Issuance of specialist’s license to dentist licensed in this state.
1. The Board may issue a specialist’s license authorizing a dentist licensed in this state to announce, hold himself out and practice as a specialist in a special area of dentistry for which there is a certifying board approved by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association.
2. No dentist licensed in this state may announce or hold himself out to the public as a specialist or practice as a specialist unless he has successfully completed the educational requirements currently specified for qualification in the special area by the certifying board.
3. A dentist licensed in this state who has successfully completed those educational requirements, has passed the general dentistry examination and has been issued a specialist’s license under this section may commence specialty practice immediately in the special area without:
(a) Examination by the certifying board.
(b) Certification as a diplomate of the certifying board.
4. A dentist licensed in this state to whom a specialist’s license is issued shall limit his practice to the specialty.
Last modified: February 27, 2006