The Department of Public Health may, upon receipt of an application and a fee of five hundred sixty-five dollars, issue a license without examination to a practicing dentist in another state or territory who (1) holds a current valid license in good professional standing issued after examination by another state or territory that maintains licensing standards which, except for the practical examination, are commensurate with the state's standards, and (2) has worked continuously as a licensed dentist in an academic or clinical setting in another state or territory for a period of not less than one year immediately preceding the application for licensure without examination. No license shall be issued under this section to any applicant against whom professional disciplinary action is pending or who is the subject of an unresolved complaint. The department shall inform the Dental Commission annually of the number of applications it receives for licensure under this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 4449; 1951, S. 2231d; 1957, P.A. 227; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 34; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 54; P.A. 79-70, S. 2; P.A. 80-484, S. 41, 176; P.A. 87-114, S. 2; P.A. 89-251, S. 88, 203; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 201; P.A. 18-168, S. 18; P.A. 19-72, S. 3.)
History: 1959 act raised fee from $75 to $100; 1971 act raised fee to $150; P.A. 79-70 required applicant to have practiced for three, rather than five, years in another state; P.A. 80-484 transferred licensing power from dental commission to department of health services, revised qualifications to replace three-year practice requirement with requirement that applicant be currently practicing, to delete requirements that applicant be “of good moral character” and that he pass a practical examination, and to add provisions prohibiting issuance of license to applicant involved in disciplinary action or unresolved complaint and requiring annual notification of commission of number of applicants; P.A. 87-114 substituted “licensed” for “in lawful practice”, deleted the condition requiring a dentist to remove to this state, and deleted the provision requiring the state or territory issuing the certificate to offer reciprocity to dentists registered and licensed in this state and removing to such other state; P.A. 89-251 increased the fee from $150 to $450; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $450 to $565; P.A. 18-168 replaced provisions re department's issuance of license to dentist licensed in another state or territory with provisions re same; P.A. 19-72 amended Subdiv. (2) by replacing “five years” with “one year” re continuous work as a licensed dentist, effective January 1, 2020.