2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .080   Biennial renewal of license -- Educational requirements -- Fees -- Suspension -- Reinstatement -- Notification of change of address.

313.080 Biennial renewal of license -- Educational requirements -- Fees -- Suspension -- Reinstatement -- Notification of change of address. (1) Each person who is licensed to practice dentistry in Kentucky shall, by the thirty- first day of December of each odd-numbered year, register with the board and maintain satisfactory evidence of completion of continuing education as provided in this section. The registration shall be made on a form prescribed by the board and furnished by the board's executive director, and shall include the licensee's name, address, license number, and any other available information that the board may consider necessary. All registrations shall be in effect for the two (2) year period beginning on the first day of January of the following even-numbered year and ending on the last day of December of the following odd-numbered year. (2) By December 31 of each biennial licensing period as provided in subsection (1) of this section, every dentist licensed to practice in this state shall return to the board evidence satisfactory to the board that the dentist has accumulated a sufficient number of points for continuing dental education in accordance with a schedule of points which shall be adopted by the board. However, that the board, in its discretion, may make exceptions to the point requirement for continuing dental education for any hardship or other extenuating circumstances that the board deems appropriate. The continuing dental education shall include completion of the course described in KRS 214.610(1) at least one (1) time every ten (10) years, but the board may in its discretion require completion of the course more frequently. (3) By December 31 of each biennial licensing period as provided in subsection (1) of this section, every dentist licensed to practice in this state shall return to the board the renewal notice properly signed and a license fee in the amount prescribed by the board. The dentist shall thereupon receive a license renewal certificate, if the dentist has also complied with the requirements of subsection (2) of this section. The board shall fix the license fee at an amount as is necessary to maintain a revolving fund at an approximate level of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000). The license fee for each licensing period shall be set by the board. Notice of the amount of license renewal fee shall be given to each dentist licensed in the state by the board not later than thirty (30) days before the end of the renewal period. (4) Any license granted by the board shall be automatically suspended if the holder fails to submit a properly completed renewal application to the board, with payment of the renewal fee, as required in this section. For purposes of this section, any renewal application shall be deemed timely submitted if it is delivered to the board office by December 31, or duly mailed and postmarked by that date. Any license thus suspended may be restored by the board upon the payment to the board of the biennial registration fee, and in addition thereto, a reinstatement fee of fifty dollars ($50) within one (1) year after the suspension. (5) Each dentist licensed under this chapter shall notify the board in writing of any change in the person's name, office address, or employment within ten (10) days after the change has taken place. Effective: June 21, 2001 History: Amended 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 61, sec. 8, effective June 21, 2001. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 552, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 387, sec. 2, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 443, sec. 7, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 351, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 75, sec. 2. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 5. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2636-9, 2636-19.