Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 12, December 1, 2024
(a) A renewal
application for a dental license shall be submitted electronically before
midnight on January 31 of each year through the Board's website:
www.ncdentalboard.org. The renewal application shall include:
(1) dental license number;
(7) citizenship or immigration status, with
verifying documentation;
(8)
whether, during the calendar year preceding the application, the licensee has:
(A) been summoned to court or before a
magistrate for the violation of any law or ordinance or for the commission of
any felony or misdemeanor;
(B) been
arrested for the violation of any law or ordinance or for the commission of any
felony or misdemeanor;
(C) been
taken into custody for the violation of any law or ordinance or for the
commission of any felony or misdemeanor;
(D) been indicted for the violation of any
law or ordinance or for the commission of any felony or misdemeanor;
(E) been convicted or tried for the violation
of any law or ordinance or for the commission of any felony or
misdemeanor;
(F) been charged with
the violation of any law or ordinance or for the commission of any felony or
misdemeanor;
(G) pleaded guilty to
the violation of any law or ordinance or for the commission of any felony or
misdemeanor;
(H) been disciplined
by any professional licensing board; or
(I) had a malpractice suit settled or pending
against the licensee;
(9) whether the licensee has been
investigated for employee misclassification as an independent contractor within
the five years preceding the application;
(10) employment status as a dentist as of the
date of the application, including:
(A)
whether the licensee is currently working as a dentist;
(B) primary practice area;
(C) name of the practice in which the
licensee provides services;
(D)
primary setting in which the licensee provides services;
(E) number of hours the licensee works in an
average week;
(F) whether the
licensee is self-employed;
(G) if
not self-employed, the type of employer for which the licensee works;
and
(H) if self-employed, the
number of dentists, hygienists, and dental assistants working in the licensee's
practice;
(11) a report
of the licensee's completion of continuing education hours related to clinical
patient care during the calendar year preceding the application, or the
licensee's exemption from reporting;
(12) whether the licensee is enrolled in or
completed a residency program during the calendar year preceding the
application;
(13) whether the
licensee holds an unexpired CPR certification;
(14) whether the licensee employed dental
hygienists as limited supervision hygienists as set forth in 21 NCAC 16Z during
the calendar year preceding the application;
(15) whether the licensee is registered with
and using the N.C. Controlled Substances Reporting System as of the date of the
application;
(16) whether the
licensee has an active U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration license as of the
date of the application to prescribe schedule II-IV controlled
medications;
(17) whether the
licensee has completed at least one hour of continuing education in controlled
substance prescribing practices and controlled substance prescribing for
chronic pain management during the calendar year preceding the application;
and
(18) a written statement
certifying that the information submitted is accurate to the best of the
licensee's knowledge.
(b) In addition to the requirements of
Paragraph (a) of this Rule, the licensee shall mail to the Board the following
materials for review by the Board before the license will be renewed:
(1) for each matter existing under
Subparagraph (a)(8) of this Rule, a statement describing the nature, facts, and
disposition of the matter, and include a copy, certified by the clerk of court
or the applicable licensing board, of the disposition or judgment in the
matter; and
(2) for each matter
under Subparagraph (a)(9) of this Rule, documentation of the results of the
investigation.
(c) The
Board shall receive all information and documentation set forth in Paragraphs
(a) and (b) of this Rule, accompanied by the renewal fees set forth in
21 NCAC
16M .0101, for the renewal application to be
complete. If a renewal application is not complete, the license will not be
renewed.
(d) Eligible licensees
shall be granted an extension period as set out in 21 NCAC 16B .0900 in which
to pay renewal fees, obtain CPR certification, and comply with the Board's
continuing education rules.
(e) Any
license obtained through fraud or by any false representation shall be
revoked.
Authority
G.S.
90-28;
90-31;
90-39;
93B-15;
Eff. April 1,
2003;
Amended Eff. July 1, 2015; February 1, 2008;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. January 9, 2018;
Amended Eff.
September 1, 2020.
