2011 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 313 DENTISTS AND DENTAL SPECIALISTS 313.030 Licensing and registration of dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants -- Duration, expiration, and renewal -- Disciplinary action by board -- Board's power to extend license or registration.
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313.030 Licensing and registration of dentists, dental hygienists, and dental
assistants -- Duration, expiration, and renewal -- Disciplinary action by board - Board's power to extend license or registration.
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The license or registration held by a dentist, dental hygienist, or dental assistant
shall be valid for a period of two (2) years.
Each license or registration held by a dentist, dental hygienist, or dental assistant
shall expire on December 31. A dentist's license shall expire in odd-numbered
years, while all other licenses or registrations issued by the board shall expire in
even-numbered years.
Each license or registration held by any person issued under the provisions of this
chapter shall be renewed at least biennially. Upon receipt of the application and fee,
the board shall verify the accuracy of the application to determine whether the
licensee or person seeking licensure or registration has met all the requirements as
set forth in this chapter and in the administrative regulations promulgated by the
board, and, if so, shall issue to the applicant a license or registration to practice or
engage in the activity for the ensuing licensure or registration period. Such license
or registration shall render the holder a legal practitioner of the practice or activity
specified in the license or registration for the period stated on it. The board shall
prescribe by administrative regulation promulgated in accordance with KRS
Chapter 13A the beginning and ending of the licensure or registration period.
Any person who is licensed or registered by the board who allows his or her license
or registration to lapse by failing to renew the license or registration as provided in
this section may be reinstated by the board on payment of the current fee for
original licensure or registration in addition to any late fees and by meeting the
requirements of administrative regulations promulgated by the board.
An application for renewal of a license or registration shall be completed online or,
if a written request is made to the board prior to November 1 of the year of
expiration, a paper application shall be sent to the last known address of each
licensee or certified or registered person requesting a paper application.
Any person engaging in any practice or activity regulated by the board during the
time his or her license or registration has lapsed shall be considered practicing with
an expired license or registration and shall be subject to the penalties provided for
violations of this chapter.
Failure to receive the application for renewal of a license or registration shall not
relieve a dentist, dental hygienist, or dental assistant from the duty to renew his or
her license or registration prior to December 31 of the year in which the license or
registration expires.
The duration of any license or registration issued by the board may be limited by
disciplinary action of the board.
Every license or registration issued by the board shall have the seal of the board
affixed. A holder of a license or registration shall retain it in his or her possession
and be prepared to exhibit it upon demand by an employer or anyone to whom the
holder of the license or registration offers treatment or any board or staff member of
the Kentucky Board of Dentistry. Each license or registration issued by the board
shall be posted in a conspicuous place in each place of employment of the dentist,
dental hygienist, or dental assistant.
(10) Failure or refusal to produce a license or registration upon demand shall be prima
facie evidence that no such license or registration exists.
(11) In order to ensure a proper transition during the implementation of the provisions of
this section, the board may, for a period of no longer than three (3) years, extend a
license or registration of any person in order to utilize the expiration date provided
for in this section. The board shall, in writing, notify each person whose license or
registration is extended of the extension and the new date of expiration. The
extension shall be without charge.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Repealed and reenacted 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 5, effective July 15, 2010. - Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 12, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 1998
Ky. Acts ch. 556, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1998. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts
ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2636-21.
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