Guidance for Resuming Deferred and Preventive Dental Care

The record

Jurisdiction

California

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

EO N-33-20; Health and Safety Code sec. 120125 et seq.; Cal/OSHA ATD standard, 8 CCR 5199

Issued

2020-05-07 May 7, 2020

Effective

2020-05-07

End

2021-06-15

In force

May 7, 2020 to June 15, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Health care ordersWorkplace rules

Addressees

• dental health care personnel

Functions reached

• CH chairside care
• PR elective and aerosol-generating procedures
• EM emergency-only period (March-May 2020)
• ST sterilization and fallow time
• SC PPE

Collection

California CA

Operative words

'This document aims to provide guidance for resuming deferred and preventive dental care. It builds on the April 27, 2020, State of California Guidance, Resuming California's Deferred and Preventive Health Care'; practitioners may 'resume clinically necessary dental care for previously scheduled procedures or for those non-COVID patients who are likely to develop dental emergencies'; aerosol-generating procedures must 'be carried out in accordance with Cal/OSHA's Aerosol Transmissible Diseases (ATD) Standard'; practices 'should be prepared to cease all but emergency procedures if there is a surge.'

Enforcement

Notes