2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions and Occupations
Health Care
Article 35 - Dentists and Dental Hygienists
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 12-35-122. Inactive dental or dental hygienist license

(1) Any person licensed to practice dentistry or dental hygiene pursuant to this article may apply to the board to be transferred to an inactive status. The licensee shall submit an application in the form and manner designated by the board. The board may grant inactive status by issuing an inactive license or deny the application for any of the causes set forth in section 12-35-129.

(2) Any person applying for a license under this section shall:

(a) Provide an affidavit to the board that the applicant, after a date certain, will not practice dentistry or dental hygiene in this state unless he or she is issued a license to practice dentistry or dental hygiene pursuant to subsection (5) of this section;

(b) Pay the license fee as authorized pursuant to section 24-34-105, C.R.S.; and

(c) Comply with any financial responsibility or professional liability insurance requirements established by the board under section 12-35-141, as applicable.

(3) Such inactive status shall be plainly indicated on the face of any inactive license certificate issued under this section.

(4) The board is authorized to conduct disciplinary proceedings as set forth in section 12-35-129 against any person licensed under this section for any act committed while the person was licensed pursuant to this article.

(5) Any person licensed under this section who wishes to resume the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene shall file an application in the form and manner the board designates, pay the license fee promulgated by the board pursuant to section 24-34-105, C.R.S., and meet the financial responsibility requirements or the professional liability insurance requirements in section 12-35-141, as applicable. The board may approve the application and issue a license to practice dentistry or dental hygiene or may deny the application for any of the causes set forth in section 12-35-129.