California Code of Regulations
Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board
Article 4 - Practice
Section 2037 - Dental Operation, Defined
Universal Citation: 16 CA Code of Regs 2037
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
(a) The term "dental operation" as used in Business and Professions Code section 4826 means:
(1) The application or use of any
instrument, device, or scaler to any portion of an animal's tooth, gum or any
related tissue for the prevention, cure or relief of any wound, fracture,
injury or disease of an animal's tooth, gum or related tissue; and
(2) Preventive dental procedures including,
but not limited to, the removal of calculus, soft deposits, plaque, stains or
the smoothing, filing, scaling or polishing of tooth
surfaces.
(b) Nothing in this regulation shall prohibit any person from utilizing cotton swabs, gauze, dental floss, dentifrice, or toothbrushes on an animal's teeth.
1. New section
filed 4-2-90; operative 5-2-90 (Register 90, No. 14).
2. Amendment
filed 9-27-2013; operative 1-1-2014 (Register 2013, No.
39).
Note: Authority cited: Section 4808, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 4826, Business and Professions Code.
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