Current through Rules and Regulations filed through March 20, 2024
(1) For
purposes of this rule:
(a) "State" includes
Washington D.C. and all U.S. territories.
(b) "Provisional Licensure by Credentials"
means a license to practice dentistry in the State of Georgia granted to
individuals licensed to practice dentistry in another state who have not met
all of the requirements for a dental license by examination but who have met
equivalent requirements for the practice of dentistry as set forth in O.C.G.A.
§
43-11-41 and by board
rule.
(c) "Full-Time Clinical
Practice" means a minimum of 1,000 hours for each full twelve (12) month period
of licensure immediately preceding the date of the application in the hands-on
treatment of patients. For the purposes of this rule, each such period shall
not be less than a full twelve (12) months. Neither clinical practice through
training programs nor during periods of residency qualifies as full-time
clinical practice. Whether apart of or separate from the training or residency
program, no clinical practice while participating in or enrolled in any
training or residency program shall be considered for the purposes of this
rule.
(d) "Active Dental License"
means a license to practice dentistry held by an individual.
(e) "Full-Time Clinical Faculty Practice"
means a minimum of 1,000 hours for each full twelve (12) month period of
licensure immediately preceding the date of the application in the teaching of
clinical dental skills at an ADA-accredited dental school/program. For the
purposes of this rule, each such period shall not be less than a full twelve
(12) months. For any time periods during which the applicant is participating
in or enrolled in any training or residency program, the teaching of clinical
skills shall not be considered for the purposes of this rule.
(2) Only those applicants licensed
and currently engaged in full-time clinical practice, as defined in subsection
(1)(c) of this rule, in a state that has a credentialing law similar to the
licensure by credentials law in Georgia will be considered by the board for a
provisional license by credentials. Applicants from states not issuing licenses
by credentials are ineligible.
(3)
As set forth in O.C.G.A. §
43-11-41, an applicant for a
provisional license by credentials must also meet the following requirements:
(a) Must have an active dental license in
good standing from another state.
(b) Must have received a doctor of dental
surgery (D.D.S.) degree or a doctor of dental medicine (D.M.D.) degree from a
dental school approved by the board and accredited by the Commission on Dental
Accreditation of the American Dental Association (A.D.A.) or its successor
agency.
(c) Applicants must have
been in full-time clinical practice, as defined in subsection (1)(c) of this
rule; full-time faculty as defined in subsection (1)(e) of this rule; or a
combination of both for each of the five years immediately preceding the date
of the application.
(d) Candidates
convicted of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or dealing with the
administering, dispensing or taking of drugs including, but not limited to
controlled substances, are not eligible.
(e) 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, must provide the following in order to complete their application:
1. Certified copy of the applicant's testing
results showing passage of all sections with a score of 75 or higher or its
equivalent score on a clinical examination administered by the board or a
testing agency designated and approved by the board.
(i) After a fourth failure of one or more
sections of any clinical examination, no further attempts will be recognized by
the board for licensure by credentials in Georgia.
2. Show passage with a score of 75 or higher
on a jurisprudence examination on the laws and rules governing the practice of
dentistry in the State of Georgia. Such examination shall be administered in
the English language.
3. Proof of
current CPR certification;
4.
Copies of any and all National Practitioner's Data Bank reports pertaining to
the applicant;
5. Official
transcripts under seal from a school or university from which the applicant
received a doctorate in dentistry;
6. National Board scores showing passage of
all sections of the examination with a score of 75 or higher;
7. Verification of licensure from all states
where the applicant has ever held or currently holds a license to practice
dentistry;
8. Furnish a background
check. The applicant shall be responsible for all fees associated with the
performance of a background check.
9. 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 an
application.
(4) 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, in addition to the information required in subsection (3)(a),
(c), and (d) of this rule must also 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) Certification by the dean of the
accredited dental school where the applicant took the required supplementary
program specified in O.C.G.A. §
43-11-41(a)
setting forth that the applicant has achieved
the same level of didactic and clinical competency as expected of a graduate of
the 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.
(5) A certification letter from a
dental board or regional testing agency of a passing score of 75 or higher on
each section of a clinical licensure examination substantially equivalent to
the clinical licensure examination required in Georgia and which was
administrated by the dental board or its designated testing agency. A
certification letter from the applicant's dental school is not acceptable.
Sections of clinical licensure examinations that include slot preparations of
restorative dentistry shall not be deemed substantially equivalent to the
sections of clinical licensure examinations required in Georgia. Such scores
shall neither be accepted nor recognized by the Board.
(a) Such certification shall state that the
examination included procedures performed on human subjects as part of the
assessment of clinical competencies and shall have included evaluations in the
following areas:
1. periodontics, human
subject clinical abilities testing;
2. endodontics, clinical abilities
testing;
3. posterior class II
amalgam or posterior class II composite preparation and restoration, human
subject clinical abilities testing;
4. anterior class III composite preparation
and restoration, human subject clinical abilities testing;
5. crown preparation, clinical abilities
testing;
6. prosthetics, written or
clinical abilities testing;
7. oral
diagnosis, written or clinical abilities testing; and
8. oral surgery, written or clinical
abilities testing.
(b)
Evaluations of restorative dentistry from slot preparations shall not meet the
requirements of (5)(a).
(c) The
Board, in its discretion, may waive a specific human subject clinical abilities
testing requirement if:
1. An applicant
represents himself or herself as a specialist and qualifies for such title
under Rule
150-11-.01,
2. The applicant's clinical examination did
not include human subject clinical abilities testing in the area of his or her
specialty, and
3. The applicant has
practiced in that specialty for at least 10 years.
(d) In addition to the foregoing requirements
to be eligible for licensure consideration by credentials, a license
examination after January 1, 1998 shall include:
1. anonymity between candidates and
examination raters;
2.
standardization and calibration of raters; and
3. a mechanism for post exam
analysis.
(e) After a
fourth failure of one or more sections of any clinical examination, no further
attempts will be recognized by the board for licensure by credentials in
Georgia.
(f) All applicants must
show passage of 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.
(6) Active duty military dentists on federal
installations are exempt from the state of practice requirement as contained in
subsection (2) of this rule as long the applicant has an active license in an
acceptable state and meets all other requirements as set forth in this
rule.
(7) Contract employees on
Georgia federal installations are exempt from the state of practice requirement
as contained in subsection (2) of this rule as long the applicant has an active
license in state and meets all other requirements as set forth in this
rule.
(8) An active duty military
dentist or contract employee on a Georgia federal installation who applies for
licensure by credentials must provide a letter from the supervising
authority/commanding officer at the federal installation. Such letter must
include but not be limited to the applicant's general service record, any
complaint or disciplinary action as well as continuing education that the
credentialing candidate may have obtained.
(9) For the first five biennial renewal
periods, the holder of a dental provisional license by credentials must attest
to the fact that he or she has maintained full-time clinical practice in the
State of Georgia as defined in subsection (1)(c) of this rule.
(10) The Board shall have the authority to
refuse to grant a provisional license by credentials to an applicant, or to
revoke the provisional license by credentials to a dentist licensed by the
Board, or to discipline a dentist holding a provisional license by credentials
in accordance with the provisions of O.C.G.A. §§
43-1-19,
43-11-47.
(11) Upon receipt of license, the applicant
by credentials must establish active practice in this State within two years of
receiving such license or the license shall be automatically revoked. "Active
practice" shall mean a minimum of 500 hours for each full twelve (12) month
period of licensure in the hands-on treatment of patients.
O.C.G.A. §§
43-11-2.1,
43-11-7,
43-11-40,
43-11-41,
43-11-42,
50-36-1.
