Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Definitions.
As used in this section:
(1) Acceptable
national accrediting body means until December 31, 2006 the Commission on
Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association, and thereafter it
means an organization accepted by the department as a reliable authority for
the purpose of accreditation of dental residency programs, applying its
criteria for granting accreditation in a fair, consistent, and
nondiscriminatory manner, such as the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the
American Dental Association, its successors, or an equivalent organization as
determined by the department.
(2)
Competent to practice dentistry means the level of knowledge and skills
necessary to perform safely and independently the practice of dentistry
consistent with the definition of the practice of dentistry in section
6601 of the
Education Law.
(b)
Residency program. To be acceptable to the department for purposes of licensure
under section
6604 of the
Education Law, a residency program shall meet the requirements of this section.
(1) The residency program shall be a
postdoctoral dental residency program in either general dentistry, or a
specialty of dentistry as defined in paragraph (2) of this subdivision, of at
least one year's duration in a hospital or facility accredited for teaching
purposes by an acceptable national accrediting body, which is completed
successfully by the applicant prior to the submission to the department of the
application for licensure.
(2) The
accredited residency program in a specialty of dentistry shall be in the
specialty of endodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics and
dentofacial orthopedics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, prosthodontics,
oral and maxillofacial pathology, oral and maxillofacial radiology, dental
anesthesiology, dental public health, orofacial pain, oral medicine, or another
specialty of dentistry, as determined by the department.
(3) The accredited residency program shall
include a formal written outcome assessment which is acceptable to the
department, which shall include a written statement by the residency program
director attesting that the applicant has successfully completed the accredited
residency program as defined in this section, and is, in the director's
judgment, competent to practice general dentistry or a specialty of
dentistry.
(c) A
residency program that has not met the requirements of this section shall not
be acceptable to the department for purposes of licensure under this section. A
formal written outcome assessment shall not be acceptable to the department for
purposes of licensure under this section if it does not meet the requirements
of paragraph (b)(3) of this section.
(d) In accordance with subdivision (5) of
section
6605
of the Education Law, not later than 60 days after entry into an acceptable
residency program, and annually thereafter for the duration of such residency
program, the dental resident shall register on a form acceptable to the
department and pay to the department a residency registration fee in the amount
prescribed for limited permit fees in subdivision (4) of section
6605
of the Education Law.
