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2020 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS
CHAPTER 4 - Dentistry
ARTICLE 9 - Dental Hygienists
Section 1927.
Universal Citation: CA Bus & Prof Code § 1927 (2020)
1927.
A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice shall not do any of the following:
(a) Infer, purport, advertise, or imply that he or she is in any way able to provide dental services or make any type of dental diagnosis beyond evaluating a patient’s dental hygiene status, providing a dental hygiene treatment plan, and providing the associated dental hygiene services.
(b) Hire a registered dental hygienist to provide direct patient services other than a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 350, Sec. 7. (SB 943) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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