Current through Rules and Regulations filed through March 20, 2024
(1) An applicant
for dental licensure must provide the board with the following items: Those
applicants who have received a doctoral degree in dentistry from a dental
school accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American
Dental Association, or its successor agency, if any, must provide the following
in order to complete their application.
(a)
Certified copy of the applicant's testing results showing passage of all
sections with a score of 75 or higher on a clinical examination administered by
the board or a testing agency designated and approved by the board.
(b) Proof of current CPR
certification;
(c) Copies of any
and all National Practitioner's Data Bank reports pertaining to the
applicant;
(d) An official
transcript under seal issued by the appropriate authority (along with a
verified translation into English, if necessary), from the school or university
from which the applicant received his or her doctoral degree in
dentistry;
(e) National Board
Scores verifying passage of all parts with a minimal acceptable grade of
75.
(f) Verification of licensure
from all states where the applicant has ever held or currently holds a license
to practice dentistry. Such license shall be unencumbered by past, present or
pending disciplinary action.
(g)
Furnish a criminal background check. The applicant shall be responsible for all
fees associated with the performance of a background check.
(2) In addition to the
requirements in Section (1), those applicants who have received a doctoral
degree in dentistry from a dental school not accredited by the Commission on
Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association, or its successor
agency, if any, must provide the following in order to complete their
application.
(a) Proof of successful
completion at an ADA-accredited dental school approved by the board of the last
two years of a pre-doctoral program as a full-time student under the conditions
required of other full-time students, except as excused or limited in the
manner that any other student's participation would be excused or limited by
state and federal law, and receipt of the doctor of dental surgery (D.D.S.) or
doctor of dental medicine (D.M.D.) degree; and
(b) A certification from the dean of the
accredited dental school where the applicant took the required supplementary
program specified in O.C.G.A. Sec.
43-11-40(a)(1)(A),
43-11-40(a)(1)(A) and
(B)setting forth that the applicant has
achieved the same level of didactic and clinical competency as expected of a
graduate of the dental school and that the student has completed the last two
years of a pre-doctoral program under the conditions required of other
full-time students, except as excused or limited in the manner that any other
student's participation would be excused or limited by state and federal
law.
(c) An official transcript
under seal from the accredited dental school showing all courses taken during
the supplementary program required pursuant to O.C.G.A. Sec.
43-11-40(a)(1)(A).
(3) All applicants must show
passage of all sections with a score of 75 or higher on a clinical examination
administered by the board or testing agency designated and approved by the
board and a jurisprudence examination on the laws and rules governing the
practice of dentistry in the State of Georgia. Such examinations shall be
administered in the English language.
(4) In accordance with O.C.G.A. §
50-36-1, all applicants applying
for licensure must submit an Affidavit Regarding Citizenship and submit a copy
of secure and verifiable documentation supporting the Affidavit with his or her
application.
O.C.G.A §§
43-11-2.1,
43-11-7,
43-11-40,
50-36-1.
