Purpose: To define what constitutes actively
practicing three (3) months in the State of Mississippi pursuant to Miss. Code
Ann. §
73-9-19
& 5; and to set forth the other information which may be required by the
Board when considering eligibility of a dentist or dental hygienist on the
"inactive" list for registration on the "active" list pursuant to Miss. Code
Ann. §
73-9-19
& 8.
1. Miss. Code Ann.
§
73-9-19
& 5 stipulates that dentists and dental hygienists must actively practice
their respective professions for at least three (3) months of the immediately
preceding license renewal period to be considered in active practice.
2. Since the Board collects
renewal fees for dentists and dental hygienists on a biennial basis, the Board
has defined a biennial collection cycle as consisting of two (2) consecutive
one-year license renewal periods.
3. The Mississippi State Board of Dental
Examiners has defined three (3) months to mean that a dentist or dental
hygienist must actively practice dentistry or dental hygiene in the State of
Mississippi a minimum of one (1) day per month for any three (3) months during
the preceding license renewal period to remain on active status with the Board.
Otherwise, dentists and dental hygienists will be listed as inactive.
4. As noted in Miss. Code Ann.
§
73-9-19
& 4, dentists and dental hygienists actively practicing in another state at
a veterans hospital, federal government facility, or residency graduate school
program at the time of renewal shall be listed as active.
5. When a dentist or dental hygienist,
registered on the "inactive" list, seeks return to the "active" list, the
Board, in addition to the written application required by §
73-9-19,
may request other information as deemed necessary on an individual basis. If
the dentist or dental hygienist has not practiced dentistry or dental hygiene
for a period of three (3) or more years preceding the request for registration
on the active list, the Board may require the applicant to submit to a clinical
competency assessment administered either by the Board or other institution
capable of administering such an assessment. The length and areas of testing
shall be left to the discretion of the Board, and determined based on the
individual needs and circumstances of each applicant. Clinical competency
assessments will be administered two (2) times each year:
A. during the annual licensure examinations;
and
B. during the month of
December on a date to be determined on an annual basis.
All costs attributable to the assessment shall be the
responsibility of the applicant.
Notes
30
Miss. Code. R. 2301-1.49
Miss. Code Ann. §
73-9-19.
Regulation
Forty-Nine adopted by the Mississippi State Board of Dental Examiners on March
8, 1996; amended May 12, 2000; amended September 13, 2002; amended February 28,
2003.
Amended
9/13/2019
