2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .445   Specialist\'s practice limited -- Authority of general practitioner -- Exception from specialty license requirement for charitable health care provider.

313.445 Specialist's practice limited -- Authority of general practitioner -- Exception from specialty license requirement for charitable health care provider. (1) No specialty license shall be issued unless the applicant presents proof satisfactory to the board that he will limit his practice to that specialty from date of receipt of such license. Upon the failure of a specialty licensee to limit his practice to the specialty in which he is licensed, the board shall recall his specialty license and revoke the privilege of announcing to the public that he is especially qualified in, or is limiting his practice to, such specialty. The specialty license and the privileges attached thereto shall be restored to the dentist when satisfactory proof has been presented that such dentist is limiting his practice to the specialty in which he was licensed. (2) No provision in this chapter shall be construed as limiting or preventing a duly licensed and qualified dentist from performing, without a specialty license, dental acts or services to the public in any of the branches of dentistry set out in KRS 313.400. (3) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to a dentist with a specialty license when providing services as a charitable health care provider under KRS 216.941. (4) A dentist with a specialty license and a general dentist shall only perform those dental procedures that the dentist is competent to perform by education, training, and experience. Effective: July 13, 2004 History: Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 3, effective July 13, 2004. -- Created 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 26.