1. (a) Each applicant shall furnish patients, instruments, and materials needed to take and complete the clinical examination.
2. (b) A patient provided by an applicant must be at least eighteen (18) years of age and shall be in a health condition acceptable for dental hygiene treatment. If conditions indicate a need to consult the patient's physician or for the patient to be pre-medicated, the applicant must obtain the necessary written medical clearance and/or evidence of premedication before the patient will be accepted. The examiners may, in their discretion, reject a patient who in the opinion of at least two examiners has a condition that interferes with evaluation or that may be hazardous to the patient, other patients, applicants or examiners. A hazardous condition includes, but is not limited to, acute symptomatic hepatitis, active herpetic lesions, acute periodontal or periapical abscesses, or necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis. Whenever a patient is rejected, the reason for such rejection shall be noted on the examination record and shall be signed by both rejecting examiners.
3. (c) It is the applicant's responsibility to provide an interpreter, if necessary, to complete the medical history and consent form for non-English speaking patients. An interpreter will be allowed in the grading area only if requested by an examiner.
4. (d) No person shall be admitted to an examination clinic unless he or she is wearing an identification badge.
5. (e) An applicant may be dismissed from the entire examination for engaging in conduct listed in Section 123 of the Business and Professions Code.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 123, 1905 and 1917, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 123, 1905 and 1917, Business and Professions Code.

History

1. New section filed 6-7-2016; operative 10-1-2016 (Register 2016, No. 24).

2. Change without regulatory effect amending section heading filed 5-10-2022 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2022, No. 19).