Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment adds additional providers to
the list of board-approved continuing education providers.
(1) Definitions.
(A) Continuing dental education-Instruction
for dentists and dental hygienists directly relating to the practice of
dentistry and dental hygiene as defined in sections
332.071
and
332.091,
RSMo.
(B) Time block-A two (2)-year
period with starting dates of December 1, 2002, through November 30, 2004;
December 1, 2004, through November 30, 2006; and repeating in this sequence
from that date.
(C) Board-approved
sponsors are-
1. American Dental Association
(ADA) and its constituent and component societies;
2. Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) and its
state and local affiliates;
3. ADA
recognized dental specialty organizations and their state and local affiliates;
4. National Dental Association and
its state and local affiliates;
5.
American Dental Hygienists' Association and its constituents and component
societies;
6. National Dental
Hygienists' Association and its state and local affiliates;
7. American Medical Association and American
Osteopathic Association and their respective state and local
societies;
8. American Nurses
Association and its state and local affiliates;
9. ADA Commission on Dental Accreditation
approved dental, dental hygiene, and dental assisting schools;
10. ADA continuing education recognition
program;
11. AGD national sponsor
approved program;
12. Federal and
state government agencies, including any of the branches of the military;
13. Hospitals accredited by the
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations;
14. Missouri Public Health Association;
15. American Red Cross;
16. American Heart Association;
17. Any regional clinical testing service
accepted by the board for initial licensure;
18. Dental Assisting National Board, Inc.
(DANB);
19. American Dental
Assistants Association and its constituents and component societies;
20. American Association of Dental Boards
(AADB);
21. Missouri Coalition for
Oral Health; and
22. Any other
sponsor approved by the board pursuant to subsection (2)(B).
(D) Original licensee-One who
obtains licensure by examination in accordance with sections
332.181
and
332.251,
RSMo.
(E) Credential licensee-One
who obtains licensure without examination in accordance with sections
332.211
and
332.281,
RSMo respectively.
(F)
Instructor-One who holds a license to practice and who is a full- or part-time
faculty member in a dental or dental hygiene, or both, school or program
accredited by the ADA Commission on Dental Accreditation.
(G) Resident or Fellow-One who obtains a
license to practice during the time block and who participated in a
post-graduate program accredited by the ADA Commission on Dental
Accreditation.
(H) Diplomate
status-One who holds a license to practice and during the time block has
obtained diplomate status in an ADA recognized specialty.
(I) Retired licensee-One who neither engages
in the active practice of dentistry or dental hygiene nor holds him/herself out
as actively practicing as provided in sections
332.071
and
332.091,
RSMo.
(2) In order to
renew a license, each dentist shall submit satisfactory evidence of completion
of fifty (50) hours of continuing education during the two- (2-) year period
immediately preceding the renewal period, and each dental hygienist shall
submit satisfactory evidence of completion of thirty (30) hours of continuing
education during the two- (2-) year period immediately preceding the renewal
period. Any hours acquired beyond the required number may be carried forward
into the next time block not to exceed twenty-five (25) hours for dentists and
fifteen (15) hours for dental hygienists. Of the fifty (50) hours required for
dentists, not less than forty (40) must be hours directly related to the
updating and maintaining of knowledge and skills in the treatment, health, and
safety of the individual dental patient. Of the thirty (30) hours required for
dental hygienists, not less than twenty-five (25) must be hours directly
related to the updating and maintaining of knowledge and skills in the
treatment, health, and safety of the individual dental patient. One (1) hour of
continuing education shall be granted for every fifty to sixty (50-60) minutes
of contact (either academic or clinical) instruction.
(A) For the licensure renewal form due
November 30, 2004, and each subsequent renewal period after that, the licensee
shall report the number of hours obtained for the two (2)-year period just
completed and shall attest to those hours by signing the form. Each licensee
shall retain records documenting his/her completion of the required hours of
continuing education for a minimum of six (6) years after the reporting period
in which the continuing education was completed. The records shall document the
licensee's attendance at the continuing education course including, but not
limited to, retaining the titles of the courses taken, dates, locations,
receipts, course sponsors, agendas, and number of hours earned. The board may
conduct an audit of licensees to verify compliance with the continuing
education requirement. Licensees shall assist the board in its audit by
providing timely and complete responses to the board's inquiries.
