2016 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS
CHAPTER 4 - Dentistry
ARTICLE 2 - Admission and Practice
Section 1625.3.

1625.3. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the incapacity or death of a dentist, if the requirements of Section 1625.4 are met, any of the following persons may employ licensees and dental assistants and charge for the professional services they render for a period not to exceed 12 months from the date of the dentist s death or incapacity without being deemed to be practicing dentistry within the meaning of Section 1625:

(1) The legal guardian, conservator, or authorized representative of an incapacitated dentist.

(2) The executor or administrator of the estate of a dentist who is deceased.

(3) The named trustee or successor trustee of a trust or subtrust that owns assets consisting only of the incapacitated or deceased dentist s dental practice and that was established solely for the purpose of disposition of the dental practice upon the dentist s incapacity or death.

(b) The persons described in subdivision (a) shall not interfere with, control, or otherwise direct the professional judgment of a licensee or dental assistant acting within his or her scope of practice as defined in this chapter.

(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 433, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)