313.020 Kentucky Board of Dentistry -- Members -- Qualifications -- Terms -Meetings -- Quorum -- Vacancies -- Compensation -- Annual reports.
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The Kentucky Board of Dentistry shall consist of ten (10) members, each appointed
by the Governor to a four (4) year term. Seven (7) members of the board shall be
licensed dentists appointed from a list of three (3) names recommended for each
board position by the resident licensed dentists of Kentucky at an annual election at
a time selected by the Kentucky Board of Dentistry. Two (2) members of the board
shall be dental hygienists licensed to practice dental hygiene in the Commonwealth.
Each appointment to the board of a licensed dental hygienist shall be made from a
list of three (3) names recommended for this position by the resident licensed dental
hygienists of Kentucky at an annual election at a time selected by the board. One (1)
member shall be a citizen at large who is not associated with or financially
interested in the practice or business regulated. One (1) nonvoting ex officio
representative from each the University of Kentucky and the University of
Louisville shall represent the dental schools' interests. One (1) nonvoting ex officio
representative from a hygiene program not associated with the University of
Kentucky or the University of Louisville shall represent the dental hygiene
programs' interests. The hygiene school seats shall rotate on a yearly basis. One (1)
nonvoting ex officio representative from the Department for Public Health shall
represent the department's interests.
Individuals seeking board appointment, other than the citizen member, shall have
been an actual resident and licensed practicing dentist or dental hygienist of the
Commonwealth for not less than five (5) years immediately preceding his or her
appointment to the board, be in good standing with the board, and shall not have
been disciplined by the board in the past eight (8) years. A voting member shall not
receive compensation from or have a financial interest in any dental college or
dental department of any institution of learning, dental supply business, or any
entity over which the board has regulatory authority or sets standards for. For this
subsection alone, a private admonishment shall not count as discipline.
No board member shall serve more than two (2) consecutive terms. A member
appointed to a partial term vacancy exceeding two (2) years shall be deemed to have
served one (1) full term. A former member may be reappointed following an
absence of one (1) term.
The board shall annually:
(a) Meet at least four (4) times a year;
(b) At the first meeting of the board after July 1, elect officers of the board by
majority vote of the members present; and
(c) Set a schedule of at least four (4) regular meetings for the next twelve (12)
month period.
A majority of the voting members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business.
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A member of the board who misses three (3) regular meetings in one (1) year
shall be deemed to have resigned from the board, and his or her position shall
be deemed vacant.
(b) The failure of a board member to attend a special or emergency meeting shall
not result in any penalty.
(c) The year specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection shall begin with the first
meeting missed and end three hundred sixty-five (365) days later or with the
third meeting missed, whichever occurs earlier.
(d) The Governor shall appoint a person of the same class to fill the vacancy
within ninety (90) days.
(e) A person removed under this subsection shall not be reappointed to the board
for four (4) years.
Each voting member of the board shall receive any necessary expenses incurred in
attending its meetings. Each voting member shall receive as compensation two
hundred dollars (0) for each day actually engaged in the duties of his or her
office.
Annual reports and recommendations from the board shall be sent by February 1
each year to the Governor and the General Assembly.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Repealed and reenacted 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2010. - Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 556, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998, prevails over
ch. 552, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 2(1). - Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat.
secs. 2636-3, 2636-18.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/98). This section was amended by 1998
Ky. Acts chs. 552 and 556. Where these Acts are not in conflict, they have been
codified together. Where a conflict exists, Acts ch. 556, which was last enacted by
the General Assembly, prevails under KRS 446.250.
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