Bill Text: CA SB1416 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Senate Bill 1416 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Dentistry: fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-06-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 73, Statutes of 2014. [SB1416 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB1416-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 1416	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  73
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 28, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JUNE 28, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 1, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 19, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 10, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 25, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Block

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 1724 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to dentistry.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1416, Block. Dentistry: fees.
   Existing law, the Dental Practice Act, provides for the licensure
and regulation of the practice of dentistry by the Dental Board of
California. The act, among other things, requires the board to
examine all applicants for a license to practice dentistry and to
collect and apply all fees, as specified. The act requires the
charges and fees for licensed dentists to be established by the board
as is necessary for the purpose of carrying out the responsibilities
required by these provisions, subject to specified limitations.
Existing law prohibits the fee for an initial license and for the
renewal of the license from exceeding $450.
   This bill would instead set the fee for an initial license and for
the renewal of the license at $525. The bill would make related
findings and declarations.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) It is necessary for the initial license and license renewal
fee for dentists to be increased to five hundred twenty-five dollars
($525) in order for the Dental Board of California to continue its
licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions.
   (b) Failure to increase the fee amount will result in spending
reductions that will cause delays in processing times for license
applications, consumer complaints, investigations, and disciplinary
actions.
  SEC. 2.  Section 1724 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   1724.  The amount of charges and fees for dentists licensed
pursuant to this chapter shall be established by the board as is
necessary for the purpose of carrying out the responsibilities
required by this chapter as it relates to dentists, subject to the
following limitations:
   (a) The fee for application for examination shall not exceed five
hundred dollars ($500).
   (b) The fee for application for reexamination shall not exceed one
hundred dollars ($100).
   (c) The fee for examination and for reexamination shall not exceed
eight hundred dollars ($800). Applicants who are found to be
ineligible to take the examination shall be entitled to a refund in
an amount fixed by the board.
   (d) The fee for an initial license and for the renewal of a
license is five hundred twenty-five dollars ($525).
   (e) The fee for a special permit shall not exceed three hundred
dollars ($300), and the renewal fee for a special permit shall not
exceed one hundred dollars ($100).
   (f) The delinquency fee shall be the amount prescribed by Section
163.5.
   (g) The penalty for late registration of change of place of
practice shall not exceed seventy-five dollars ($75).
   (h) The application fee for permission to conduct an additional
place of practice shall not exceed two hundred dollars ($200).
   (i) The renewal fee for an additional place of practice shall not
exceed one hundred dollars ($100).
   (j) The fee for issuance of a substitute certificate shall not
exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125).
   (k) The fee for a provider of continuing education shall not
exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per year.
   (l) The fee for application for a referral service permit and for
renewal of that permit shall not exceed twenty-five dollars ($25).
   (m) The fee for application for an extramural facility permit and
for the renewal of a permit shall not exceed twenty-five dollars
($25).
   The board shall report to the appropriate fiscal committees of
each house of the Legislature whenever the board increases any fee
pursuant to this section and shall specify the rationale and
justification for that increase.