It is the intention of the Legislature by enactment of this article to permit the full utilization of dental assistants in order to meet the dental care needs of all the state‘s citizens. The Legislature further intends that the classifications of dental assistants established pursuant to this article permit the continual advancement of persons to successively higher levels of licensure with additional education and training. The Legislature further intends that the Dental Board of California, in implementing this article, give specific consideration to the recommendations of the Dental Assisting Council, established pursuant to Section 1742.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 865, Sec. 49. (AB 1519) Effective January 1, 2020.)