2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards
Chapter 379 - Dentistry
Section 20-110 - Licenses to out-of-state applicants.

The Department of Public Health may without examination, issue a license to any dentist who is licensed in some other state or territory, if such other state or territory has requirements for admission determined by the department to be similar to or higher than the requirements of this state, upon certification from the board of examiners or like board of the state or territory in which such dentist was a practitioner certifying to his competency and upon payment of a fee of five hundred sixty-five dollars to said department. No license shall be issued under this section to any applicant against whom professional disciplinary action is pending or who is the subject of an unresolved complaint. The department shall inform the Dental Commission annually of the number of applications it receives for licensure under this section.

(1949 Rev., S. 4449; 1951, S. 2231d; 1957, P.A. 227; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 34; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 54; P.A. 79-70, S. 2; P.A. 80-484, S. 41, 176; P.A. 87-114, S. 2; P.A. 89-251, S. 88, 203; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 201.)

History: 1959 act raised fee from $75 to $100; 1971 act raised fee to $150; P.A. 79-70 required applicant to have practiced for three, rather than five, years in another state; P.A. 80-484 transferred licensing power from dental commission to department of health services, revised qualifications to replace three-year practice requirement with requirement that applicant be currently practicing, to delete requirements that applicant be “of good moral character” and that he pass a practical examination, and to add provisions prohibiting issuance of license to applicant involved in disciplinary action or unresolved complaint and requiring annual notification of commission of number of applicants; P.A. 87-114 substituted “licensed” for “in lawful practice”, deleted the condition requiring a dentist to remove to this state, and deleted the provision requiring the state or territory issuing the certificate to offer reciprocity to dentists registered and licensed in this state and removing to such other state; P.A. 89-251 increased the fee from $150 to $450; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $450 to $565.