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2006 South Dakota Code - 36-6A-44 — Application for license to practice dentistry or dental hygiene--Requirements--Examination.
36-6A-44. Application for license to practice dentistry or dental hygiene--Requirements-- Examination. Any person not already a licensed dentist or dental hygienist of this state desiring to practice dentistry or dental hygiene may apply to the secretary-treasurer of the Board of Dentistry for licensure. Unless otherwise provided:
(1) Each application for a license to
practice dentistry or dental hygiene shall be in writing and signed
by the applicant;
(2) An application for a license without
examination shall be made in accordance with the provisions of
§ 36-6A-47 or 36-6A-48;
(3) The applicant must be a graduate from
a dental or dental hygiene school which is accredited by the
American dental association commission on dental accreditation and
shall be examined for a license to practice dentistry or dental
hygiene;
(4) Foreign-trained and other graduates
from nonaccredited dental and dental hygiene programs may apply for
a dental or dental hygiene license. The board, by rule promulgated
pursuant to chapter 1-26, shall establish requirements to
reasonably assure that an applicant's training and education are
sufficient for licensure;
(5) The board may require a laboratory
examination as a prerequisite to the clinical examination of an
applicant if it has reason to believe the applicant cannot practice
safely on a clinical patient due to a difference in the applicant's
curriculum or any other bona fide reason;
(6) All applicants who are admitted to the
examination process shall be evaluated by the same standards in
examinations. Skill and performance standards required in the
written, laboratory and clinical examinations shall be the same for
all applicants;
(7) All applicants shall provide
satisfactory evidence showing that they are of good moral
character;
(8) Every applicant for a license to
practice dentistry or dental hygiene, whether by examination or
reciprocity, shall produce evidence satisfactory to the board that
he is a citizen of the United States or lawfully admitted alien, or
he shall file an affidavit with the board indicating his intent to
become a citizen of the United States. However, if citizenship has
not been attained within eight years from the filing of such
affidavit, he forfeits the right to be licensed under this
chapter.
Source: SDC 1939, § 27.0606; SL 1965, ch 119; SL 1967, ch 97; SL 1971, ch 213, § 20; SL 1981, ch 275, § 15; SL 1992, ch 269, § 33.
Source: SDC 1939, § 27.0606; SL 1965, ch 119; SL 1967, ch 97; SL 1971, ch 213, § 20; SL 1981, ch 275, § 15; SL 1992, ch 269, § 33.
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