All persons intending to apply for licensure as a dentist in
Tennessee must successfully complete the examinations provided by this rule,
except for educational limited licensure applicants and dual degree licensure
applicants who need not complete any licensure examinations other than the
Tennessee Board of Dentistry Ethics and Jurisprudence examination; limited
licensure applicants who must successfully complete only the National Board
examination and Board of Dentistry Ethics and Jurisprudence examination;
criteria (reciprocity) applicants who are qualifying pursuant to Rule
0460-02-.01(3)(d),
(e), or (f) and need not complete any
licensure examinations other than the Tennessee Board of Dentistry Ethics and
Jurisprudence examination; and criteria (reciprocity) applicants who are
qualifying pursuant to Rule
0460-02-.01(3)(g),
(h), or (i) and must successfully complete
only the Board of Dentistry Ethics and Jurisprudence examination and a regional
testing agency examination or examination given by another state as provided in
T.C.A. 63-5-110(b)(6)(D) or (E). Completion of the required examinations is a
prerequisite for application for licensure. Certification of successful
completion must be submitted as part of the application process.
(1) The Board adopts as its licensure
examination and requires, with the previously noted exceptions, successful
completion of all of the following examination components as a prerequisite for
licensure:
(a) An examination must include a
prosthetic component, a periodontal component, an endodontic component, and a
live human patient or non-patient based anterior and posterior restorative
component.
(b) The National Board
if the applicant graduated from a dental college, school or university after
1972.
(c) The Tennessee Board of
Dentistry Ethics and Jurisprudence examination.
(2) Admission to, application for and the
fees required to sit for the regional examinations and the National Board
examinations are governed by and must be submitted to the testing agency.
Admission to, application for and the fees required to sit for any other
Board-approved examination must be submitted to the Board as provided in Rule
0460-01-.02, or at the
Board's option, its designated exam administrator.
(3) Passing scores on the regional and
National Board examinations are determined by the testing agency. Such passing
scores as certified to the Board are adopted by the Board as constituting
successful completion of those examinations. Passing scores for any other
Board-approved examination are determined by the Board.
(4) Applicants must supply or furnish their
own patients, instruments and materials as required by the testing agency, the
Board, or the Board's designated exam administrator.
(5) Applicant's who fail to successfully
complete any of the examinations may apply for reexamination.
(6) Oral examination may be required pursuant
to Rule
0460-01-.04.
(7) The Board adopts as its own, the
determination made by the regional testing agencies and the National Boards of
the length of time that a passing score on their respective examinations will
be effective for purposes of measuring competency and fitness for dental
licensure; however, an applicant's test scores from any Board-approved
examination as provided in subparagraph (1)(a) which were taken over five (5)
years before application was made for licensure in Tennessee will be considered
by the Board on a case by case basis after the applicant appears before the
Board for an examination.
(8)
Applicants for licensure who have failed three (3) times the National Board or
any Board-approved examination as provided in subparagraph (1)(a) must
successfully complete a remedial course of post-graduate studies at a school
accredited by the American Dental Association before consideration for
licensure by the Board. The applicant shall cause the program director of the
post-graduate program to provide written documentation of the content of such
course and certify successful completion.
(9) If an applicant has successfully
completed a clinical board examination administered by another state and is
applying for licensure pursuant to Rule
0460-02-.01(3)(g),
(h), or (i), it is that applicant's
responsibility to submit documentation substantiating the appropriateness of
such examination. The Board shall make the final decision to accept or reject
such examination.
Notes
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0460-02-.05
Original rule filed December 11, 1991; effective January 25, 1992.
Amendment filed March 20, 1996; effective June 3, 1996. Amendment filed May 15,
1996; effective September 27, 1996. Amendment filed August 28, 2001; effective
November 11, 2001. Amendment filed April 10, 2002; effective June 24, 2002.
Amendment filed August 18, 2003; effective November 1, 2003. Amendment filed
October 20, 2003; effective January 3, 2004. Amendment filed April 5, 2006;
effective June 19, 2006. Amendments filed October 25, 2017; effective January
23, 2018. Amendments filed May 14, 2019; effective August 12, 2019. Amendments
filed December 7, 2021; effective 3/7/2022.
Authority: T.C.A. ยงยง
4-5-202,
4-5-204,
63-5-105,
63-5-107, 63-5-110, 63-5-111, 63-5-114, and 63-5-124.
