Section 1601.3.

(a) All committees of the board have the authority to evaluate all suggestions or requests for regulatory changes related to their committee. Committees shall have the authority to hold informational hearings in order to report and make appropriate recommendations to the board, after consultation with departmental legal counsel and the board's chief executive officer. The committees shall include in any report regarding a proposed regulatory change, at a minimum, the specific language or the proposed change or changes and the reasons therefor and any facts supporting the need for the change.

(b) No part of this section shall restrict the Dental Hygiene Committee of California from adopting, amending, or revoking regulations authorized by Article 9 (commencing with Section 1900).

(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 31, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2009. Operative July 1, 2009, by Sec. 55 of Ch. 31.)