Section 1367.05 Of Article 5. Standards From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2.2. >> Article 5.
1367.05
. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a health care
service plan from entering into a contract with a dental college
approved by the Board of Dental Examiners of California under which
the dental college provides for or arranges for the provision of
dental care to enrollees of the plan through the practice of
dentistry by either of the following:
(1) Bona fide students of dentistry or dental hygiene operating
under subdivision (b) of Section 1626 of the Business and Professions
Code.
(2) Bona fide clinicians or instructors operating under
subdivision (c) of Section 1626 of the Business and Professions Code.
(b) A plan that contracts with a dental college for the delivery
of dental care pursuant to subdivision (a) shall disclose to
enrollees in the disclosure form and the evidence of coverage, or the
combined evidence of coverage and disclosure form, and, if the plan
provides a listing of providers to the enrollees, in the listing of
providers, that the dental care provided by the dental college will
be provided by students of dentistry or dental hygiene and clinicians
or instructors of the dental college.