2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 313 - DENTISTS AND DENTAL SPECIALISTS
313.030 Licensing and registration of dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants -- Duration, expiration, and renewal -- Disciplinary action by board -- Board's power to extend license or registration.
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assistants -- Duration, expiration, and renewal -- Disciplinary action by
board -- Board's power to extend license or registration.
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The license or registration held by a dentist, dental hygienist, or dental
assistant shall be valid for a period of two (2) years.
Each license or registration held by a dentist, dental hygienist, or dental
assistant shall expire on December 31. A dentist's license shall expire in
odd-numbered years, while all other licenses or registrations issued by the
board shall expire in even-numbered years.
Each license or registration held by any person issued under the provisions of
this chapter shall be renewed at least biennially. Upon receipt of the application
and fee, the board shall verify the accuracy of the application to determine
whether the licensee or person seeking licensure or registration has met all the
requirements as set forth in this chapter and in the administrative regulations
promulgated by the board, and, if so, shall issue to the applicant a license or
registration to practice or engage in the activity for the ensuing licensure or
registration period. Such license or registration shall render the holder a legal
practitioner of the practice or activity specified in the license or registration for
the period stated on it. The board shall prescribe by administrative regulation
promulgated in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A the beginning and ending of
the licensure or registration period.
Any person who is licensed or registered by the board who allows his or her
license or registration to lapse by failing to renew the license or registration as
provided in this section may be reinstated by the board on payment of the
current fee for original licensure or registration in addition to any late fees and
by meeting the requirements of administrative regulations promulgated by the
board.
An application for renewal of a license or registration shall be completed online
or, if a written request is made to the board prior to November 1 of the year of
expiration, a paper application shall be sent to the last known address of each
licensee or certified or registered person requesting a paper application.
Any person engaging in any practice or activity regulated by the board during
the time his or her license or registration has lapsed shall be considered
practicing with an expired license or registration and shall be subject to the
penalties provided for violations of this chapter.
Failure to receive the application for renewal of a license or registration shall
not relieve a dentist, dental hygienist, or dental assistant from the duty to renew
his or her license or registration prior to December 31 of the year in which the
license or registration expires.
The duration of any license or registration issued by the board may be limited
by disciplinary action of the board.
Every license or registration issued by the board shall have the seal of the
board affixed. A holder of a license or registration shall retain it in his or her
possession and be prepared to exhibit it upon demand by an employer or
anyone to whom the holder of the license or registration offers treatment or any
board or staff member of the Kentucky Board of Dentistry. Each license or
registration issued by the board shall be posted in a conspicuous place in each
place of employment of the dentist, dental hygienist, or dental assistant.
(10) Failure or refusal to produce a license or registration upon demand shall be
prima facie evidence that no such license or registration exists.
(11) In order to ensure a proper transition during the implementation of the
provisions of this section, the board may, for a period of no longer than three
(3) years, extend a license or registration of any person in order to utilize the
expiration date provided for in this section. The board shall, in writing, notify
each person whose license or registration is extended of the extension and the
new date of expiration. The extension shall be without charge.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Repealed and reenacted 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 5, effective July 15,
2010. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 12, effective June 26, 2007. -Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 556, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1998. -- Recodified
1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat.
sec. 2636-21.
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