64B5-2.014: Licensure Requirements for Applicants from Accredited Schools or Colleges
64B5-2.0146: Licensure Requirements for Applicants from Non-Accredited Schools or Colleges
64B5-2.0148: Credentials Requirements for Applicants from Non-Accredited Schools or Colleges, Whose Records Are Unavailable
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose and effect for 64B5-2.014 is to change the rule language to comply with new legislation regarding HIV Aids and domestic violence courses. The purpose and effect for 64B5-2.0146 is to change the rule language to comply with new legislation regarding HIV Aids and domestic violence. The purpose and effect for 64B5-2.0148 is to change the rule language to comply with examination requirement in Section 466.006 F.S.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Licensure Requirements for Applicants from Accredited Schools or Colleges; Licensure Requirements for Dental Hygiene Applicants from Unaccredited Dental Schools or Colleges; Licensure Requirements for Applicants from Non-Accredited Schools or Colleges; Credentials Requirements for Applicants from Non-Accredited Schools or Colleges, Whose Records Are Unavailable.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 466.004, 466.007 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 456.033, 466.006, 466.007, 466.0075, 466.028 FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE WEEKLY.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Sue Foster, Executive Director, Board of Dentistry/MQA, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin # C08, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3258.
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:
64B5-2.014 Licensure Requirements for Applicants from Accredited Schools or Colleges.
Any person who has graduated, or expects to graduate prior to the examination, or is in their final year of a dental program and has completed all the coursework necessary to prepare the student to perform the clinical and diagnostic procedures required to pass the examinations, from a school or college accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American Dental Association or its successor agency or a school or college approved by the board may seek licensure as a dentist or dental hygienist by applying in the following manner:
(1) through (3) No change.
(4) Prior to issuance of a license, the applicant shall submit proof of having successfully completed a Board-approved course on human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome. However, a license may be issued without proof of completion if the applicant submits an affidavit which establishes good cause for having failed to meet this pre-licensure requirement. The Chairman of the Board is delegated the authority to determine whether or not good cause has been established. Upon a determination of good cause, the applicant shall be given 6 months from issuance of licensure to complete this requirement.
(4)(5) No change.
Specific Authority 466.004 FS. Law Implemented 456.033, 466.006, 466.007, 466.0075, 466.028 FS. History–New 10-8-79, Amended 4-1-80, 4-20-81, 3-16-82, 5-2-84, 9-4-84, Formerly 21G-2.14, Amended 12-31-86, 10-8-87, 11-16-89, 10-18-90, Formerly 21G-2.014, 61F5-2.014, Amended 9-24-96, Formerly 59Q-2.014, Amended 8-20-97, 3-16-06, .
64B5-2.0146 Licensure Requirements for Applicants from Non-Accredited Schools or Colleges.
(1) No change.
(2) An applicant who otherwise meets the requirements of Section 466.006(3), F.S., and chooses to apply pursuant to Section 466.006(3)(b), F.S., will be required to:
(a) through (b) No change.
(c) Present to the Board the following documents:
1. through 2. No change.
3. A letter addressed to the Board from the dean of the sponsoring institution’s dental school stating that the applicant successfully completed the sponsored supplemental general dental education program and attained the educational equivalency of a graduating senior at the sponsoring institution’s dental school and completed the requirements of two academic years in a general dental program providing educational remediation to the level of a D.D.S. or D.M.D. recipient.
(3) Prior to issuance of a license, the applicant shall submit proof of having successfully completed a Board-approved course on human immuno-deficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome, as set forth in Rule 64B5-12.019, F.A.C. However, a license shall be issued without proof of completion if the applicant submits an affidavit which establishes good cause for having failed to meet this pre-licensure requirement. Upon the Board’s determination that good cause has been established, the applicant shall be given 6 months from issuance of licensure to complete this requirement.
(4) No change.
Specific Authority 466.004 FS. Law Implemented 456.033(6), 466.006, 466.0075 FS. History–New 10-15-92, Formerly 21G-2.0146, 61F5-2.0146, Amended 9-24-96, Formerly 59Q-2.0146, Amended 8-19-97, 5-20-01, 6-7-05, .
64B5-2.0148 Credentials Requirements for Applicants from Non-Accredited Schools or Colleges, Whose Records Are Unavailable.
Any person who seeks licensure as a dentist but is unable to supply proper educational credentials due to the political conditions of the country in which the education was received shall submit any and all documents which would tend to support the applicant’s claim of proper credentials and shall submit at least 60 days prior to the examination:
(1) Proof received directly from the American Dental Association, that the National Board of Dental Examiners Written Examination has been successfully completed within 10 years and in no more than three attempts to successfully complete it, prior to application.; dental applicants who successfully completed the examination more than 10 years prior to application shall submit proof of having successfully completed Part II of the examination within 10 years and in no more than three attempts to successfully complete it, prior to application;
(2) through (5) No change.
Specific Authority 466.004 FS. Law Implemented 466.006 FS. History–New 11-16-89, Amended 10-18-90, Formerly 21G-2.0148, 61F5-2.0148, 59Q-2.0148, Amended 7-29-97, .