Beginning January 2016, every applicant for any type of license or permit issued by the Board of Dentistry shall be subject to a national criminal background check. The Board may deny a license or permit for any applicant who fails to disclose a criminal history or if any applicant has pled guilty or nolo contendere to or has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, Medicaid fraud or a violation of federal or state controlled dangerous substances laws.
Added by Laws 2012, c. 270, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2012. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 405, § 9, eff. July 1, 2013; Laws 2015, c. 229, § 16, eff. July 1, 2015; Laws 2016, c. 113, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.