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§ 4-504. Specialists; specialized dental practice

West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth OccupationsEffective: October 1, 2020

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Health Occupations (Refs & Annos)
Title 4. Dentistry (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 5. Miscellaneous Provisions (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2020
MD Code, Health Occupations, § 4-504
§ 4-504. Specialists; specialized dental practice
Currentness
In general
(a) A licensed dentist may not represent to the public that the licensee is a specialist in any field of specialized dental practice unless identified as a specialist in that field by the Board.
Request for Board determination
(b) If a licensed dentist requests, the Board shall determine whether the licensee qualifies for Board identification as a specialist.
Specialty areas
(c) The Board may approve any area of specialty recognized by the National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards or its successor organization.
Rules and regulations, requirements set by Board
(d)(1) The Board shall adopt rules and regulations concerning application procedures, fees, and required qualifications for identification as a specialist.
(2) The qualifications required of applicants for Board identification as a specialist may include:
(i) The requirements established by various specialty certifying boards of the American Dental Association or specialty certifying boards recognized by the National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards;
(ii) Education;
(iii) Professional experience; and
(iv) Whether, before July 1, 1979, the applicant represented to the public, in an ethical manner, that the applicant was a specialist.
Additional specialties
(e) In approving additional specialties, the Board may consider those fields recognized and approved by the National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards.
Board as depository and arbitrator of standards
(f) The Board is a depository for and the arbitrator of the specialty qualification standards of the National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards.

Credits

Added as Health Occupations § 4-503 by Acts 1981, c. 8, § 2, eff. July 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1987, c. 34, § 1, eff. July 1, 1987. Renumbered as Health Occupations § 4-504 by Acts 1990, c. 6, § 11, eff. Feb. 16, 1990. Amended by Acts 1999, c. 376, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1999; Acts 2020, c. 574, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.
Formerly Art. 32, §§ 5A, 5B, 16.
MD Code, Health Occupations, § 4-504, MD HEALTH OCCUP § 4-504
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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