Section 1004 - Abandonment of Applications(a) An application shall be deemed to have been abandoned in any of the following circumstances:(1) The applicant fails to submit the application, examination, or reexamination fee within 180 days after notification by the board that such fee is due and unpaid.(2) The applicant fails to take the licensing examination within two years after the date his or her application was received by the board.(3) Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subdivision, the applicant, after failing the examination, fails to take a reexamination within two years after the date the applicant was notified of such failure.(4) The Registered Dental Assistant in Extended Functions (RDAEF) applicant, after failing either the clinical or practical component of the examination, fails to take a reexamination of the failed component within two years after the date the applicant was notified of such failure.(b) An application submitted subsequent to the abandonment of a former application shall be treated as a new application.(c) For any other application deficiencies not listed in subdivision (a), an applicant for a license who fails to complete application requirements within one year after being notified by the board of deficiencies in his or her application, shall be deemed to have abandoned the application and shall be required to file a new application and meet all of the requirements which are in effect at the time of reapplication.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 16, § 1004
1. Amendment of subsections (a)(2)-(3), new subsections (a)(4) and (c) and amendment of NOTE filed 9-15-2016; operative 1-1-2017 (Register 2016, No. 38). Note: Authority cited: Section 1614, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 142, 1614 and 1753.4, Business and Professions Code.
1. Amendment of subsections (a)(2)-(3), new subsections (a)(4) and (c) and amendment of Note filed 9-15-2016; operative 1/1/2017 (Register 2016, No. 38).