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A registered dental hygienist is authorized to perform the following
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procedures under direct supervision of a licensed dentist, after
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submitting to the dental hygiene board evidence of satisfactory
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completion of a course of instruction, approved by the dental hygiene
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board, in the procedures:
i- (a) Soft-tissue curettage.
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(b) Administration of local anesthesia.
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(c) Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered
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alone or in combination with each other.
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A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice may perform the
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duties authorized pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1907,
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subdivision (a) of Section 1908, and subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section
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1910 in the following settings:
i- i- a) Residences of the homebound.
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(b) Schools.
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(c) Residential facilities and other institutions.
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(d) Dental health professional shortage areas, as certified by the Office of
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Statewide Health Planning and Development in accordance with existing
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office guidelines.
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A person who willfully, under circumstances that cause risk of bodily
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harm, serious physical or mental illness, or death, practices, attempts to
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,practice, advertises, or holds himself or herself out as practicing dental
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hygiene without having at the time of so doing a valid, unrevoked, and
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unsuspended license as provided in this article, is guilty of a crime, i- i- i- i- i- i- i- i- i- i- i- i-



punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for up to _____ _____. The
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remedy provided in this section shall not preclude any other remedy
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a registered dental hygienist i- i- i- i- i- i- i- i- i- i-



in alternative practice may operate a mobile dental hygiene clinic
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provided by the licensee's property and casualty insurer as a temporary
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substitute site for the practice registered by the licensee pursuant to
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Section 1926.3, if both of the following requirements are met:
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(b) The licensee's insurer registers the mobile dental hygiene clinic with
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the dental hygiene board in compliance with Section 1926.3.
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A mobile service unit
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notify the dental hygiene board within 60 days of the date on which
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dental hygiene services are first delivered in the mobile unit, or the date
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on which the mobile unit's application pursuant to Section 1765.130 of
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the Health and Safety Code is approved, whichever is earlier.
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A registered dental hygienist is authorized to perform the following
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procedures under general supervision: a) Preventive and i- i- i- i-i- i- i- i- i-



therapeutic interventions, including oral prophylaxis, scaling, and root
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planing.

, (b) Application of topical, therapeutic, and subgingival agents used for
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the control of caries and periodontal disease.
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(c) The taking of impressions for bleaching trays and application and
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activation of agents with nonlaser, light-curing devices.
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(d) The taking of impressions for bleaching trays and placements of in-
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A registered dental hygienist may provide, without supervision,
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educational services, oral health training programs, and oral health
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screenings. b) A registered dental hygienist shall refer any screened
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patients with possible oral abnormalities to a dentist for a
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(c) In any public health program created by federal, state, or local law or
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registered dental hygienist may provide, without supervision, dental
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hygiene preventive services in addition to oral screenings, including, but
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not limited to, the application of fluorides and pit and fissure sealants. A
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registered dental hygienist employed as described in this subdivision
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may submit, or allow to be submitted, any insurance or third-party
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claims for patient services performed as authorized in this article.
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No person other than a registered dental hygienist, registered dental
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hygienist in alternative practice, or registered dental hygienist in
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extended functions or a licensed dentist may engage in the practice of
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dental hygiene or perform dental hygiene procedures on patients,
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including, but not limited to, supragingival and subgingival scaling, dental
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hygiene assessment, and treatment planning, except for the following
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