California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 10 - Dental Board of California › Chapter 3 - Dental Auxiliaries › Article 2 - Educational Programs › Section 1070.6 - Approval of Infection Control Courses

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
In addition to the requirements of Sections
					 1070 and
					 1070.1 of these regulations, the
					 following criteria shall be met by a course in infection control, as required
					 in Sections
					 1750,
					 1750.2,
					 1750.4,
					 and
					 1752.1
					 of the Business and Professions Code, to secure and maintain approval by the
					 Board:
(a) Adequate provisions for the
				  supervision and operation of the course in infection control shall be made in
				  compliance with Section
				  1070. Notwithstanding Section
				  1070, faculty shall not be
				  required to be licensed by the Board, but faculty shall have experience in the
				  instruction of California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA)
				  regulations (Cal. Code Regs., Title 8, Sections
				  330-344.85) and the Board's
				  Minimum Standards for Infection Control (Cal. Code Regs., Title 16, Section
				  1005). In addition, all faculty
				  responsible for clinical evaluation shall have completed a two-hour methodology
				  course in clinical evaluation.
(b)
				  A course in infection control shall be of sufficient duration for the student
				  to develop minimum competency in all aspects of Cal/OSHA regulations (Cal. Code
				  Regs., Title 8, Sections
				  330-344.85) and the Board's
				  Minimum Standards for Infection Control (Cal. Code Regs., Title 16, Section
				  1005), but in no event less than
				  eight hours, including at least four hours of didactic instruction, at least
				  two hours of laboratory or preclinical instruction, and at least two hours of
				  clinical instruction. Preclinical instruction shall utilize instruments,
				  surfaces, and situations where contamination is simulated, without actual
				  contamination, from bloodborne and other pathogens being present.
(c) The minimum requirements for equipment
				  and armamentaria shall include personal protective equipment, sterilizer
				  approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), ultrasonic
				  unit or instrument processing device, sharps container, selection of
				  instruments, equipment, and armamentaria that are necessary to instruct or
				  demonstrate proper hazardous waste disposal, consistent with Cal/OSHA
				  regulations (Cal. Code Regs., Title 8, Sections
				  330-344.85), local, state, and
				  federal mandates, and all other armamentaria required to instruct or properly
				  demonstrate the subjects described in the course content.
(d) Areas of instruction shall include, at a
				  minimum, the instruction specified in subdivisions (e) and (f).
(e) Didactic instruction shall include, at a
				  minimum, the following as they relate to Cal/OSHA regulations (Cal. Code Regs.,
				  Title 8, Sections
				  330-344.85) and the Board's
				  Minimum Standards for Infection Control (Cal. Code Regs., Title 16, Section
				  1005):
(1) Basic dental science and microbiology as
				  they relate to infection control in dentistry.
(2) Legal and ethical aspects of infection
				  control procedures.
(3) Terms and
				  protocols specified in Cal. Code of Regs., Title 16, Section
				  1005 regarding the minimum
				  standards for infection control.
(4) Principles of modes of disease
				  transmission and prevention.
(5)
				  Principles, techniques, and protocols of hand hygiene, personal protective
				  equipment, surface barriers and disinfection, sterilization, sanitation, and
				  hazardous chemicals associated with infection control.
(6) Principles and protocols of sterilizer
				  monitoring and the proper loading, unloading, storage, and transportation of
				  instruments to work area.
(7)
				  Principles and protocols associated with sharps management.
(8) Principles and protocols of infection
				  control for laboratory areas.
(9)
				  Principles and protocols of waterline maintenance.
(10) Principles and protocols of regulated
				  and nonregulated waste management.
(11) Principles and protocols related to
				  injury and illness prevention, hazard communication, general office safety,
				  exposure control, postexposure requirements, and monitoring systems for
				  radiation safety and sterilization systems.