Section 1721.5.

(a) All funds received by the Treasurer pursuant to Section 1725 shall be placed in the State Dental Assistant Fund for the purposes of administering this chapter as it relates to dental assistants, registered dental assistants, registered dental assistants in extended functions, dental sedation assistant permitholders, and orthodontic assistant permitholders. Expenditure of these funds shall be subject to appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.

(b) On July 1, 2009, all moneys in the State Dental Auxiliary Fund, other than the moneys described in Section 1945, shall be transferred to the State Dental Assistant Fund. The board's authority to expend those funds, as appropriated in the 2008 Budget Act, shall continue in order to carry out the provisions of this chapter as they related to dental assistants licensed under this chapter for the 2008–09 fiscal year, including the payment of any encumbrances related to dental assistants licensed under this chapter incurred by the State Dental Auxiliary Fund.

(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 499, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)