§ 1751 Dental Assistant Duty Review

Business and Professions Code·California

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•The board must check and update the rules for dental assistants and similar jobs every 7 years.
•They look at what tasks these workers can do, how much supervision they need, and where they can work.
•The rules must stay up-to-date with how dentistry is practiced in the state.

Example

A dental assistant wants to take on a new task, like taking X-rays, but the current rules don’t allow it.

The board reviews the rules every 7 years and might update them to let dental assistants take X-rays if it’s common in dentistry now.

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§ 1751 Dental Assistant Duty Review

At least once every seven years, the board shall review the allowable duties for dental assistants, registered dental assistants, registered dental assistants in extended functions, dental sedation assistant permitholders, and orthodontic assistant permitholders, the supervision level for these categories, and the settings under which these duties may be performed, and shall update the regulations as necessary to keep them current with the state of the dental practice. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 703, Sec. 19. (SB 1491) Effective January 1, 2019.)

Last verified: January 22, 2026

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dental assistants registered dental assistants registered dental assistants in extended functions dental sedation assistant permitholders orthodontic assistant permitholders allowable duties supervision level settings

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Business and Professions Code. Section 1751.

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