54-916B. DENTAL LICENSURE BY CREDENTIALS. The board may issue a license to practice dentistry without further examination upon evidence that:
(1) The applicant currently holds an active license in good standing to practice dentistry in another state with no disciplinary proceedings or unresolved complaints pending before the state’s licensing board;
(2) The applicant has been in clinical practice at least five (5) years immediately preceding the date of application for a minimum of three thousand five hundred (3,500) hours;
(3) The applicant has graduated from a dental school accredited by the commission on dental accreditation of the American dental association as of the date of the applicant’s graduation;
(4) The applicant has successfully completed the national board dental examinations;
(5) The applicant has successfully completed a board-approved clinical examination; and
(6) The applicant has paid the application fee as set by board rule.
History:
[54-916B, added 1997, ch. 95, sec. 1, p. 224; am. 2014, ch. 121, sec. 5, p. 346; am. 2018, ch. 170, sec. 1, p. 378.]