2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .430   Qualifications for specialist\'s examination -- Fee -- Method of examination.

313.430 Qualifications for specialist's examination -- Fee -- Method of examination. (1) To be entitled to take the examination provided for in subsection (2) of KRS 313.420 an applicant must: (a)  File with the secretary-treasurer of the board an application accompanied by an examination fee of fifty dollars ($50) and a fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be paid to the secretary-treasurer of the board for each license certificate issued under this section. (b)  Each applicant shall: 1. Present to the board satisfactory evidence that he has had a period of study, after graduation from a dental school, hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, or in fundamental science laboratories recognized by the Council on Dental Education of the American Dental Association and by the board as competent to provide adequate training in the special field. This period of study may be pursued wholly in hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, or fundamental science laboratories; or it may be pursued partially in schools and partially in other types of institutions. 2. Meet the minimum requirements for membership in the respective American specialty organizations recognized by the American Dental Association. (c)  For the purposes of paragraph (b) of this subsection, one (1) full academic year of graduate or postgraduate study will be considered as equivalent to a calendar year. Teaching, or a fellowship in the field of the specialty, may be considered in partial fulfillment of this requirement. The character of this period of study will be determined by the board. (2) Examinations shall be clinical and written and of such character as to test in a satisfactory manner the qualifications of the applicant to specialize in the branch of dentistry for which license is sought. Examination shall be conducted by at least one (1) member of the board and, if available, two (2) specialists in the field who are not members of the board and who will act as consultants. Examination papers and clinical examination results shall be retained by the secretary-treasurer of the board for at least two (2) years. History: Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 25. -- Created 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 17, sec. 4.