Section 1967.4.
1967.4. (a) The bylaws of a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice corporation shall include a provision whereby the capital stock of the professional corporation owned by a disqualified person, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, or a deceased person, shall be sold to the professional corporation or to the […]
Section 1970.
1970. There is hereby established in the Dental Board of California the Dental Corps Loan Repayment Program of 2002, which shall become operative on January 1, 2003. This program shall be known and may be cited as the California Dental Corps Loan Repayment Program. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 575, Sec. 1. (AB 2485) Effective […]
Section 1970.5.
1970.5. It is the intent of this article that the Dental Board of California implement the California Dental Corps Loan Repayment Program. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 575, Sec. 2. (AB 2485) Effective September 24, 2016.)
Section 1971.
1971. As used in this article: (a) “Account” means the Dentally Underserved Account established in Section 1973, which is contained within the fund. (b) “Board” means the Dental Board of California. (c) “Dentally underserved area” means a geographic area eligible to be designated as having a shortage of dental professionals pursuant to Part I of Appendix B to […]
Section 1972.
1972. (a) (1) A program applicant shall possess a current valid license to practice dentistry in this state issued by the board pursuant to Section 1626, or be currently eligible for graduation from a predoctoral or postdoctoral dental education program approved by the Commission on Dental Accreditation or the board and meet all criteria for licensure, subject […]
Section 1973.
1973. (a) The Dentally Underserved Account is hereby created in the State Dentistry Fund. (b) The sum of three million dollars ($3,000,000) is hereby authorized to be expended from the State Dentistry Fund on this program. These moneys are appropriated as follows: (1) One million dollars ($1,000,000) shall be transferred from the fund to the account on July […]
Section 1975.
1975. The terms of loan repayment granted under this article shall be as follows: (a) After a program participant has been selected by the board to provide services as a dentist in the program, the board shall provide thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) for loan repayment annually, for three years, to reach a total of one hundred […]
Section 1976.
1976. (a) The board shall report to the Legislature, during its sunset review period, the experience of the program since its inception, an evaluation of its effectiveness in improving access to dental care for underserved populations, and recommendations for maintaining or expanding its operation. The report to the Legislature shall also include the following: (1) The number […]
Section 1966.4.
1966.4. Each licensee who requests participation in a diversion program shall agree to cooperate with the treatment program designed by a diversion evaluation committee and to bear all costs related to the program, unless the cost is waived by the dental hygiene board. Any failure to comply with the provisions of a treatment program may […]
Section 1966.5.
1966.5. (a) After a diversion evaluation committee, in its discretion, has determined that a licensee has been rehabilitated and the diversion program is completed, the diversion evaluation committee shall purge and destroy all records pertaining to the licensee’s participation in the diversion program. (b) Except as authorized by subdivision (f) of Section 1966.1, all dental hygiene board […]