In reaching a decision on a disciplinary action under the Administrative Procedure Act (Section 11400 et seq. of the Government Code) the Dental Hygiene Board shall comply with the “Uniform Standards Related to Substance Abuse and Disciplinary Guidelines” dated April 2012 that are hereby incorporated by reference. Deviation from the Disciplinary Guidelines, including the standard terms of probation, is appropriate where the Dental Hygiene Board, in its sole discretion, determines that the facts of the particular case warrant such a deviation. However, neither the Dental Hygiene Board nor an administrative law judge may impose any conditions or terms of probation that are less restrictive than the Uniform Standards Related to Substance Abuse. The Disciplinary Guidelines apply to all disciplinary matters; the Uniform Standards describe the consequences that apply to a substance abusing licensee. If a licensee has not been identified as a substance abusing licensee, for example, through stipulation, in a case involving drugs or alcohol, a clinical diagnostic evaluation shall be ordered and the remaining provisions of the uniform standards may be made contingent at the discretion of the Dental Hygiene Board (DHBC) upon a clinical diagnostic evaluator's report that the licensee has a substance abuse problem. The clinical diagnostic evaluation report shall be submitted in its entirety to the Dental Hygiene Board.