California Assembly Bill AB880 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 880AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 28, 2015 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 26, 2015 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Ridley-Thomas  (   Coauthor:   Senator   Hall   )  FEBRUARY 26, 2015 An act to add Section 1626.6 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to dentistry. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 880, as amended, Ridley-Thomas. Dentistry: licensure:  exempt.   exemption.  The Dental Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of persons engaged in the practice of dentistry by the Dental Board of California, and prohibits the practice of dentistry by any person without a valid license, except in certain circumstances. This bill would additionally exempt from that prohibition the practice of dentistry, as specified and as approved by the board, by a final year student without compensation or expectation of compensation and under the supervision of a licensed dentist  in a free clinic.   with a faculty appointment at a sponsored event, as defined.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 1626.6 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read: 1626.6. (a) (1) In addition to the exemptions set forth in Section 1626, the practice of dentistry by a final year student rendered or performed without compensation or expectation of compensation under the supervision of a licensed dentist  in a free clinic   with a faculty appointment   at a sponsored event,  is exempt from the operation of this chapter. (2) The practice of dentistry exempted by paragraph (1) only includes those operations, approved by the board, that are  described in the exemption provided in subdivision (b) of Section 1626 and  rendered or performed under the same  supervisory conditions.   conditions as operations exempt under subdivision (b) of Section 1626.  (b) For purposes of this section, all of the following shall apply:  (1) "Free clinic" means a clinic as defined in Section 1200 of the Health and Safety Code where there are no charges directly to the patient for services rendered or for drugs, medicines, appliances, or apparatuses furnished, including, but not limited to, a free clinic as defined in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1204 of the Health and Safety Code.   (2)   (1)  "Final year student" means a student of dentistry in his or her final year of completion at a dental school approved by the board.  (3)   (2)  "Licensed dentist" means a dentist licensed pursuant to this chapter.  (3) "Sponsored event" means an event, not to exceed 10 calendar days, administered by a sponsoring entity or a local governmental entity, or both, through which health care is provided to the public without compensation, or expectation of compensation.   (4) "Sponsoring entity" means a nonprofit organization pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a community-based organization.