§ 5-31.1-7. Recertification — Continuing dental education.
(a) Effective beginning in the calendar year 2006, every dentist, dental hygienist, or
DAANCE-certified maxillofacial surgery assistant licensed to practice within this
state, on or before the first day of May in each even numbered year, shall apply to
the Rhode Island board of examiners in dentistry for a biennial license with the board.
The applicant shall include satisfactory evidence to the board of examiners in dentistry
that, in the preceding two years, the practitioner has completed a prescribed course
of continuing dental or dental hygiene education established by the appropri
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§ 5-31.1-7. Recertification — Continuing dental education.
(a) Effective beginning in the calendar year 2006, every dentist, dental hygienist, or
DAANCE-certified maxillofacial surgery assistant licensed to practice within this
state, on or before the first day of May in each even numbered year, shall apply to
the Rhode Island board of examiners in dentistry for a biennial license with the board.
The applicant shall include satisfactory evidence to the board of examiners in dentistry
that, in the preceding two years, the practitioner has completed a prescribed course
of continuing dental or dental hygiene education established by the appropriate dental
or dental hygiene association and approved by rule or regulation of the director or
by the board of examiners in dentistry. If the applicant submits satisfactory evidence
to the board that he or she has completed a prescribed course of continuing dental
education, dental hygiene, or DAANCE-certified maxillofacial surgery assisting education
and has complied with the provisions of § 5-31.1-6, the board shall issue the applicant a license registration for a two-year (2) period
commencing on July 1. The board may extend for only one six-month (6) period those
educational requirements if the board is satisfied that the applicant has suffered
hardship that prevented meeting the educational requirement. No license to practice
dentistry or dental hygiene in this state shall be refused, nor any license suspended
or revoked, except as:
(1) Provided for in this chapter; and
(2) For failure to provide satisfactory evidence of continuing dental, dental hygiene,
or DAANCE-certified maxillofacial surgery assisting education as provided for in this
section.
(b) Licensees shall apply for recertification by submitting evidence of continuing dental,
dental hygiene, or DAANCE-certified maxillofacial surgery assisting education on a
biennial basis. Application for biennial registration shall continue as provided in
this section and § 5-31.1-21.