§ 59-328.22. Specialty license.  


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  • A.  1.  The Board of Dentistry may issue a dental specialty license authorizing a dentist or an out-of-state dentist to represent himself or herself to the public as a specialist, and to practice as a specialist, in a dental specialty.

    2.  No dentist or out-of-state dentist shall represent himself or herself to the public as a specialist, nor practice as a specialist, unless the individual:

    a.has successfully completed an advanced dental specialty educational program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association, and

    b.has been issued a dental specialty license by the Board.

    B.  1.  Except as authorized in subsection C of this section, an applicant for a dental specialty license must satisfactorily pass an examination for dental specialty practice, as provided in the rules of the Board.

    2.  An applicant for a dental specialty license who fails the examination shall be entitled to retake the examination upon such terms and conditions as may be established by the rules of the Board.

    C.  1.  The Board may issue a dental specialty license by credentialing, without examination in the dental specialty, to an out-of-state dentist who:

    a.is in good standing with the dental licensing agency of the state or states in which the out-of-state dentist has been issued a license to practice dentistry,

    b.has successfully completed an advanced dental specialty educational program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association, and

    c.has been issued a dental specialty license by the dental licensing agency of another state or has received board certification from a national dental specialty board recognized by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association and the rules of the Board.

    2.  In conducting an investigation of an out-of-state dentist who has applied for a dental specialty license pursuant to this subsection, the Board may require of the applicant disclosure of the same background information as is required of an applicant for a license to practice dentistry in this state.  If the Board determines that the out-of-state dentist is competent to practice a dental specialty, and after the out-of-state dentist passes an examination on the contents and interpretation of the State Dental Act and the rules of the Board, the out-of-state dentist may be issued a dental specialty license by the Board.

    3.  The Board may require:

    a.an applicant for a dental specialty license pursuant to this subsection to have completed the same continuing education requirements as required of dentists in this state, and

    b.that the state from which the applicant presents credentials afford substantially equivalent licensure by credentialing to dentists of this state.

    D.  Upon payment of a fee established by the rules of the Board, any applicant who meets the requirements of this section shall be entitled to be issued a dental specialty license by the Board.

    E.  Out-of-state dentists to whom dental specialty licenses have been issued by the Board, but who have not been licensed in this state to practice dentistry, shall limit their practice in this state to the practice of the specialty for which they hold a dental specialty license.

Added by Laws 1970, c. 173, § 22, eff. July 1, 1970.  Amended by Laws 1998, c. 377, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.