New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter II - Regulations of the Department of Social Services
Subchapter E - Medical Care
Article 3 - Policies and Standards Governing Provision of Medical and Dental Care
Part 506 - Dental Care
Section 506.1 - Qualifications of dentists
Universal Citation: 18 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 506.1
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) General qualifications of dentists. Dentists shall be licensed and currently registered by the New York State Education Department, or, if in practice in another state, by the appropriate agency of that state and shall meet the qualifications of a general practitioner or of a specialist.
(b) Qualifications of general practioner. A general practitioner is a dentist who:
(1) is
a member of the active or attending staff at a hospital holding a valid
operating certificate from the New York State Department of Health;
(2) is a member in good standing of the
Academy of General Dentistry; or
(3) has given satisfactory evidence of
completion of a total of 75 hours of continuation education over a three-year
period based on standards approved by the State Commissioner of Health in
accordance with the following:
(i) Not less
than 25 hours of the 75 hours required shall be attendance at planned
instruction which shall include one or more of the following:
(a) courses conducted by a dental school;
or
(b) planned continuation
education preceptorships or similar practical training approved on an
individual basis by the Dental Society of the State of New York, jointly with
the Health Manpower Group of the State Department of Health;
(c) for not more than 10 hours' credit in any
given year, preparation and/or presentation of acceptable scientific exhibits
or papers evaluated by the Dental Society of the State of New York, jointly
with the Health Manpower Group of the State Department of Health; or
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(d) continuation education
approved for this purpose by the Dental Society of the State of New York,
jointly with the Health Manpower Group of the State Department of
Health;
(ii) The
remaining 50 hours of continuation education shall be satisfied by attaining
credit on an hour-for-hour basis for attendance at specific scientific
meetings, such as the following:
(a)
attendance at meetings of dental groups, such as local, State or national,
including but not limited to dental study clubs, county dental societies,
academies of dentistry, academies of general dentistry, district and State
dental societies, specialty dental meetings and meetings of the American Dental
Association;
(b) attendance at
scientific programs, hospital staff meetings or similar meetings;
(c) teaching responsibilities in a teaching
hospital or in a dental school, a nursing school or other accredited school
which teaches some branch of the health services;
(d) other continuation education activities
accepted by the Health Manpower Group of the State Department of Health jointly
with the Dental Society of the State of New York, as meeting these
requirements.
(iii)
Dentists not possessing the continuation education qualifications required by
this paragraph shall be given three years from a date to be determined by the
State Commissioner of Health to meet such qualifications.
(iv) In extenuating circumstances involving
personal or family illness or disability, health emergencies or epidemics in
the community endangering the public health, or unavailability of adequate
dental coverage through other sources, the above requirements may be waived for
any individual dentist at the discretion of the State Commissioner of
Health.
(c) Qualifications of specialists. A specialist is one who is:
(1) a diplomate of the appropriate American
Board;
(2) is listed as a
specialist in the American Dental Directory of the American Dental Association
section on "character of practice"; or
(3) is listed as a specialist on the roster
of approved dental specialists of the New York State Department of
Health.
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