§761. Requirements of applicants for dental license

A. The board shall require that every applicant for a dental license shall:

(1) Be a citizen or possess valid and current legal authority to reside and work in the United States duly issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services or its successor.

(2) Present satisfactory evidence of graduation from a dental college or university approved by the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry, according to its rules and regulations.

(3) Submit for the files of the board a recent picture duly identified and attested; and such other character reference report as shall be required by the board.

(4) Present satisfactory evidence of having taken an examination in the theory and practice of the science of the profession given by the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations before being accepted for the regular examination given by the board, or pass an examination given by the board in the theory and practice of the science of dentistry in addition to the regular examination given by the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry. Upon receipt of information that the applicant has passed the examination in the theory and practice of the science of the profession given by the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations, he may be awarded a dental license, but only when all other requirements for licensure have been met. If the applicant fails the examination given by the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations, he must successfully retake the Louisiana clinical licensing examination after providing satisfactory evidence of subsequently passing the examination given by the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations.

(5) Possess a current certificate in the American Heart Association cardiopulmonary resuscitation health care provider course, the American Red Cross Professional Rescue Course, or their equivalent.

B. In addition to these requirements, the board may decline to issue or renew a dentist's license for any of the causes listed in R.S. 37:776.

C. An applicant who has successfully completed any national, regional, or independent third-party clinical dental licensing examination approved by the board that shall include procedures performed on human subjects as part of the assessment of restorative clinical competencies and who otherwise satisfies all requirements for a dental license, including satisfactory completion of an examination in jurisprudence and a background check, may be granted a license by examination by applying for licensure in Louisiana within three years following the successful completion of such clinical licensing examination.

Amended by Acts 1970, No. 355, §5; Acts 1972, No. 209, §4; Acts 1981, No. 107, §1; Acts 1982, No. 278, §1; Acts 1987, No. 540, §2; Acts 1991, No. 727, §1; Acts 1995, No. 920, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1358, §1; Acts 2001, No. 712, §1; Acts 2006, No. 329, §1; Acts 2008, No. 906, §1; Acts 2015, No. 7, §1, eff. May 22, 2015.