1658.  When any licentiate hereunder desires to have more than one
place of practice, he shall, prior to the opening of any additional
office, make application therefor to the board, pay the fee required
by this chapter, and receive permission in writing from the board to
have such additional place of practice.
   "Place of practice" means any dental office where any act of
dentistry is practiced as defined by Section 1625, and shall include
any such place of practice in which the applicant holds any
proprietary interest of any nature whatsoever, or in which he holds
any right to participate in the management or control thereof.  A
dentist who is the lessor of a dental office shall not be deemed to
hold a proprietary interest in that place of practice, unless he is
entitled to participate in the management or control of the dentistry
practiced there.
   This section shall not apply to a licentiate who practices
dentistry outside his registered place of practice in any of the
following places:
   (a) Facilities licensed by the State Department of Health
Services.
   (b) Licensed health facilities as defined in Section 1250 of the
Health and Safety Code.
   (c) Licensed clinics as defined in Section 1204 of the Health and
Safety Code.
   (d) Licensed community care facilities as defined in Section 1502
of the Health and Safety Code.
   (e) Schools of any grade level, whether public or private.
   (f) Public institutions including, but not limited to, federal,
state, and local penal and correctional facilities.
   (g) Mobile units which are operated by a public or governmental
agency or a nonprofit or charitable organization and are approved by
the board, provided that the mobile units meet all statutory or
regulatory requirements.
   (h) The home of a nonambulatory patient when a physician or
registered nurse has provided a written note that the patient is
unable to visit a dental office.



1658.1.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a
licensed dentist from maintaining more than one dental office in this
state if all of the following conditions are met:
   (a) In addition to any existing legal responsibility or liability,
a dentist maintaining more than one office shall assume legal
responsibility and liability for the dental services rendered in each
of the offices maintained by the dentist.
   (b) A dentist maintaining more than one office shall ensure that
each office is in compliance with the supervision requirements of
this chapter.
   (c) A dentist maintaining more than one office shall post, in an
area which is likely to be seen by all patients who use the facility,
a sign with the dentist's name, mailing address, telephone number,
and dental license number.



1658.2.  "An additional place of practice," as used in this article,
means any place of practice which increases the number of places of
practice of the applicant and shall include any such additional
office which the applicant proposes to originally establish, either
individually or in association with another, as well as any
established place of practice which the applicant acquires or
proposes to acquire, in whole or in part, by purchase, repossession,
reassignment, gift, devise, bequest, or operation of law, except as
otherwise provided in this article.



1658.3.  Nothing in this article shall limit or authorize the board
to limit the number of additional places of practice authorized by
the board, which are in operation on October 1, 1961, and which
conform to the provisions of this article, nor prevent or limit a
licensee from acquiring from his parent, by sale, transfer,
assignment, gift, succession, bequest, or operation of law, whether
heretofore or hereafter made, prior to January 1, 1968 or the
effective date of the amendments to this section enacted by the
Legislature at the 1967 Regular Session, whichever date occurs later,
and from operating any additional office or offices of his parent so
acquired.



1658.4.  The transfer after October 1, 1961, of any additional
office from one licentiate to another, other than as authorized by
this article, shall terminate the privilege of operating such
additional office.


1658.5.  The transfer of the location of one additional office to a
new location within the same county shall not be considered the
establishment of a new additional office.



1658.6.  Failure to comply with the provisions of this article
relating to the operation of additional offices shall be a ground for
the suspension or revocation of the permission granted by the board
to operate such additional office.


1658.7.  The board shall have the power to carry out the provisions
of this article by uniform rules and regulations.