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Course Syllabus
California Dental Practice Act, Intermediate
Contact Hours: 6
Price: $54.00
Published: February 2007
Pages: 77
Course Description
California Dental Practice Act
This course is designed to meet the requirements of the Dental Board of California by adhering to content for CDPA mandated by regulation to include California Code of Regulations 1600 and shall instruct on acts in violation of the Dental Practice Act and other statutory mandates relating to the dental practice. The course includes information on the structure of the Dental Board, governing bodies, utilization and scope of practice for auxiliaries, scope of practice for dentists, laws governing the prescribing of drugs, citations, fines, revocations and suspensions, mandatory reporter status and license renewal.
The Dental Board of California publishes a compilation of the Dental Practice Act and related laws, which can be purchased from the Board. The address for ordering a copy of the Act follows the glossary.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:
- Summarize the California Dental Practice Act.
- List the governing agencies of the dental profession and define their functions.
- Describe the requirements for approval of various educational programs.
- List the requirements for applications of various dental professions.
- Describe the procedures for dental examinations.
- Describe the legal role and responsibilities of the dentist and dental auxiliaries.
- Distinguish between direct and indirect supervision and define which auxiliary responsibilities are in each category.
- Describe the various laws regarding licenses in the dental profession.
- Know where to find the yearly updates of the Dental Practice Act.
About the Editor
Lawrence J. Rose, Esquire
Lawrence Rose is an attorney in the private practice of health care law in San Francisco, California. For
nearly twenty years, Mr. Rose has represented the entities involved in the finance and delivery of medical
care, including health insurers, HMOs, physician groups, ambulatory surgery centers and other care
facilities, medical specialty societies, and non-profit health care organizations, in litigation, issues of
regulatory compliance, appearances before governmental administrative agencies, and in lobbying.
Particular areas of experience include:
- Managed care provider and member disputes.
- Licensure and regulatory issues with the Department of Managed Health Care, Department of Insurance, and Department of Health Services.
- HIPAA compliance for "Covered Entities" and employers
- Peer review and health plan/provider relations.
- Medi-Cal regulations and reimbursement appeals.
- Regulatory compliance and liability exposures in clinical research.
- Litigation risk management for health care organizations.
Other recent matters have involved FDA licensure of medical devices, third-party reimbursement of new technologies, and trademark and service mark compliance.
Mr. Rose has been responsible for court and jury trials, arbitrations, and appeals court arguments in federal and state courts throughout California, as well as testimony before the California legislature.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Rose devoted substantial attention to the litigation surrounding health benefits coverage for "experimental" medical therapies. As a result of that work, Mr. Rose was interviewed by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times and CNN television, and appointed to the founding editorial board of Managed Care & Cancer: The Journal of Cancer Economics. Mr. Rose has received Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating - AV.
Lawrence J. Rose, Esquire
435 Green Street, No. 1
San Francisco, Ca 94133
415.350.0403
LawrenceJ.Rose@gmail.com
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