TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 9

DENTISTS

54-912.  Board of dentistry — Powers and duties. The board shall have the following powers and duties:

(1)  To ascertain the qualifications and fitness of applicants to practice dentistry, a dental specialty, dental therapy, dental hygiene, or denturitry and to require and accept passing results of written and clinical examinations from approved dental, dental therapy, dental hygiene, and denturitry testing organizations;

(2)  To prescribe rules for a fair and wholly impartial method of licensure and examination of applicants to practice dentistry, a dental specialty, dental therapy, dental hygiene, or denturitry;

(3)  To define by rule what shall constitute accepted and approved schools, colleges, institutions, universities, or departments thereof for the teaching of dentistry, dental therapy, dental hygiene, or denturitry and to determine, accept, and approve those that comply therewith;

(4)  To promulgate other rules required by law or necessary or desirable for its enforcement and administration and to define unprofessional conduct or practices injurious to the public;

(5)  To inspect or cause to be inspected the offices or operating rooms of all persons licensed pursuant to this chapter or chapter 33, title 54, Idaho Code;

(6)  Upon its own motion or upon any complaint, to initiate and conduct investigations on all matters relating to the practice of dentistry, dental therapy, dental hygiene, or denturitry and to conduct hearings or proceedings on its own or through its designated hearing officer to revoke, suspend, or otherwise condition licenses of persons practicing dentistry, dental therapy, dental hygiene, or denturitry on such terms as the board shall deem appropriate; and

(7)  To establish by rule reasonable fees for administrative costs and to assess costs reasonably and necessarily incurred in the enforcement of this chapter when a licensee has been found to be in violation of this chapter.

History:

[54-912, added 2026, ch. 298, sec. 4, p. 1226.]