Section 1073.1 - Requirements for Approval of RDHEF Educational Programs(a) Licensure Requirements for Students. All students must possess valid, active licenses as registered dental hygienists issued by the Board and current CPR certification and must have satisfactorily completed a Board-approved course of instruction in periodontal soft tissue curettage, administration of local anesthesia, and administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen in order to be eligible for admission to the program.(b) Administration/Clinical Training. The clinical training shall be given at a dental school or facility which has a written contract of affiliation for such training with a dental school. An extension program of a university shall not be considered a dental school. Such written contract of affiliation shall include a description of the settings in which the clinical training may be received and shall provide for direct supervision of such training by faculty designated by the dental school. An affiliated facility shall not include a private dental office unless such office is a site approved by the Board on recommendation of a dental school. Each RDHEF Educational Program shall provide the clinical facilities and clinical resources necessary to accomplish training of duties assigned to the RDHEF.(c) Facilities. (1) There shall be lecture classrooms, operatories, X-ray operatories, and laboratories for use by the students.(2) All students shall have access to modern equipment in order to develop extended function dental hygiene skills.(3) Adequate sterilizing facilities shall be provided.(d) Curriculum Organization/Learning Resources.(1) The organization of the curriculum for RDHEF shall be flexible, creating opportunities for adjustments to and research of advances in the practice of registered dental hygiene in extended functions.(2) Students shall have reasonable access to dental/medical reference texts, current journals, audio visual materials and other relevant resources.(3) Curriculum shall provide students with a basic understanding of extended function dental hygiene procedures and an ability to perform procedures with competence and judgment.(g) Curriculum Content. (1) Areas of didactic and laboratory instruction shall include at least the following areas and shall be related specifically to extended functions:(A) Biomedical sciences: anatomy and physiology; microbiology; oral pathology; periodontology; histology; morphology; and pharmacology.(B) Dental sciences: anesthesia/analgesia; dental materials; occlusion; and dental morphology.(C) Emergency procedures.(2) Students shall be provided, as part of an organized program of instruction, with sufficient clinical experience to attain competence in all functions approved by the Board for performance by an RDHEF. (h) Length of Program. The program shall be not less than 90 hours in length and shall be of sufficient length, as determined by the dental school faculty and approved by the Board to ensure that all students will possess the necessary skills to consistently perform extended functions safely on a patient. The Board shall reevaluate the minimum length of the program one year after the effective date of this rule.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 16, § 1073.1
1. New section filed 1-22-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 4). Note: Authority cited: Section 1614, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 1761, Business and Professions Code.
1. New section filed 1-22-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 4).