(a)The board may refuse to issue or renew a license, may
suspend or revoke a license, may reprimand, restrict or impose
conditions on the practice of a dentist for any one (1) or more
of the following causes:
(i)Conviction of, entry of a plea of nolo contendere
to or entry of a deferred prosecution agreement pursuant to W.S.
7-13-301 to a felony or misdemeanor that relates adversely to
the practice of dentistry or the ability to practice dentistry;
(ii)Renting or loaning to another person the
dentist's license or diploma to be used as a license or diploma
for the other person;
(iii)Unprofessional conduct as defined in rules and
regulations of the board;
(iv)Advertising or soliciting patients, in any form
of communication, in a manner that is false or misleading in any
material respect
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(a) The board may refuse to issue or renew a license, may
suspend or revoke a license, may reprimand, restrict or impose
conditions on the practice of a dentist for any one (1) or more
of the following causes:
(i) Conviction of, entry of a plea of nolo contendere
to or entry of a deferred prosecution agreement pursuant to W.S.
7-13-301 to a felony or misdemeanor that relates adversely to
the practice of dentistry or the ability to practice dentistry;
(ii) Renting or loaning to another person the
dentist's license or diploma to be used as a license or diploma
for the other person;
(iii) Unprofessional conduct as defined in rules and
regulations of the board;
(iv) Advertising or soliciting patients, in any form
of communication, in a manner that is false or misleading in any
material respect;
(v) Being unfit or incompetent to practice dentistry
for any reason, including but not limited to:
(A) Inability to practice dentistry with
reasonable skill and safety because of physical or mental
disability or the use of alcohol, prescription drugs,
nonprescription drugs or other psychoactive substance;
(B) Performance of unsafe dental practice or
failure to conform to the standards of acceptable professional
dental practice, whether or not actual injury results.
(vi) Professional discipline by a professional
licensing board in any jurisdiction;
(vii) Fraud, deceit or misrepresentation in providing
any information or record to the board; or
(viii) Willful violation of any provisions of this
act or rules and regulations of the board.
(b) The proceedings under this section may be taken by the
board from matters within its knowledge or upon information from
another. If the informant is a member of the board, the other
members of the board shall judge the accused. All complaints
shall be in writing, verified by some party familiar with the
facts alleged or by additional information or data which
supports the complaint and shall be filed with the board. Upon
receiving the complaint, the board shall proceed as in a
contested case under the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act
and rules and regulations of the board. Upon revocation of any
license, the fact shall be noted upon the records of the board
and the license shall be marked cancelled upon the date of its
revocation.
(c) Upon receipt from the department of family services of
a certified copy of an order from a court to withhold, suspend
or otherwise restrict a license issued by the board, the board
shall notify the party named in the court order of the
withholding, suspension or restriction of the license in
accordance with the terms of the court order. No appeal under
the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act shall be allowed for a
license withheld, suspended or restricted under this subsection.