Bus. & Prof. Code, § 1640 · Article 2.5. Special Permits
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 1640
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Any person meeting all the following eligibility requirements may apply for a special permit:
(a) Furnishing satisfactory evidence of having a pending contract with a California dental college approved by the board as a full-time professor, an associate professor, or an assistant professor.
(b) Furnishing satisfactory evidence of having graduated from a dental college approved by the board, or of having completed an advanced education program accredited by either the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association or a national accrediting body approved by the board.
(c) Furnishing satisfactory evidence of having been certified as a diplomate of a specialty board or, in lieu thereof, establishing his or her qualifications to take a specialty board examination or furnishing satisfactory evidence of having completed an advanced educational program in a discipline from a dental college approved by the board.
(d) Furnishing satisfactory evidence of successfully completing an examination in California law and ethics developed and administered by the board.
(e) Paying a fee for applications as provided by this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 799, Sec. 2. (SB 1575) Effective January 1, 2013.
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Bus. & Prof. Code, § 1640. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Business and Professions Code
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 1640.3Printed as Section 1640
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 1646.1Printed as Section 1638 or 1640
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 1646.2Printed as Section 1638 or 1640
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 1647.2Printed as Section 1638 or 1640
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 1647.3Printed as Section 1638 or 1640
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 1647.19Printed as Section 1638 or 1640
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 1647.20Printed as Section 1638 or 1640
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 1647.31Printed as Section 1630 or 1640
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 1647.32Printed as Section 1638 or 1640
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