California Dental Practice Act: - Where's the Line? 2020

Be sure to attend this course will not be recorded. 

CEU: 2 CORE

REGISTRATION: $49 FOR HARBOR/OCDS MEMBERS/AUXILIARY; $79 FOR OTHER COMPONENT MEMBERS/AUXILIARY; $99 NON ADA MEMBERS/AUXILIARY
CE PROVIDER: HARBOR DENTAL SOCIETY
METHOD: ELECTRONICALLY MEDIATED LIVE LECTURE
AUDIENCE: GENERAL DENTISTS AND AUXILIARY FOR LICENSURE RENEWAL

This seminar reviews the California Dental Practice Act (DPA) topics and regulations that are required for re-licensure, illustrated by stories and violations of the law or questions about the legality of conditions or scenarios.   A handout is provided covering the scope of regulations addressed in the DPA, how those regulations define dental practice limits, how to find answers to legal questions addressed by the DPA, how the California Dental Board enforces the DPA and where to locate resources.  

Learning Outcomes - Upon completion, the participant shall be able to:

• Be familiar with the scope of regulations addressed in the DPA
• Discuss how those regulations define dental practice limits
• Understand how the California Dental Board enforces the DPA
• Learn how to locate information and resources related to the DPA

CE PRESENTER: NANCY DEWHIRST, RDH, BS
Ms. Dewhirst graduated from the University of Southern California, practiced dental hygiene for 20 years and is adjunct dental hygiene faculty at West Coast University. Ms. Dewhirst is consistently listed as one of the nation’s “Leaders in CE”, presents over 80 seminars a year, is featured at major U.S. and Canadian Dental Conferences, and is a member of the California Dental Association Speakers Bureau. She has had many articles published in dental peer-reviewed journals and has contributed to dental textbooks.