Regulatory Compliance

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.

April 30, 2025 |Dental Practice & Licensing

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.

April 23, 2025 |Dental Practice & Licensing, Education and Events

Dentists: Evaluate the strength of your employment documentation with tools from CDA’s analysts

Like your dental instruments, employee records must be carefully stored and protected.

April 21, 2025 |Employment Practices, Regulatory Compliance

Promoting a fake or purchased review? You’re violating the FTC rule

Businesses that promote fake, purchased or compensated reviews are violating an FTC rule.

April 17, 2025 |Practice Management, Regulatory Compliance

Ruby will see you now: Meet the emotional support dog in a California dental practice

Ruby the goldendoodle is in the dental office three or four days a week. Her main job is to make patients feel less anxious, but she often brings them joy.

April 3, 2025 |Patient Care, Regulatory Compliance

Sending business texts to patients and consumers? Follow the industry standards

Several member-dentists have contacted CDA’s practice analyst wanting to know if they were complying with the current rules on business-to-consumer…

March 13, 2025 |Practice Management, Regulatory Compliance

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…

February 19, 2025 |Dental Practice & Licensing, Patient Care

Updates to Dental Practice Act explained in virtual membership meeting

Members in attendance asked about and received clarification on licensure of temporary employees, timing of infection control and X-ray courses, permits needed for nitrous oxide, whether assistants should be paid to take additional coursework and other issues.

February 19, 2025 |Dental Practice & Licensing, Legislation, Regulatory Compliance, Staffing & Training

8-hour infection control virtual course option for unlicensed dental assistants delayed

CDA provides guidance for dentist-employers who must ensure their unlicensed dental assistants complete the dental board-approved eight hour infection control course per the new timeline.

February 12, 2025 |Dental Practice & Licensing, Infection Control, Laws & Regulations, Staffing & Training

COVID-19 Prevention Nonemergency Regulations expired: What’s next for dental practices?

Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 regulations expired Feb. 3 with one exception: reporting and recordkeeping requirements will remain in effect for another year.

February 5, 2025 |Cal/OSHA Safety Regulations

Sustainable dentistry: CDA Journal explores the environmental benefit of eco-friendly practices

This CDA Journal collection discusses the significant benefits of adopting or maintaining eco-friendly practices in the dental office.

January 21, 2025 |Environment & Radiation, Practice Management, Public Health

Dentists urged to avoid legal risk by analyzing website tracking functions

California businesses have reported receiving an increase in demand letters from lawyers claiming that the use of tracking technologies on the business owner’s website violates California privacy law.

January 2, 2025 |Privacy/HIPAA
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