TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 9

DENTISTS

54-916B.  Dental licensure by credentials. The board may issue a license to practice dentistry without further examination upon evidence that:

(1)  The applicant currently holds an active license in good standing to practice dentistry in another state with no disciplinary proceedings or unresolved complaints pending before the state’s licensing board;

(2)  The applicant has been in clinical practice at least five (5) years immediately preceding the date of application for a minimum of three thousand five hundred (3,500) hours;

(3)  The applicant has graduated from a dental school accredited by the commission on dental accreditation of the American dental association as of the date of the applicant’s graduation;

(4)  The applicant has successfully completed the national board dental examinations;

(5)  The applicant has successfully completed a board-approved clinical examination; and

(6)  The applicant has paid the application fee as set by board rule.

History:

[54-916B, added 1997, ch. 95, sec. 1, p. 224; am. 2014, ch. 121, sec. 5, p. 346; am. 2018, ch. 170, sec. 1, p. 378.]