| A1 | Primary | official exam blueprint | 2026-03-23 |
| A2 | Primary | application and exam logistics | 2026-03-23 |
| A5 | Primary | Title 16 CCR Division 10 regulations hub | 2026-03-23 |
| A6 | Primary | Dental Board of California — Table of Dental Auxiliary Duties Delegable by Supervising Dentist, effective 1/1/2025 (DA/OA/DSA/RDA/RDAEF; G/D/CR notation; 16 CCR §1068 posting notice) | 2026-07-12 |
| A7 | Primary | continuing education, renewal, and permit-maintenance guidance | 2026-03-23 |
| A8 | Primary | Board consumer FAQs including records-access guidance | 2026-03-23 |
| A9 | Primary | HSC section 123110 patient inspection, copies, form/format, fees, and unpaid-balance rule | 2026-03-23 |
| A10 | Primary | 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 | 2026-07-14 |
| A11 | Primary | BPC section 2290.5 telehealth consent and parity | 2026-03-23 |
| A12 | Primary | DCA CURES overview | 2026-03-23 |
| A13 | Primary | DCA CURES mandatory-consultation flyer and exemptions | 2026-03-23 |
| A14 | Primary | Dental Board minimum standards for infection control, 16 CCR section 1005 materials | 2026-03-23 |
| A15 | Primary | 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) | 2026-07-14 |
| A16 | Primary | BPC section 1611.3 notice to consumers | 2026-03-23 |
| A17 | Primary | BPC section 1741 direct and general supervision definitions | 2026-03-23 |
| A18 | Primary | BPC section 1750.1 dental assistant duties | 2026-03-23 |
| A19 | Primary | current Board anesthesia and sedation permit framework | 2026-03-23 |
| A20 | Primary | SB 1453 alert for anesthesia and sedation changes effective 1/1/2025 | 2026-03-23 |
| A21 | Primary | BPC section 651 advertising rules and prohibitions | 2026-03-23 |
| A22 | Primary | child-abuse reporting under Penal Code section 11166 and related CANRA provisions | 2026-03-23 |
| A23 | Primary | elder or dependent-adult reporting under WIC section 15630 and related provisions | 2026-03-23 |
| A24 | Primary | HSC section 11158.1 opioid counseling requirements | 2026-03-23 |
| A25 | Primary | BPC section 1611.5 Board inspection power | 2026-03-23 |
| A26 | Primary | HSC sections 123111 and 123130 patient addendums and record summaries | 2026-03-23 |
| A27 | Primary | Family Code sections 6922 and 7002/7050 minor self-consent and emancipation | 2026-03-23 |
| A28 | Primary | BPC section 654.3 patient financing and third-party credit arrangements | 2026-03-23 |
| A29 | Primary | Civil Code section 51 Unruh Civil Rights Act | 2026-03-23 |
| A30 | Primary | BPC section 1683.1 telehealth provider identification and disclosures | 2026-03-23 |
| A31 | Primary | BPC section 1683.2 complaint-waiver prohibition | 2026-03-23 |
| A32 | Primary | BPC section 688 electronic prescribing and exemptions | 2026-03-23 |
| A37 | Primary | BPC section 1700 current license, permit, and registration display | 2026-03-23 |
| A38 | Primary | BPC section 1750 dental assistant definition, BSDP, and infection-control prerequisites | 2026-03-23 |
| A39 | Primary | 16 CCR section 1018.05 reporting convictions and related reportable events | 2026-03-23 |
| A40 | Primary | BPC section 1682 anesthesia informed consent and pediatric warning language | 2026-03-23 |
| A41 | Primary | BPC section 1701.5 fictitious name permits | 2026-03-23 |
| A44 | Primary | Government Code section 12950.1 harassment-prevention training | 2026-03-23 |
| A45 | Primary | CDPH Medical Waste Management Program and MWMA materials | 2026-03-23 |
| A46 | Primary | DTSC universal waste guidance including dental amalgam | 2026-03-23 |
| A48 | Primary | SB 446 and Civ. Code section 1798.82 California breach-notice update to a 30-calendar-day deadline effective 1/1/2026 | 2026-03-24 |
| A49 | Primary | Cobbs v. Grant (1972) California informed-consent material-risk and reasonable-patient framework | 2026-03-24 |
| A50 | Primary | Truman v. Thomas (1980) duty to disclose material risks of refusing recommended testing or treatment | 2026-03-24 |
| A51 | Primary | Arato v. Avedon (1993) California limits and context for informed-consent disclosure | 2026-03-24 |
| A52 | Primary | Probate Code sections 4683, 4711, and 4712 plus AB 2338 surrogate decisionmaker framework for adults lacking capacity | 2026-03-24 |
| A54 | Primary | Penal Code section 11160 reporting of assaultive or abusive injuries | 2026-03-24 |
| A56 | Primary | AB 35 / MICRA noneconomic-damages schedule replacing the old flat $250,000 cap | 2026-03-24 |
| A57 | Primary | Family Code section 6550 Caregiver's Authorization Affidavit for relative caregivers authorizing minor medical and dental care | 2026-03-24 |
| A58 | Primary | BPC section 680 nametag disclosure requirement for dental personnel | 2026-03-24 |
