2018 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS
CHAPTER 4 - Dentistry
ARTICLE 9 - Dental Hygienists
Section 1940.
(a) A licensee who desires an inactive license shall submit an application to the hygiene board on a form provided by the hygiene board.
(b) In order to restore an inactive license to active status, the licensee shall submit an application to the hygiene board on a form provided by the hygiene board, accompanied by evidence that the licensee has completed the required number of hours of approved continuing education in compliance with this article within the last two years preceding the date of the application.
(c) The holder of an inactive license shall continue to pay to the hygiene board the required biennial renewal fee.
(d) Within 30 days of receiving a request either to restore an inactive license or to inactivate a license, the hygiene board shall inform the applicant in writing whether the application is complete and accepted for filing or is deficient and, if so, the specific information required to complete the application.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 858, Sec. 35. (SB 1482) Effective January 1, 2019.)