California Business and Professions Code

§ 1755

BPC § 1755 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 2 · Ch. 4 · Art. 7

Statute text

(a)A course in infection control is one that has as its main purpose providing theory and clinical application in infection control practices and principles where the protection of the public is its primary focus.

(b)An unlicensed dental assistant not enrolled in a board-approved program for registered dental assisting or an alternative dental assisting program as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1741, shall complete one of the following infection control certification courses:

(1)A board-approved eight-hour course, with six hours being didactic instruction and two hours being laboratory instruction.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 483, Sec. 65. (SB 1453) Effective January 1, 2025.