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What does California dental records law require for patient access?

Inspection is due within 5 working days and patient copies are due within 15 days. A licensee generally has 15 days to answer a Board records request, while a facility has 30 days. Original radiographs can be sent directly to another provider named in the written request instead of handed to the patient.

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California dental law and ethics exam
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2026-07-22
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Mahtab Mansour, DDS, 2026-07-22

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Source citations

  • A8 Board consumer FAQs including records-access guidance (dbc.ca.gov, verified 2026-03-23)
  • A9 HSC section 123110 patient inspection, copies, form/format, fees, and unpaid-balance rule (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, verified 2026-03-23)
  • A10 HSC section 123145 — when a provider licensed under HSC sections 1205, 1253, 1575, or 1726 ceases operation, adult records must be preserved at least 7 years and unemancipated-minor records at least 1 year after age 18 and never less than 7 years; not a universal private-dental-office retention statute (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, verified 2026-07-14)
  • A15 BPC sections 1680, 1684.1, 1684.5, and related enforcement and patient-of-record provisions; BPC §§1800-1808 (dental corporations); Corporations Code §13400 et seq. (Moscone-Knox) (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, verified 2026-07-14)
  • A26 HSC sections 123111 and 123130 patient addendums and record summaries (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, verified 2026-03-23)
  • A48 SB 446 and Civ. Code section 1798.82 California breach-notice update to a 30-calendar-day deadline effective 1/1/2026 (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, verified 2026-03-24)
  • A67 WIC section 14124.1 Medi-Cal (Denti-Cal) provider record retention, 10-year minimum from service, audit completion, or contract end, whichever is later (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, verified 2026-06-09)
  • A68 HSC section 123115 limits on a minor's representative inspecting records and good-faith detrimental-effect denial standard (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, verified 2026-06-09)
  • A99 HSC section 1280.15 (as amended by AB 116, 2025) and section 1206(a) — 15-business-day CDPH breach-report lane limited to facilities licensed under HSC 1204/1250/1725/1745; practitioner-office exemption (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, verified 2026-07-22)
  • B1 California confidentiality overlay: CMIA and state breach law (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, verified 2026-03-23)
  • B2 HIPAA privacy, security, and breach rules (ecfr.gov, verified 2026-03-23)
  • B11 Dental Board of California 2018 Sunset Review Report — Board statement that no general law requires dentists to retain records for one specific period, while other program or reimbursement rules may impose retention duties (dbc.ca.gov, verified 2026-07-14)

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