California Assembly Bill AB880 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 880INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Ridley-Thomas FEBRUARY 26, 2015 An act to amend Section 1625 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to dentistry. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 880, as introduced, Ridley-Thomas. Dentistry. The Dental Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of persons engaged in the practice of dentistry by the Dental Board of California. The act defines dentistry as the diagnosis or treatment, by surgery or other method, of diseases and lesions and the correction of malpositions of the human teeth, alveolar process, gums, jaws, or associated structures, and provides that a person practices dentistry if that person performs various specified acts. This bill would make 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 1625 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 1625. Dentistry is the diagnosis or treatment, by surgery or other method, of diseases and lesions and the correction of malpositions of the human teeth, alveolar process, gums, jaws, or associated structures  ; and such   . That  diagnosis or treatment may include all necessary related procedures as well as the use of drugs, anesthetic agents, and physical evaluation. Without limiting the foregoing, a person practices dentistry within the meaning of this chapter who does  any  one or more of the following: (a) By card, circular, pamphlet, newspaper  ,  or in any other way advertises himself  or herself  or represents himself  or herself  to be a dentist. (b) Performs, or offers to perform, an operation or diagnosis of any kind, or treats diseases or lesions of the human teeth, alveolar process, gums, jaws, or associated structures, or corrects malposed positions thereof. (c) In any way indicates that he  or she  will perform by himself  or herself  or his  or her  agents or servants  any   an  operation upon the human teeth, alveolar process, gums, jaws, or associated structures, or in any way indicates that he  or she  will construct, alter, repair, or sell  any   a  bridge, crown, denture or other prosthetic appliance or orthodontic appliance. (d) Makes, or offers to make, an examination of, with the intent to perform or cause to be performed  any   an  operation on the human teeth, alveolar process, gums, jaws, or associated structures. (e) Manages or conducts as manager, proprietor, conductor, lessor, or otherwise, a place where dental operations are performed.