Existing law, the Dental Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of registered dental hygienists, registered dental hygienists in extended functions, and registered dental hygienists in alternative practice by the Dental Hygiene Committee of California. Existing law authorizes a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice to practice pursuant to specified provisions of law as, among other things, an independent contractor or an employee of a specified clinic. Existing law, the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, prohibits a professional corporation from rendering professional services in this state without a currently effective certificate of registration issued by the governmental agency regulating the profession in which the corporation is or proposes to be engaged and excepts any professional corporation rendering professional services by persons duly licensed by specified state entities from that requirement. Existing law authorizes specified healing arts licensees to be shareholders, officers, directors, or professional employees of a designated professional corporation, subject to certain limitations relating to ownership of shares. However, existing law specifies that it does not limit employment by a designated professional corporation to only those healing arts licensees and authorizes any healing arts licensee to be employed to render professional services by a designated professional corporation.
Existing law, the Dental Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of registered dental hygienists, registered dental hygienists in extended functions, and registered dental hygienists in alternative practice by the Dental Hygiene Committee of California. Existing law authorizes a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice to practice pursuant to specified provisions of law as, among other things, an independent contractor or an employee of a specified clinic. Existing law, the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, prohibits a professional corporation from rendering professional services in this state without a currently effective certificate of registration issued by the governmental agency regulating the profession in which the corporation is or proposes to be engaged and excepts any professional corporation rendering professional services by persons duly licensed by specified state entities from that requirement. Existing law authorizes specified healing arts licensees to be shareholders, officers, directors, or professional employees of a designated professional corporation, subject to certain limitations relating to ownership of shares. However, existing law specifies that it does not limit employment by a designated professional corporation to only those healing arts licensees and authorizes any healing arts licensee to be employed to render professional services by a designated professional corporation.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–7 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 13–3 (pass) · lower
AB 502 CHAU Assembly Third Reading — 80–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB502 Chau By Hill — 40–0 (pass) · upper
AB 502 CHAU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — 10–4 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Chau — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2015-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
2015-03-05 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH. referral-committee
2015-04-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 14). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-04-16 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-20 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2015-04-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2015-04-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 7.) (April 28). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-04-30 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-04 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2015-05-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (May 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1761.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-06-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1907.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-06-18 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and HEALTH. referral-committee
2015-06-19 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2015-06-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-07-07 Withdrawn from committee.
2015-07-07 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2015-07-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-08-20 From Consent Calendar.
2015-08-20 Ordered to third reading.
2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2713.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2015-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3140.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2015-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 516, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2042254-054b-48cc-817f-aaa8aa71e237. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).