Section 1917.2.

(a) The committee shall license as a registered dental hygienist a third- or fourth-year dental student who is in good standing at an accredited California dental school and who satisfies the following requirements:

(1) Satisfactorily performs on a clinical examination and an examination in California law and ethics as prescribed by the committee.

(2) Satisfactorily completes a national written dental hygiene examination approved by the committee.

(b) A dental student who is granted a registered dental hygienist license pursuant to this section may only practice in a dental practice that serves patients who are insured under Denti-Cal, the Healthy Families Program, or other government programs, or a dental practice that has a sliding scale fee system based on income.

(c) Upon receipt of a license to practice dentistry pursuant to Section 1634, a registered dental hygienist license issued pursuant to this subdivision is automatically revoked.

(d) The dental hygienist license is granted for two years upon passage of the dental hygiene examination, without the ability for renewal.

(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (d), if a dental student fails to remain in good standing at an accredited California dental school, or fails to graduate from the dental program, a registered dental hygienist license issued pursuant to this section shall be revoked. The student shall be responsible for submitting appropriate verifying documentation to the committee.

(f) The provisions of this section shall be reviewed pursuant to Division 1.2 (commencing with Section 473). However, the review shall be limited to the fiscal feasibility and impact on the committee.

(g) This section shall become inoperative as of January 1, 2014.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 350, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2012. Inoperative January 1, 2014, by its own provisions.)