This checklist provides an overview of what dental practices need to do to comply with the Dental Board, occupational safety, employment, environmental, radiation safety, patient privacy, information security, and general business requirements.
Summarizes allowed duties and educational requirements for all dental assisting categories. Includes new requirements effective Jan. 1, 2025 and July 1, 2025.
The rule sets standards to protect patient information in electronic form. A covered entity must implement or address more than 30 administrative, physical and technical standards summarized here.
Regulatory Compliance Manual
This manual provides sample written plans and forms to assist a dental practice in Cal/OSHA compliance. It also has information on waste management.
CURES and Opioid Pain Management
CDA continues to promote best practices and compliance with state and federal laws regarding opioid pain management.
Resource Library
Access an online library of downloadable articles, guides, templates, checklists and forms.
Regulatory Compliance News
New fingerprinting process for California-licensed dental professionals
The dental board alerted licensees about the new fingerprinting process, RDA application requirements and the RDA exam and licensure application.
California dentists should review required C.E. for license renewal
CDA encourages dentists to review continuing education course requirements to avoid licensure impacts resulting from C.E. audits conducted by the Dental Board of California.
Musculoskeletal orofacial pain: Diagnostic, management challenges discussed in CDA Journal collection
“Do we need another term to describe temporomandibular joint disorders?” asks Sujay A. J. Mehta, DMD, MPH, in his introduction...