(a) Notwithstanding any other law, with regard to an individual who is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 290 of the Penal Code, or the equivalent in another state or territory, under military law, or under federal law, all of the following shall apply:
(1) The dental hygiene board shall deny an application by the individual for licensure pursuant to this article.
(2) If the individual is licensed under this article, the dental hygiene board shall promptly revoke the license of the individual. The dental hygiene board shall not stay the revocation nor place the license on probation.
(3) The dental hygiene board shall not reinstate or reissue the individual’s licensure under this article. The dental hygiene board shall not issue a stay of license denial and place the license on probation.
(b) This section shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) An individual who has been relieved under Section 290.5 of the Penal Code of the individual’s duty to register as a sex offender, or whose duty to register has otherwise been formally terminated under California law or the law of the jurisdiction that requires the individual’s registration as a sex offender.
(2) An individual who is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 290 of the Penal Code solely because of a misdemeanor conviction under Section 314 of the Penal Code. However, nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit the dental hygiene board from exercising its discretion to discipline a licensee under other provisions of state law based upon the licensee’s conviction under Section 314 of the Penal Code.
(3) Any administrative adjudication proceeding under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code that is fully adjudicated prior to January 1, 2013. A petition for reinstatement of a revoked or surrendered license shall be considered a new proceeding for purposes of this paragraph, and the prohibition against reinstating a license to an individual who is required to register as a sex offender shall be applicable.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 456, Sec. 46. (SB 786) Effective January 1, 2020.)