Mont. Admin. r. 24.138.502

Current through Register Vol. 23, December 6, 2024

Rule 24.138.502 - LICENSURE OF DENTISTS

(1) Applicants for dentist licensure must have:

(a) passed the written examination administered by the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations or its successor showing the applicant's passage of the written examination;

(b) passed a board-approved regional clinical practical examination. Examinations shall be valid for the purpose of initial licensure for a period of five years from the date of passage of the examination; and

(c) graduated from a dental school accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation, or its successor.

(2) A board-approved clinical practical exam must include the following components:

(a) patient-based or, beginning March 12, 2020, a simulated patient-based operative exam, to include one direct posterior class II composite and any one of the following:

(i) direct posterior class II composite; or

(ii) direct posterior class II amalgam; or

(iii) direct anterior class III composite;

(b) patient-based or, beginning March 12, 2020, a simulated patient-based periodontal exam;

(c) non-patient-based endodontics exam, to include:

(i) anterior access;

(ii) posterior access; and

(iii) obturation of one canal; and

(d) non-patient-based prosthodontics exam.

Mont. Admin. r. 24.138.502

Eff. 12/31/72; AMD, Eff. 9/4/74; AMD, 1977 MAR p. 253, Eff. 10/24/77; AMD, 1980 MAR p. 1188, Eff. 4/11/80; TRANS, from Dept. of Prof. & Occup. Lic., Ch. 274, L. 1981, Eff. 7/1/81; AMD, 1982 MAR p. 1476, Eff. 7/30/82; AMD, 1989 MAR p. 2179, Eff. 12/22/89; AMD, 1989 MAR p. 2187, Eff. 12/22/89; AMD, 1991 MAR p. 2415, Eff. 12/13/91; AMD, 1996 MAR p. 3118, Eff. 12/6/96; AMD, 2002 MAR p. 1488, Eff. 5/17/02; TRANS, from Commerce, 2003 MAR p. 2435; AMD, 2005 MAR p. 1396, Eff. 7/29/05; AMD, 2007 MAR p. 43, Eff. 1/12/07; AMD, 2007 MAR p. 1812, Eff. 11/9/07; AMD, 2008 MAR p. 1483, Eff. 7/18/08; AMD, 2014 MAR p. 1837, Eff. 8/8/14; AMD, 2019 MAR p. 2366, Eff. 12/28/2019; AMD,2020 MAR p. 588, Eff.3/28/2020; AMD, 2021 MAR p. 473, Eff. 5/1/2021; AMD, 2024 MAR p. 2205, Eff. 9/21/2024

AUTH: 37-1-131, 37-4-205, MCA; IMP: 37-1-131, 37-4-301, 37-4-401, 37-4-402, MCA