§ 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 noncompensated 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 healthcare 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.