public member.  Of   (e)     Of  the initial appointments, one of the dentist members and one of the public members appointed by the Governor shall serve for a term of one year. Two of the dentist members appointed by the Governor shall each serve for a term of two years. One of the public members and two of the dentist members appointed by the Governor shall each serve a term of three years. The dental hygienist member, the dental assistant member, and the remaining three dentists members appointed by the Governor shall each serve for a term of four years. The public members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each serve for a term of four years.