An Act To Allow the Board of Dental Examiners To Issue Dental School Faculty Licenses
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1519
Committee Amendment CA_A_S247 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A " to S.P. 480, L.D. 1519, Bill, "An Act To 
Allow the Board of Dental Examiners To Issue Dental School Faculty Licenses" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 32 MRS A §I086-A is enacted to read: 
§1086-A. Dental school faculty license 
1. Dental school faculty license. The board may issue a dental school faculty 
license to an applicant who teaches: 
A. Dentistry, dental hygiene or denturism in this State as part of a clinical and 
didactic program for professional education for dental students and dental residents 
accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation 
or a successor organization approved by the board; 
B. 
Dental hygiene in this State as part of a clinical and didactic program for 
professional education for dental hygiene students and dental hygiene residents 
accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation 
or a successor organization approved by the board; or 
C. Denturism in this State as part of a board-approved clinical and didactic program 
for professional education for denturism students. 
A dental school faculty license allows the licensee to practice only within the dental 
school setting, dental hygiene school setting or denturism school setting, including any 
satellite locations approved by the board. 
2. Eligibility. To qualify for licensure under this section, an applicant must: 
A. Hold a current dental, dental hygiene or denturism license in another state or a 
Canadian province and demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the board, full compliance 
with the requirements of that other jurisdiction'S dental laws; and 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 480, L.D. 1519 
B. Submit credentials, satisfactory to the board, including a recommendation letter 
from an employing school of dentistry, dental hygiene or denturism stating why the 
board should consider the applicant to be qualified under criteria established by rules 
adopted by the board. 
3. Fees. The board may assess a fee of up to $250 for a dental school faculty license 
and renewal. 
4. Renewals. All licenses under this section expire after 2 years on such date as the 
board may designate and are renewable by the board. 
5. Rules. The board may adopt rules to implement this section. Rules adopted 
pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, 
subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Dental Examiners - Board of 0384 
Initiative: Allocates one-time funds for the costs associated with rulemaking and with 
configuring the licensing system to issue dental school facuIty licenses. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2011-12 
$5,000 
$5,000 
2012-13 
$0 
$0 
This amendment replaces the bill and establishes a dental school faculty license to 
allow a licensee to practice dentistry, dental hygiene or denturism in this State within the 
dental school setting only. It provides that in order to be eligible for a dental school 
faculty license, the applicant must hold a current dental, dental hygiene or denturism 
license in another state or a Canadian province and demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the 
Board of Dental Examiners, full compliance with the requirements of that other 
jurisdiction's dental laws and submit credentials, satisfactory to the board, including a 
recommendation letter from an employing school of dentistry, dental hygiene or 
denturism stating why the board should consider the applicant to be qualified under 
criteria established by rules adopted by the board. It allows the board to assess a fee of 
up to $250 for a dental school faculty license and for renewal. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/04111 frac 
LD 1519 
LR 367(02) 
An Act To Allow the Board of Dental Examiners To Issue Dental School Faculty Licenses 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" s- 21.41 
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2011-12 
FY 2012-13 
Projections 
FY 2013-14 
Projections 
FY 2014-15 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$5,000 
$5,000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$5,000 
$0 
This bill includes a one-time Other Special Revenue Funds allocation of $5,000 in fiscal year 2011-12 to the Board of 
Dental Examiners affiliated with the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation for the costs associated 
with rulemaking and with updating the licensing systems to issue licenses for dental school faculty. The board 
estimates issuing between 20 and 40 licenses and projects the additional dedicated revenue from licensing fees to be 
between $5,000 and $10,000 biennially. This fiscal note assumes that 20 faculty licenses are issued in fiscal year 2011-
and renewed every two years thereafter. 
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