AMENDMENT TO THE REGULATIONS OF THE
COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Pursuant to sections 207, 6506, 6507, 6601, and 6604 of the Education
Law, and Chapter 76 of the Laws of 2004.
1. Section 61.2 of the Regulations of the
Commissioner of Education is amended, effective June 9, 2005, as follows:
61.2 Licensing
examination.
(a) Individuals, who on or before December
31, 2006 have completed all the education requirements for licensure and by that
date have submitted an application for licensure and the required application
fee, shall meet the examination requirements of this subdivision. Individuals who do not meet these
conditions shall meet the examination requirements of subdivision (b) of this
section.
[(a)] (1) Content. The examination
shall consist of three parts:
[(1)] (i) . . .
[(2)] (ii) . . .
[(b)] (2) . . .
[(c)] (3) . . .
[(d)] (4) Special examination
conditions.
[(1)] (i) . . .
[(2)] (ii) . . .
[(e)] (5) . . .
[(f)] (6) . . .
[(g)] (7) . . .
[(h)] (8) . . .
[(i)] (9) In accordance with section
6604(4) of the Education Law, [applicants who are issued by the department a
license to practice dentistry between May 22, 2003 and December 31, 2005,]
individuals, who on or before December 31, 2006 have completed all the
education requirements for licensure and by that date have submitted an
application for licensure and the required application fee, may substitute
successful completion of a residency program that meets the requirements of
section 61.18 of this Part in lieu of successful completion of Part III, the
examination in clinical dentistry.
(b) Individuals who do not meet the
conditions prescribed in the opening paragraph of subdivision (a) of this
section shall meet the examination requirements of this
subdivision.
(1) Content. The examination shall
consist of two parts designed to sample the knowledge from all areas related to
dentistry.
(2) The department may accept grades
acceptable to the State Board for Dentistry on an examination of the National
Board Dental Examinations as meeting the requirements of Parts I and II of the
licensing examination.
(3) Special examination
conditions.
(i) An applicant who has completed not less
than two academic years in a program of dental education registered by the
department, or accredited by an accrediting organization acceptable to the
department may be admitted to Part I of the examination. Such applicant shall
meet all requirements for admission to the licensing examination, except for the
completion of professional education.
(ii) An applicant attending a program of
dental education registered by the department, or accredited by an accrediting
organization acceptable to the department, may be admitted to Part II during the
last year of study.
(4) Passing score. The passing score in each subject of
each part shall be 75.0, as determined by the State Board for
Dentistry.
2. Section 61.18, of the Regulations of the
Commissioner of Education is amended, effective June 9, 2005, as follows:
61.18 Residency
[option pathway] program requirement for dental
licensure.
(a) Definitions.
As used in this section:
[(1) . . .]
(1) Acceptable
national accrediting body means until December 31, 2006 the Commission on Dental
Accreditation of the American Dental Association, and thereafter it means an
organization accepted by the department as a reliable authority for the purpose
of accreditation of dental residency programs, applying its criteria for
granting accreditation in a fair, consistent, and nondiscriminatory manner, such
as the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association,
its successors, or an equivalent organization as determined by the
department.
(2) . . .
(3) . . .
(b) Residency
program. [In accordance with section 6604(4) of the Education Law, applicants
who are issued by the department a license to practice dentistry between May 22,
2003 and December 31, 2005 may substitute successful completion of a residency
program that meets the requirements of this section in lieu of successful
completion of the examination in clinical dentistry (Part III of the dental
licensing examination), prescribed in section 61.2 of this Part. In addition to
meeting other requirements of this section, such residency program shall meet
the following requirements:] To be acceptable to the department for purposes
of licensure under section 6604 of the Education Law, a residency program shall
meet the requirements of this section.
(1) The
residency program shall be a postdoctoral clinical dental residency program in
either general dentistry, or a specialty of dentistry as defined in paragraph
(2) of this subdivision, of at least one year's duration in a hospital or dental
facility accredited for teaching purposes by [the CDA] an acceptable national
accrediting body, which is completed successfully by the applicant
prior to the submission to the
department of the application for licensure.
(2) The
accredited residency program in a specialty of dentistry shall be in the
specialty of endodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics and
dentofacial orthopedics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, prosthodontics, or
another specialty of dentistry, as determined by the department, for which at
least 50 percent of the [CDA] accredited residency program consists of clinical
training in one or more of the following areas: general dentistry, endodontics,
oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics,
pediatric dentistry, periodontics, and prosthodontics.
(3) The
accredited residency program shall include a formal written outcome
assessment which is acceptable to the department.
(i) For [a CDA]
an accredited residency program in general dentistry, the formal written
outcome assessment used by the residency program shall be acceptable to the
department if it includes:
(a) an
acceptable notarized written statement by the residency program director
attesting that the applicant has completed successfully the [CDA] accredited
residency program and is in the director's judgment competent to practice
dentistry; and
(b) acceptable
notarized written statement(s) by the residency program director who supervised
the dental procedures performed by the applicant, and/or the attending
dentist(s) who supervised the dental procedures performed by the applicant if
different from the residency program director, attesting that the applicant
completed independently, and to generally accepted professional standards for
dentistry, two full crowns, two endodontically treated teeth, four restorations
(two anterior, two posterior) and one periodontal case during the
accredited residency program.
(ii) For [a CDA]
an accredited residency program in a specialty of dentistry, as defined
on paragraph (2) of this subdivision, the formal written outcome assessment used
by the residency program shall be acceptable to the department if it includes an
acceptable notarized written statement by the residency program director
attesting that the applicant has successfully completed the [CDA] accredited
residency program in a specialty of dentistry, as defined in paragraph (2) of
this subdivision, and is in the director's judgment competent to practice
dentistry.
(c) . .
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