dental board; oral preventive assistants

Added specific training hour requirements (120 hours of didactic and clinical instruction) and pre-course certification requirements including CPR and board-approved certifications for coronal polishing and radiography.

Added supervision limits: dentists may supervise up to three oral preventive assistants at once, while dental hygienists may supervise only one.

Modified patient eligibility criteria to restrict practice to periodontally healthy patients or those with localized mild gingivitis, and explicitly prohibited air polishing technology.

Added requirements for assistants to inform patients they are not receiving care from licensed providers and to post their certification at the practice location.

Added a new section requiring data collection on oral preventive assistants and complaints, with reporting due by January 1, 2028, and repeal of this section after June 30, 2028.

Added definition of 'qualifying institution' as an accredited higher education institution offering dental or dental hygiene programs.