Each diversion evaluation committee shall have the following duties and responsibilities:

(a) To evaluate those licensees who request to participate in the diversion program according to the guidelines prescribed by the dental hygiene board and to consider the recommendations of any licensees designated by the dental hygiene board to serve as consultants on the admission of the licensee to the diversion program.

Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 1966.2

  • board: means any entity listed in Section 101, the entities referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600, the State Bar, the Department of Real Estate, and any other state agency that issues a license, certificate, or registration authorizing a person to engage in a business or profession. See California Business and Professions Code 31
  • Licensee: means any person authorized by a license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.8

(b) To review and designate those treatment facilities to which licensees in a diversion program may be referred.

(c) To receive and review information concerning a licensee participating in the program.

(d) To consider in the case of each licensee participating in a program whether the licensee may safely continue or resume the practice of dental hygiene.

(e) To perform other related duties as the dental hygiene board may by regulation require.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 456, Sec. 52. (SB 786) Effective January 1, 2020.)