Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A.
1. All applicants for a dental license shall
furnish the board with satisfactory evidence of graduation from an accredited
dental school, dental college, or educational program. An accredited dental
school, dental college, or educational program shall be one that has been
certified as accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the
American Dental Association (CODA).
2. An applicant for a dental license who did
not attend an accredited dental school or dental college must successfully
complete a post-graduate CODA-approved program in either general dentistry or
one of the board approved specialties listed in
§122 The board may waive this
requirement if the applicant meets with the board and is determined by the
board to be qualified by other means to practice dentistry in this state.
a. An acceptable general dentistry
post-graduate program shall consist of at least two complete, consecutive years
of training in no more than two CODA-approved institutions or programs. The
board does not accept an accumulation of incomplete programs to satisfy this
requirement.
b. An acceptable
specialty post-graduate program shall consist of at least two consecutive years
at the same institution. The board does not accept an accumulation of programs
which are less than two years in length to satisfy this requirement.
c. If granted a dental license, an applicant
who fulfills his or her dental education requirement through a CODA-approved
post-graduate program will be required to practice in only the field in which
he or she obtained the two years of post-graduate training.
B. All applicants for a
dental hygiene license shall furnish the board with satisfactory evidence of
graduation from an accredited dental hygiene school, dental hygiene college, or
educational program of at least two years in length.
C. The phrase satisfactory evidence
of graduation from an accredited dental school, dental college or educational
program shall mean receipt of satisfactory evidence from the dean of
the applicant's school specifically stating that the applicant will indeed
graduate within 90 days following the successful completion of a board-approved
clinical licensing examination.
D.
The president of the board shall withhold his signature on the license of the
applicant pending receipt of satisfactory evidence of graduation before
awarding the applicant's license to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in the
state of Louisiana.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
37:760(8).
