TITLE 5
Businesses and Professions
CHAPTER 5-31.1
Dentists and Dental Hygienists
SECTION 5-31.1-6
§ 5-31.1-6 License to practice
Qualifications of applicants Fee Reexamination.
(a) Authority to practice dentistry or dental hygiene under this chapter is by
a license, issued by the director of the department of health, to any reputable
dentist, dental hygienist or DAANCE-certified maxillofacial surgery assistant
who intends to practice dentistry, dental hygiene or DAANCE-certified
maxillofacial surgery assisting in this state, and who meets the requirements
for licensure prescribed in this chapter and regulations established by the
board or the director.
(b) Applicants for licensure as dentists shall:
(1) Present satisfactory evidence of graduation from a school
of dentistry accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental
Accreditation, or its designated agency, and approved by the board;
(2) Meet any other requirements that the board or director by
regulation establishes; and
(3) Pass in a satisfactory manner any examinations that the
board requires.
(c) Applicants for licensure as dental hygienists shall:
(1) Present satisfactory evidence of graduation from a school
for dental hygiene accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on
Dental Auxiliary Accreditation or its designated agency and approved by the
board;
(2) Meet any other requirements that the board or director by
regulation establishes; and
(3) Pass in a satisfactory manner any examination that the
board requires.
(d) Any dentist and any dental hygienist or DAANCE-certified
maxillofacial surgery assistant applying for licensure shall pay an application
fee as set forth in § 23-1-54. Application fees shall in no case be
returned. Applicants requiring reexamination for dentistry, for dental hygiene
or for DAANCE-certified maxillofacial surgery assisting shall submit fees as
set forth in § 23-1-54 for each reexamination.
(e)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board
of dental examiners may issue a special license to qualifying dentists and
dental hygienists under the terms and conditions set forth in this section and
pursuant to requirements that may be set forth in the rules and regulations of
the board. The special license may only be issued to a person who is retired
from the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene and not currently engaged in
such practice either full-time or part-time and has, prior to retirement,
maintained full licensure in good standing in dentistry or dental hygiene in
any state.
(2) The special licensee shall be permitted to practice
dentistry or dental hygiene only in the non-compensated employ of public
agencies or institutions, not-for-profit agencies, not-for-profit institutions,
nonprofit corporations, or not-for-profit associations that provide dentistry
or dental hygiene services only to indigent patients in areas underserved by
dentists or dental hygienists or critical need population areas of the state.
(3) The person applying for the special license under this
section shall submit to the board a notarized statement from the employing
agency, institution, corporation, association, or health care program, on a
form prescribed by the board, whereby he or she agrees unequivocally not to
receive compensation for any dentistry or dental hygiene services he or she may
render while in possession of the special license.
(4) Any application fees and all licensure and renewal fees
shall be waived for the holder of the special license under this section.
(5) A dentist or dental hygienist licensed pursuant to this
section shall comply with the continuing education requirements established by
the board of dental examiners in this state.
(f) Applicants for licensure as certified maxillofacial
surgical assistants shall:
(1) Present satisfactory evidence of completion of the DAANCE
oral surgery assistant training course prepared and administered by the
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons or its designated
agency and approved by the board;
(2) Meet any other requirements that the board or director by
regulation establishes;
(3) Pass, in a satisfactory manner, any examination that the
board requires; and
(4) Complete a board of examiners in dentistry-approved
advanced cardiac life support course and current certification.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1987, ch. 358, § 2; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 14, § 6; P.L. 2007,
ch. 73, art. 39, § 5; P.L. 2007, ch. 181, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 204,
§ 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 5; P.L. 2014, ch. 95, § 1;
P.L. 2014, ch. 163, § 1.)