(B) The continuing dental education hours
obtained shall be from a board-approved sponsor. Any entity not listed under
subsection (1)(C) may become a board-approved sponsor for a specified
program(s) by obtaining approval through a sponsor recognized by this rule.
Programs which applied for approval and were not granted approval by a
board-approved sponsor may appear in person before the board with a request for
approval at a regularly scheduled meeting. The board shall review the request
and issue a decision in writing within a reasonable time frame.
(C) A credential dental licensee will only be
required to obtain twenty-five (25) hours of continuing education in order to
renew if the individual became licensed during the second year of the time
block. A credential hygiene licensee will only be required to obtain fifteen
(15) hours of continuing education in order to renew if the individual became
licensed during the second year of the time block.
(D) Individuals who obtain a license by
competency examination shall be exempt from the continuing education
requirement for the remainder of the time block in which s/he became
licensed.
(E) Licensees who are
engaged as full-time instructors will receive ten (10) continuing education
hours per year. Licensees who are engaged as part-time instructors will receive
five (5) continuing education hours per year.
(F) Licensees who give presentations through
a board-approved sponsor relating to dentistry will receive two (2) continuing
education hours for each hour of the original presentation and an hour-for-hour
credit for subsequent presentation of the same material up to sixteen (16)
hours per year.
(G) Residents or
fellows are exempt from the continuing education requirement through the end of
the time block containing the date of graduation.
(H) A dental licensee who has obtained
diplomate status through the ADA-recognized specialty board certification
during the reporting period shall be deemed to have obtained fifty (50) hours
of continuing education. The licensee shall provide the board with
documentation evidencing the specialty board certification upon
request.
(I) Licensees who attend
the open session of the Missouri Dental Board's quarterly meetings or an open
meeting of the Advisory Commission for Dental Hygienists will receive two (2)
hours of continuing education credit per meeting. To qualify, licensees must
sign in at the beginning of the open meeting and sign out at the end of the
open meeting. These continuing education credits do not qualify as directly
related to the updating and maintaining of knowledge and skills in the
treatment, health, and safety of the individual dental patient.
(3) The board, solely in its
discretion, may grant a waiver or an extension to a licensee who cannot
complete the required hours of continuing education because of personal
illness, military service, foreign residency, or other circumstances beyond the
licensee's control. The licensee may apply for a waiver or an extension of time
to complete the continuing education requirements by making a written
application at least forty-five (45) days before the end of the renewal period.
Any licensee seeking a waiver or extension shall provide full and complete
written documentation explaining specifically and in detail the nature of the
circumstances, why the circumstances were unforeseeable and beyond the
licensee's control, the period during which the circumstances were in
existence, the number of continuing education hours earned in the reporting
period, and the licensee's plan for completing the balance of the requirements
if an extension is granted. The board, in its discretion, shall establish the
length of extension granted, not to exceed the next renewal period.
(4) Licensees whose license has expired shall
comply with the continuing education requirements as established in
20 CSR
2110-2.071(8).
(5) Violation of any provision of this rule
shall be deemed by the board to constitute misconduct, fraud,
misrepresentation, dishonesty, unethical conduct, or unprofessional, or any
combination of these, in the performance of the functions, duties, or both, of
a dentist or a dental hygienist, depending on the licensee's conduct. In
addition, a licensee who fails to complete and report in a timely fashion the
required hours of continuing education and engages in the practice of dentistry
or dental hygiene without the express written consent of the board shall be
deemed to have engaged in the unauthorized practice of dentistry or dental
hygiene.
(6) Continuing education
required by the board as part of discipline imposed on a licensee shall not
count toward compliance with the continuing education requirement of this
rule.
*Original authority: 332.031, RSMo 1969, amended 1981,
1993, 1995; 332.181, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1983, 1993, 2001, 2004; and
332.261, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1983, 1993, 2001,
2004.
