2011 Vermont Code
Title 26 Professions and Occupations
Chapter 13 DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS
§ 761 State board of dental examiners; creation; qualifications

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TITLE 26

Professions and Occupations

CHAPTER 13. DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS

Subchapter II. Board of Dental Examiners

§ 761. State board of dental examiners; creation; qualifications

The state board of dental examiners is created and shall consist of six dental practitioners of good standing, who have practiced in this state for a period of five years or more, are in active practice, and are legal residents of the state of Vermont, two registered dental hygienists certified pursuant to subchapter 4 of this chapter, who have practiced in the state of Vermont for a period of three years immediately preceding the appointment, are in active practice and are legal residents of the state of Vermont, one dental assistant registered pursuant to section 863 of this title who has practiced in the state of Vermont for a period of three years immediately preceding the appointment, is in active practice, and is a legal resident of the state of Vermont, and two members of the public not associated with the practice of dentistry. Board members shall be appointed by the governor pursuant to 3 V.S.A. §§ 129b and 2004. No member of the board may be an officer or serve on a commit

tee of his or her respective state or local professional dental or dental hygienist organization nor shall any member of the board be on the faculty of a school of dentistry or dental hygiene. (Amended 1969, No. 81, { 6; 1975, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), { 1, eff. March 16, 1976; 1977, No. 255 (Adj. Sess.), { 10; 1979, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), { 1; 1989, No. 2, { 1, eff. Feb. 16, 1989; 2005, No. 27, { 34; 2009, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), { 8b.)