§ 1740

It is the intention of the Legislature by enactment of this article to permit the full utilization of dental auxiliaries in order to meet the dental care needs of all the state’s citizens. The Legislature further intends that the classifications of dental auxiliaries established pursuant to this article constitute a career ladder, permitting the continual advancement of persons to successively higher levels of licensure with additional training, and without repeating training for skills already acquired. The Legislature further intends that the Board of Dental Examiners of the State of California and its Committee on Dental Auxiliaries, in implementing this article, give specific consideration to the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Utilization and Education of Dental Auxiliaries, established pursuant to Chapter 645 of the Statutes of 1972, and contained in its report to the Legislature dated March 20, 1973.

(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 872.)