| A59 | Primary | Senate Bill 351 (2025) — Corporate Practice of Dentistry restrictions on private equity and hedge funds; effective 1/1/2026 | 2026-06-10 |
| A60 | Primary | Assembly Bill 82 (2025); HSC §11165(k) — CURES reporting exemptions for testosterone and mifepristone effective 1/1/2026 | 2026-04-25 |
| A61 | Primary | 16 CCR §1016 — continuing education requirements for dentists, including biennial 2-unit California opioid prescribing course | 2026-04-25 |
| A62 | Primary | Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact (DDHC) — California compact integration timeline (compact privileges not yet active in 2026) | 2026-04-25 |
| A63 | Primary | Assembly Bill 116 Health Omnibus — elimination of state-funded full-scope Medi-Cal dental benefits for undocumented adults age 19+ effective 7/1/2026 | 2026-04-25 |
| A67 | Primary | WIC section 14124.1 Medi-Cal (Denti-Cal) provider record retention, 10-year minimum from service, audit completion, or contract end, whichever is later | 2026-06-09 |
| A68 | Primary | HSC section 123115 limits on a minor's representative inspecting records and good-faith detrimental-effect denial standard | 2026-06-09 |
| A70 | Primary | 16 CCR section 1070.6 Board-approved 8-hour dental assistant infection-control course content (at least 4 hours didactic, 2 hours laboratory/preclinical, 2 hours clinical) | 2026-06-09 |
| A71 | Primary | 16 CCR section 1044.5 minimum equipment, oxygen, suction, and emergency-drug standards for sedation and anesthesia permitted facilities | 2026-06-09 |
| A72 | Primary | Proposition 65 dental-care warnings — HSC sections 25249.6 and 25249.11(b); 27 CCR sections 25607.8–25607.9 safe-harbor sign or consent-form method (OEHHA regulations compilation) | 2026-06-09 |
| A73 | Primary | BPC section 1647.31 minimal sedation of patients under age 13 — PMS, GA, or pediatric-endorsed MS permit required | 2026-06-09 |
| A80 | Primary | BPC §1647.2 (SB 501, operative 1/1/2022; amended by SB 1453 eff. 1/1/2025) — pediatric moderate sedation on patients under 13: at least two support personnel plus operating dentist and one personnel member with current PALS-and-airway-management certification | 2026-06-09 |
| A93 | Primary | Dental Board of California courtesy notice and form for BPC section 1680(z) reports of specified patient deaths and hospital/emergency-center removals within seven days | 2026-07-14 |
| A96 | Primary | HSC section 11165.4(c) — CURES pre-check exemptions; nonrefillable 7-day supply caps for emergency-department (c)(2) and surgical/radiotherapeutic/therapeutic/diagnostic procedure (c)(4) prescriptions, expressly including a practitioner's office; as amended by AB 1731 eff. 1/1/2024 | 2026-07-22 |
| A97 | Primary | Family Code section 3083 — joint legal custody order must specify circumstances requiring both parents' consent; otherwise either parent acting alone may exercise legal control | 2026-07-22 |
| A99 | Primary | 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 | 2026-07-22 |
| B1 | Secondary | California confidentiality overlay: CMIA and state breach law | 2026-03-23 |
| B2 | Secondary | HIPAA privacy, security, and breach rules | 2026-03-23 |
| B3 | Secondary | Cal/OSHA bloodborne pathogens standard, Title 8 CCR section 5193 | 2026-03-23 |
| B4 | Secondary | Board office-closure practical guidance | 2026-03-23 |
| B11 | Secondary | 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 | 2026-07-14 |
| ADA-ELIGIBILITY | Professional authority | dental benefits eligibility verification, date-of-service verification, portal or call documentation, and patient coverage-change questions | 2026-07-09 |
| CMS-270-271 | Federal authority | HIPAA health plan eligibility and benefit inquiry or response transaction used for eligibility and coverage information | 2026-07-09 |
| CMS-TRANSACTIONS | Federal authority | adopted HIPAA administrative simplification transaction standards, including ASC X12N 270/271 eligibility inquiry and response | 2026-07-09 |
| ADA-PREAUTH | Professional authority | predetermination and preauthorization caveats before treatment, including eligibility and plan-maximum limits | 2026-07-09 |
| ADA-CLAIM-FORM | Professional authority | ADA dental claim form, payer ID and completion-instruction context, and CDT or claim-form copyright boundary | 2026-07-09 |
| ADA-COB | Professional authority | dental coordination of benefits order, birthday rule, COB methods, and self-funded plan caveats | 2026-07-09 |
| ADA-BENEFITS | Professional authority | dental benefit concepts including plan types, deductibles, annual maximums, coverage percentages, and coinsurance | 2026-07-09 |
| ADA-REJECTIONS | Professional authority | documentation patterns and response steps for common dental claim rejections | 2026-07-09 |
