SECTIONS 104750-104765 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 104750-104765

104750. The department shall maintain a dental program including,
but not limited to, the following:
(a) Development of comprehensive dental health plans within the
framework of the State Plan for Health to maximize utilization of all
resources.
(b) Provide the consultation necessary to coordinate federal,
state, county, and city agency programs concerned with dental health.
(c) Encourage, support, and augment the efforts of city and county
health departments in the implementation of a dental health
component in their program plans.
(d) Provide evaluation of these programs in terms of preventive
services.
(e) Provide consultation and program information to the health
professions, health professional educational institutions, and
volunteer agencies.
(f) For purposes of this article "State Plan for Health" means
that comprehensive state plan for health being developed by the
department pursuant to Public Law 89-749 (80 Stat. 1180).

104755. The director shall appoint a dentist licensed in the State
of California to administer the dental program.

104760. Nothing in this article authorizes the department to compel
dental examinations or services.

104762. Within a public health setting or a public health program
that is created or administered by a federal, state, or local
governmental entity, any person may apply topical fluoride, including
fluoride varnish to the teeth of individuals who are being served in
that setting or program, according to the prescription and protocol
issued and established by a physician or dentist.

104765. The department shall have the power to receive for the
dental program any financial aid granted by any private, federal,
state, district, or local or other grant or source, and the division
shall use such funds to carry out the provisions and purposes of this
article.