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, A registered dental hygienist shall refer any screened patients with possible oral abnormalities to a
dentist for: a comprehensive examination, diagnosis, and treatment plan.
In any public health program created by federal, state, or local law or administered by a federal, state,
county, or local governmental entity, at a sponsored event by a sponsoring entity or at a nonprofit
organization, a registered dental hygienist may provide, without supervision: Dental hygiene
preventive services in addition to oral screenings, including, but not limited to, the application of
fluorides and pit and fissure sealants. A registered dental hygienist practicing as described in this
subdivision may submit, or allow to be submitted, any insurance or third-party claims for patient
services performed as authorized in this article.
Notwithstanding Section 1912, a registered dental hygienist may provide, without supervision:
Fluoride varnish to a patient
No person other than a registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or
registered dental hygienist in extended functions or a licensed dentist may engage in the practice of
dental hygiene or perform dental hygiene procedures on patients, including, but not limited to,
supragingival and subgingival scaling, dental hygiene assessment, and treatment planning, except for
the following persons: (a) A student enrolled in a dental or a dental hygiene school who is performing
procedures as part of the regular curriculum of that program under the supervision of the faculty of that
program.
A dental assistant acting in accordance with the rules of the dental board in performing the following
procedures: (1) Applying nonaerosol and noncaustic topical agents.
(2) Applying topical fluoride.
(3) Taking impressions for bleaching trays.
A registered dental assistant acting in accordance with the rules of the dental board in performing the
following procedures: (1) Polishing the coronal surfaces of teeth.
(2) Applying bleaching agents.
(3) Activating bleaching agents with a nonlaser light-curing device.
(4) Applying pit and fissure sealants.
A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice may practice, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section
1907, subdivision (a) of Section 1908, subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 1910, Section 1910.5, and
Section 1926.05 as an Employee of a dentist or of another registered dental hygienist in alternative
, practice, as an independent contractor, as a sole proprietor of an alternative dental hygiene practice, in
a primary care clinic or specialty clinic that is licensed pursuant to Section 1204 of the Health and Safety
Code, in a primary care clinic exempt from licensure pursuant to subdivision
(c) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code, in a clinic owned or operated by a public hospital or
health system, in a clinic owned and operated by a hospital that maintains the primary contract with a
county government to fill the county's role under Section 17000 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, or
in a professional corporation under the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act (commencing with
Section 13400) of Part 4 of Division 3 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code.
In addition to practices authorized in Section 1925, a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice
may perform the duties authorized pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1907, subdivision (a) of Section
1908, and subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 1910 in the following settings: (a) Residences of the
homebound.
(b) Schools.
(c) Residential facilities and other institutions and medical settings that a residential facility patient has
been transferred to for outpatient services.
(d) Dental health professional shortage areas, as certified by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development in accordance with existing office guidelines.
(e) Dental offices.
A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice shall not do any of the following: (a) Infer,
purport, advertise, or imply that he or she is in any way able to provide dental services or make any type
of dental diagnosis beyond evaluating a patient's dental hygiene status, providing a dental hygiene
treatment plan, and providing the associated dental hygiene services.
(b) Hire a registered dental hygienist to provide direct patient services other than a registered dental
hygienist in alternative practice.
True or False:
A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice may submit or allow to be submitted any insurance
or third-party claims for patient services performed as authorized pursuant to this article. True
