Minnesota Administrative Rules

3100.1170 LICENSE TO PRACTICE AS A RESIDENT DENTAL THERAPIST OR RESIDENT DENTAL HYGIENIST.

Subpart 1.

Licensure.

A.

In order to practice dental therapy or dental hygiene as directly related to a respective graduate or advanced educational clinical experience, an enrolled graduate student or a student of an advanced education program must be licensed by the board.

B.

The board must license a person to practice dental therapy or dental hygiene as a resident dental therapist or resident dental hygienist if:

(1)

the person completes and submits to the board an application furnished by the board;

(2)

the person provides evidence of being an enrolled graduate student or a student of an advanced dental education program approved by the board; and

(3)

the person has not engaged in behavior for which licensure may be suspended, revoked, limited, modified, or denied on any of the grounds specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 150A.08.

Subp. 2.

Termination of licensure.

A.

A person's license to practice dental therapy or dental hygiene as a resident dental therapist or resident dental hygienist is terminated when the person is no longer an enrolled graduate student or a student of an advanced dental education program approved by the board.

B.

A person licensed to practice dental therapy or dental hygiene as a resident dental therapist or resident dental hygienist must inform the board when the licensee is no longer an enrolled graduate student or a student of an advanced dental education program approved by the board.

C.

A person who fails to inform the board as required in item B within 30 days of no longer being enrolled as a student or graduate student in a program approved by the board, is deemed to have committed fraud or deception within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, section 150A.08, subdivision 1, clause (1).

Statutory Authority:

MS s 150A.04

History:

36 SR 738

Published Electronically:

January 5, 2012