Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part XXXIII - Dental Health Profession
Chapter 17 - Licensure Examination
Section XXXIII-1709 - Examination of Dentists

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XXXIII-1709

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. An applicant shall be entitled to take the examinations required in this Section to practice dentistry in this state if such applicant:

1. is 18 years of age or older;

2. is of good moral character;

3. is a graduate of a dental school accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association or its successor agency, if any, or any other nationally-recognized accrediting agency; and

4. has successfully completed the National Board of Dental Examiners dental examination.

B. To be licensed as a dentist in this state, an applicant for initial licensure must successfully complete the following:

1. a written examination on the jurisprudence and ethics of the state regulating the practice of dentistry; and

2. the Louisiana state Board of Dentistry approved clinical examination. This examination will be named by the board and this approval may be changed or amended as deemed necessary by the board.

C. Examination scores are valid for initial licensure for five years following the candidate's successful completion of an accepted licensing examination. The examinations accepted by the Board of Dentistry for initial licensure by examination are as follows:

1. examinations conducted prior to January 1, 2012, by Council of Interstate Testing Agencies (CITA), Central Regional Dental Testing Service (CRDTS), Northeast Regional Examining Board (NERB), Southern Regional Testing Agency (SRTA), and Western Regional Examining Board (WREB);

2. examinations conducted after January 1, 2012, by Council of Interstate Testing Agencies (CITA);

3. the American Board of Dental Examiners (ADEX) dental examination.

D. The board is expressly authorized to utilize the services of other licensed dentists to facilitate the examination.

E. No clinical licensing examination may be conducted in the state of Louisiana without the written permission from the Louisiana state Board of Dentistry. For permission to be granted, the agency conducting the examination must have at least four current members of the Louisiana state Board of Dentistry participating in the clinical licensing examination.

F. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary or any examination manual of any of the testing agencies listed in Subsection C of this Section, no candidate for licensure in the state of Louisiana will be granted same if said candidate has failed any clinical licensing examination for a total of three times. This number includes the accumulation of all examinations taken regardless of the testing agency. This number excludes failures of clinical examinations taken prior to an applicants final year of dental school. A make-up examination counts as an examination. This prohibition may be overcome if the applicant meets all of the other requirements of this Section, including the successful completion of one of the examinations listed in Subsection C of this Section and:

1. has been actively practicing with an unrestricted dental license for five years in another state as defined in R.S. 37:751(A)(2), has not had any discipline by the dental board in any state, and meets in person with the full board, and thereafter a majority of the full board votes to overcome this prohibition; or

2. following the last failure of a clinical licensure examination, completes a dental post-doctoral program of a minimum of one year which is accredited by an accreditation agency that is recognized by the United States Department of Education, meets in person with the full board, and thereafter a majority of the full board votes to overcome this prohibition.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:760(1) and (8).

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