California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 502 — Dental hygiene.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 516, Statutes of 2015.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 23, 2015. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law, the Dental Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of registered dental hygienists, registered dental hygienists in extended functions, and registered dental hygienists in alternative practice by the Dental Hygiene Committee of California. Existing law authorizes a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice to practice pursuant to specified provisions of law as, among other things, an independent contractor or an employee of a specified clinic. Existing law, the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, prohibits a professional corporation from rendering professional services in this state without a currently effective certificate of registration issued by the governmental agency regulating the profession in which the corporation is or proposes to be engaged and excepts any professional corporation rendering professional services by persons duly licensed by specified state entities from that requirement. Existing law authorizes specified healing arts licensees to be shareholders, officers, directors, or professional employees of a designated professional corporation, subject to certain limitations relating to ownership of shares. However, existing law specifies that it does not limit employment by a designated professional corporation to only those healing arts licensees and authorizes any healing arts licensee to be employed to render professional services by a designated professional corporation. This bill would additionally except any professional corporation rendering professional services by persons duly licensed by the Dental Hygiene Committee of California from the certificate of registration requirement. The bill would authorize registered dental assistants, licensed dentists, registered dental hygienists, and registered dental hygienists in extended functions to be shareholders, officers, directors, or professional employees of a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice corporation. The bill would, in the Dental Practice Act, authorize a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice to practice as an employee of a professional corporation, as specified. The bill would make it unprofessional conduct to violate, attempt to violate, assist in or abet the violation of, or conspire to violate, specified provisions regarding registered dental hygienists in alternative practice corporations, the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, or any regulations adopted under those laws. The bill would require a licensee employed by, or practicing in, a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice corporation to practice within the scope of their license and be subject to all applicable licensure provisions in their respective practice act. The bill would require the bylaws of a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice corporation to include a provision requiring the capital stock of a disqualified or deceased person to be sold to specified parties within a specified period of time. The bill would also require such a corporation to provide security for claims by patients.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 516, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3140.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2713.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From Consent Calendar.

  11. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  12. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

  13. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  15. Withdrawn from committee.

  16. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  17. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.

  18. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  19. Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and HEALTH.

  20. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  21. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1907.)

  22. Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1761.)

  23. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  24. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (May 13).

  25. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  26. Read second time and amended.

  27. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 7.) (April 28).

  28. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  29. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.

  30. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  31. Read second time and amended.

  32. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 14).

  33. Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH.

  34. From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.

  35. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Chau · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Chau

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 502 CHAU Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 70001
Democratic 4000
Republican 5000
Total 79001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Daly — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Burke — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Campos — Yea
Harper — Yea
Kim — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chau — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Gray — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Williams — Not Voting
Wood — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB502 Chau By Hill

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 3000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Block — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Beall — Yea
Huff — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hill — Yea
Bates — Yea
Lara — Yea
Liu — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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AB 502 CHAU Assembly Third Reading

Passed 80 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 70000
Democratic 4000
Republican 6000
Total 80000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kim — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Perea — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Burke — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Chang — Yea
Harper — Yea
Chau — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Gray — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Campos — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 13 Yea · 3 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10201
Democratic 2000
Republican 1100
Total 13301
% of votes cast 76%18%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chang — Nay
Gomez — Yea
Daly — Yea
Holden — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 11 Yea · 7 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10501
Democratic 1000
Republican 0200
Total 11701
% of votes cast 58%37%0%5%
How each member voted (19)
Member Party Vote
Santiago — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Bonilla — Yea
Maienschein — Nay
Nazarian — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Wood — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gonzalez — Nay
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay
Patterson, Joe Republican Nay

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 502 do?
Existing law, the Dental Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of registered dental hygienists, registered dental hygienists in extended functions, and registered dental hygienists in alternative practice by the Dental Hygiene Committee of California. Existing law authorizes a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice to practice pursuant to specified provisions of law as, among other things, an independent contractor or an employee of a specified clinic. Existing law, the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, prohibits a professional corporation from rendering professional services in this state without a currently effective certificate of registration issued by the governmental agency regulating the profession in which the corporation is or proposes to be engaged and excepts any professional corporation rendering professional services by persons duly licensed by specified state entities from that requirement. Existing law authorizes specified healing arts licensees to be shareholders, officers, directors, or professional employees of a designated professional corporation, subject to certain limitations relating to ownership of shares. However, existing law specifies that it does not limit employment by a designated professional corporation to only those healing arts licensees and authorizes any healing arts licensee to be employed to render professional services by a designated professional corporation. This bill would additionally except any professional corporation rendering professional services by persons duly licensed by the Dental Hygiene Committee of California from the certificate of registration requirement. The bill would authorize registered dental assistants, licensed dentists, registered dental hygienists, and registered dental hygienists in extended functions to be shareholders, officers, directors, or professional employees of a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice corporation. The bill would, in the Dental Practice Act, authorize a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice to practice as an employee of a professional corporation, as specified. The bill would make it unprofessional conduct to violate, attempt to violate, assist in or abet the violation of, or conspire to violate, specified provisions regarding registered dental hygienists in alternative practice corporations, the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, or any regulations adopted under those laws. The bill would require a licensee employed by, or practicing in, a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice corporation to practice within the scope of their license and be subject to all applicable licensure provisions in their respective practice act. The bill would require the bylaws of a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice corporation to include a provision requiring the capital stock of a disqualified or deceased person to be sold to specified parties within a specified period of time. The bill would also require such a corporation to provide security for claims by patients.
Who sponsors AB 502?
AB 502 is sponsored by Chau.
What is the current status of AB 502?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 23, 2015. Enacted.
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