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Board Meetings and Regulatory Hearings

2009 Board Meetings

DATE	TYPE OF MEETING	MEETING LOCATION
February 25-26, 2010	Board Meeting	San Diego, CA
February 10, 2010	Dental Assisting Forum Agenda Agenda	Dental Board of California 2005 Evergreen Street, Suite 1550 Sacramento, CA 95815
December 17, 2009	Board/Teleconference Meeting	See Agenda
November 9-10, 2009	Board Meeting Agenda Amended Agenda	Radisson LAX Hotel 6225 W. Century Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90045
November 3, 2009	Elective Facial Cosmetic Surgery Permit Credentialing Committee Meeting Agenda	15641 Red Hill Avenue First Floor Conference Room Tustin, California 92780-7323
September 15, 2009	Board Meeting Agenda Minutes	Department of Consumer Affairs Hearing Room, First Floor, Room 1150A 2005 Evergreen Street Sacramento, California 95815
August 5, 2009	Board/Teleconference Meeting Agenda Minutes	See Agenda
July 22-23, 2009	Board Meeting Agenda July 22, 2009 Full Board Meeting Minutes July 23, 2009 Full Board Meeting Minutes Examination Committee Meeting Minutes Licensing, Certification, and Permits Committee Meeting Minutes General Anesthesia/Conscious Sedation Committee Meeting Minutes Cultural Diversity in Dentistry Committee Meeting Minutes Preventative Enforcement Committee Meeting Minutes Access to Care Committee Meeting Minutes Resource Management Committee Meeting Minutes Continuing Education Committee Meeting Minutes Infection Control Committee Meeting Minutes Diversion Committee Meeting Minutes Enforcement Committee Meeting Minutes Dental Assisting Committee Meeting Minutes Legislative and Regulatory Committee Meeting Minutes	Embassy Suites Hotel – San Francisco Airport North Golden Gate Room 250 Gateway Boulevard South San Francisco, CA 94080
July 8, 2009	Elective Facial Cosmetic Surgery Permit Credentialing Committee Meeting Agenda	Dental Board of California 2005 Evergreen Street 1st Floor Hearing Room Sacramento, CA 95815-3831
June 24, 2009	Board/Teleconference Meeting Agenda Minutes	See Agenda
April 22, 2009	Board Meeting Agenda Minutes	San Diego Sheraton San Diego, Mission Valley Chamber Ballroom 1433 Camino del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108
April 8, 2009	Elective Cosmetic Surgery Permit Credentialing Committee Meeting (Teleconference) Agenda	Department of Consumer Affairs 2005 Evergreen Street Lake Tahoe Room, 1st Floor, Room 1290A Sacramento, California 95815
March 24, 2009	Board Meeting (Teleconference) Agenda Minutes	Department of Consumer Affairs, 1st Floor Hearing Room 2005 Evergreen Street Sacramento, CA 95815
February 27, 2009	Board Meeting - CANCELLED
January 6, 2009	Elective Facial Cosmetic Surgery Permit Credentialing Committee Meeting Agenda	Department of Consumer Affairs 2005 Evergreen Street Lake Tahoe Room, 1st Floor, Room 1290A Sacramento, California 95815

 

2009 Regulatory Hearings

DATE	HEARING DETAILS	HEARING LOCATION
March 25, 2009, 9:00	Disciplinary Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Section 1018	Department of Consumer Affairs, 1st Floor Hearing Room 2005 Evergreen Street Sacramento, CA
March 4, 2009, 9:00	Continuing Education, California Code of Regulations, Sections 1016 and 1017	Department of Consumer Affairs, 1st Floor Hearing Room 2005 Evergreen Street Sacramento, CA

Please visit http://www.dbc.ca.gov/lawsregs/index.shtml for more information regarding proposed regulations.

2008 Meetings

DATE	TYPE OF MEETING	MEETING LOCATION
November 19 - 21, 2008	Board Meeting November 20, 2008 Agenda Minutes November 21, 2008 Agenda Minutes Final Report - UC Advisory Council on Future Growth in the Health Professions	Los Angeles
October 8, 2008	Credentialing Committee Meeting Agenda	Sacramento
August 28, 2008	Board Meeting Agenda Minutes	Sacramento
May 15-16, 2008	Board Meeting Agenda	South San Francisco
April 29, 2008	Credentialing Committee Meeting Agenda Minutes	Tustin
April 11, 2008	Board Meeting Agenda	Sacramento
March 6-7, 2008	Board Meeting Agenda Minutes	Culver City
January 24-25, 2008	Board Meeting Agenda Minutes	Sacramento

COMDA Meeting Archives:  2009 | 2008
Dental Board Meeting Archives: 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002

 

All board meetings are conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Open Meetings Act. The Open Meeting Law requires the Board to give notice to the public of all meetings or hearings of the Board and prohibits the Board from taking any action on an issue which has not been duly noticed. All meetings are either held according to a schedule approved in November of each year or at the call of the president of the Board. The Board meets five times a year in San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Sacramento. The current board meeting schedule can be obtained by clicking on the board meeting schedule icon. The Committee on Dental Auxiliaries and the Examination and Enforcement Committees generally meet the first day of the board meeting to consider issues and make recommendations to the full Board. Executive Committee meetings, ad hoc or task force committee meetings, regulatory or informational hearings may be at the call of the Board President as deemed necessary. Decisions made at Board meetings generally involve:

• Changes in general policy and statutes;
• Content and administration of examinations;
• Adoption/repeal of regulations;
• Approval of fee schedules;
• Appeals;
• Changes to procedural/operational activities;
• Enforcement issues such as, acceptance/denial of Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) decisions, stipulations and advancement of cases to the Office of Administrative Hearings;
• Committee member approval; and
• Acceptance or denial of committee recommendations.

Public Participation

Public participation is encouraged throughout the public portion of the meetings. The chairs of the respective committees, as well as the Board President, acknowledge comments from the audience during general discussion of agenda items. In addition, each Board agenda includes public comment as a standing item on the agenda. This standing agenda item allows the public to request issues to be placed on future agendas or discuss any issue of concern to them.

Executive Sessions

Executive sessions are not open to the public and are held to deliberate on disciplinary actions, stipulations to receive advice from the Board's legal counsel regarding pending legal actions, and/or to hear examination appeals. Executive sessions, or "closed sessions" as they are sometime called, are held in accordance with the provisions of the Open Meetings Act and the Administrative Procedure Act. The current law authorizing executive session provides subjects of pending discipline the full benefit of due process as well as privacy.