Bus. & Prof. Code, § 1902.3 · Article 9. Dental Hygienists
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 1902.3
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
A registered dental hygienist licensed in another state may teach in a dental hygiene college without being licensed in this state if the person has a special permit. A special permit shall remain valid for a period of four years, subject to subdivision (g), after which time the permit shall not be renewed. The dental hygiene board may issue a special permit to practice dental hygiene in a discipline at a dental hygiene college in this state to any person who submits an application and satisfies all of the following eligibility requirements:
(a) Furnishing satisfactory evidence of having a pending contract with a California dental hygiene college approved by the dental hygiene board as a full-time or part-time professor, associate professor, assistant professor, faculty member, or instructor.
(b) Furnishing satisfactory evidence of having graduated from a dental hygiene college approved by the dental hygiene board.
(c) Furnishing satisfactory evidence of having been certified as a diplomate of a specialty committee or, in lieu thereof, establishing qualifications to take a specialty committee examination or furnishing satisfactory evidence of having completed an advanced educational program in a discipline from a dental hygiene college approved by the dental hygiene board.
(d) Furnishing satisfactory evidence of having successfully completed an examination in California law and ethics developed and administered by the dental hygiene board.
(e) If teaching during clinical practice sessions, furnishing satisfactory evidence of having successfully completed a course in periodontal soft-tissue curettage, local anesthesia, and nitrous oxide-oxygen analgesia approved by the dental hygiene board.
(f) Complying with the fingerprint submission requirements as provided by Section 1916.
(g) Paying an application fee, subject to a biennial renewal fee, as provided by subdivision (k) of Section 1944.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 491, Sec. 1. (SB 534) Effective January 1, 2022.
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