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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 59. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

  § 59-328.27. Faculty permits.  

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  • A.  1.  The Board of Dentistry may, without a clinical examination, upon presentation of satisfactory credentials, including completion of the dental hygiene National Boards and both Part I and Part II of the National Board examination for dentists, and under such rules as the Board may promulgate, issue a faculty permit to an applicant who:

    a.is a graduate of a school of dentistry approved by the Board and is licensed to practice dentistry in another state or country,

    b.successfully completes advanced training in a specialty approved by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association, or

    c.is a graduate of an accredited dental hygiene program and is licensed to practice dental hygiene in another state.

    2.  A faculty permit shall be issued only upon the certification of the dean of an accredited dental college or the director of an accredited dental hygiene program located in this state that the applicant is a bona fide member of the teaching staff of that college or program.

    3.  Following the first year of employment, the faculty permit holder shall show proof of passing an appropriate clinical board examination recognized by the Board of Dentistry.

    4.  A faculty permit shall be valid for one (1) year and may be renewed by the Board at the written request of the dean of an accredited dental program or the director of an accredited dental hygiene program.

    B.  The holder of a faculty permit shall be entitled to perform services and procedures in the same manner as a person holding a license to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in this state, but all services and procedures performed by the faculty permit holder shall only be without compensation other than that received in salary from a faculty position or through faculty practice as authorized by the Board.  Such services and procedures shall be performed only within the facilities of an accredited dental college or accredited dental hygiene program or in a seminar or postgraduate course and as an adjunct to teaching functions.  A holder of a faculty permit shall only engage in faculty practice of dentistry or dental hygiene within the facilities designated by the accredited dental college and including teaching hospitals approved by the Board.

    C.  The Dean of an accredited dental or hygiene program may petition the Board to allow a visiting faculty member to have a visiting faculty permit not to exceed one (1) year, based on a showing of criteria that the individual possesses specialty knowledge in a specific area that would benefit the college or program.

Added by Laws 1970, c. 173, § 27, eff. July 1, 1970.  Amended by Laws 1999, c. 280, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2005, c. 377, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2011, c. 262, § 2, eff. July 1, 2011; Laws 2013, c. 405, § 8, eff. July 1, 2013.