Recommendations for dentists participating in patient loyalty programs; to ensure compliance with legal guidelines and CDA ethical standards.

U.S. copyright laws allow owners of movies, television shows, and music to collect performance license fees from individuals and entities, such as dental practices, for public performances of the movies, television shows, and music.

Information to help manage situations where individuals present at a dental practice to conduct an inspection. 

Evaluate your employment practices including employee licensure and training cycles, performance management and get ahead of the California CalSavers Retirement Savings Program mandate.

Understand how a patient portal can assist your practice with patient communication, record-keeping and overall office efficiency with this resource. Use our checklist to evaluate your practice’s need for a patient portal and valuable features to consider before implementation.  

 Follow these step-by-step instructions for cleaning, disinfecting the operatory.

Display this poster in the operatory for quick reference on effective operatory disinfection. 

A summary of state and federal requirements for providing oral health care in long-term care and skilled nursing facilities.

Below are resources and start-up guides developed to help vaccine providers begin ordering and administering vaccines to patients.

This toolkit covers recruiting, interviewing, hiring and onboarding, and provides a general list of basic hiring documents. 

Surface disinfectants and waterline cleaners used and sold in the state must be registered with the state Department of Pesticide Regulation.

For use when interviewing candidates. Save and file this form and all other information collected during the candidate selection process to avoid allegations of discrimination.

An agreement that needs to be read and signed by the dentist when CDA will be handling Protected Health Information obtained from the dentist as we advocated on their behalf with dental benefit plans.  

A new year means updated regulations to keep your practice in compliance. Get the latest on electronic prescribing, C.E. certificates and license renewal in this quarter’s Practice Health Check.

Use this resource to audit charts to ensure financial integrity is being maintained by all people involved.

This toolkit was created to help dentists determine whether administering COVID-19 tests in their office is appropriate for their practice. 

It is important that the manufacturer’s instructions are followed, including the use of appropriate PPE, test-processing times, and test material disposal.

Find answers to common questions about testing technology and its potential in dental settings. 

Dentists must adhere to license renewal, record retention, and other requirements related to the laboratory license.

There are many elements involved in preparing and marketing yourself for employment. In this section you will get tips to create an effective curriculum vitae, write a compelling cover letter, understand your social media profile and how to use it to market yourself, how to network, how to budget and plan for your projected associate salary, and finally how to narrow down the location(s) in which you want to live and work.

This section of the toolkit is provided by The Dentists Insurance Company, a subsidiary of the California Dental Association.

It’s important to protect your personal and professional security at every stage of your career, and having the proper amount of insurance coverage as an associate is no exception. This chapter helps you understand insurance limits and coverage types as well as when and why each is necessary as an associate.

Dental credentialing is the first step in is the process of a dentist entering into a contract with a dental benefit / insurance carrier. Learn more about it in this section of the resource.

This section of the toolkit helps you understand and evaluate your employment choices as an associate, explains the types of dental practices in which associates in California work, and provides information on alternate career options to consider.

What is the next step after you’ve graduated from dental schools? These resources have been designed to help you through the next steps in finding your career path.

Employers should proceed with caution when using unpaid interns or volunteers. Most interns are considered employees in the eyes of the law, which means you must comply with wage and hour laws, including paying them at least minimum wage.

Use this notice to document termination, permanent change in an employees schedule, decrease in pay and more. Employers must give immediate written notice to the employee of a change in the employment relationship.