New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 5 - DENTISTRY (DENTISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS, ETC.)
Part 6 - DENTISTS, LICENSURE BY EXAMINATION
Section 16.5.6.9 - PREREQUISITE REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIALTY LICENSE
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
Each applicant for a license to practice a dental specialty by examination must possess the following qualifications. Individuals licensed to practice a dental specialty shall be limited to practice only in that specialty area:
A. graduated and received a diploma from an accredited dental school as defined in Subsection A of Section 61-5A-12 NMSA; and
B. a postgraduate degree or certificate from an accredited dental school or approved residency program as defined in Subsection E of Section 61-5A-12 NMSA 1978 in one of the following specialty areas:
C. successfully completed the dental national board examination as defined in Subsection A of Section 61-5A-12 NMSA 1978;
D. passed a specialty clinical examination approved by the board; the results of the exam are valid in New Mexico for a period not to exceed five years; examination results must be sent directly to the board office;
E. an applicant in any specialty defined above for which there is no specialty clinical examination may substitute diplomat status for the examination;
F. completed the jurisprudence exam with a score of at least seventy five percent; the applicant shall schedule the exam through the board office; and
G. the board requires a level II background status report from a board designated professional background service; application for this service will be included with other application materials; the applicant will apply and pay fees directly to a board designated professional background service to initiate this service.
