Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 28 - Board of Dental Examiners › Article 10 - General Provisions › 12 AAC 28.940 - Dental licensure by examination

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The board will
				  issue a license by examination to practice dentistry to an applicant who meets
				  the requirements of
				  AS
				  08.36.110 and this section.
(b) An applicant for a license under this
				  section shall submit
(1) a complete,
				  notarized application on a form provided by the department;
(2) the applicable fees established in
				  12 AAC 02.190;
(3) an affidavit from the applicant stating
				  that the applicant is not impaired to an extent that affects the applicant's
				  ability to practice dentistry;
(4)
				  as required under
				  12 AAC 28.908(b),
				  a statement from the applicant certifying the applicant will adhere to the
				  ethical standards specified in
				  12 AAC 28.905(b);
(5) an authorization from the applicant for
				  release of the applicant's records to the department;
(6) an affidavit from the applicant that
				  lists the license number and name of the jurisdiction for all dental licenses
				  that the applicant holds or has ever held in any jurisdiction;
(7) a copy of a current certification in
				  cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques that meets the requirements of
				  12 AAC 28.920;
(8) a copy of the applicant's certificate
(A) of examination from the Western Regional
				  Examining Board (WREB) showing that the applicant has passed the clinical
				  examination conducted by WREB before February 1, 2019 within the five years
				  immediately preceding the date of application; or
(B) of examination showing that the applicant
				  has passed the clinical examination conducted by WREB on or after February 1,
				  2019 or an equivalent examination; an applicant must have passed an examination
				  under the subparagraph within the five years immediately preceding the date of
				  application; and the examination must include the following subject areas
				  components or characteristics:
(i)
				  standardization and calibration of the examiners and anonymity between
				  candidates and grading examiners;
(ii) repealed 10/4/2020;
(iii) constructive response or objective
				  structured clinical examination testing that includes diagnosis and treatment
				  planning, periodontics, restorative dentistry, oral pathology, medical
				  considerations, prescription writing and prosthodontics;
(iv) endodontics testing, on a mannequin or
				  live patient, to include access and obturation of an anterior tooth and access
				  of a multicanalled posterior tooth;
(v) prosthetics testing, on a mannequin or
				  live patient, to include a crown prep or a bridge prep;
(vi) a patient based or a mannequin based
				  operative examination that includes one class II posterior alloy or composite
				  procedure, and one additional operative procedure, either anterior class III or
				  posterior class II;
(C)
				  showing successful completion of a two-year or more postgraduate dental
				  specialty training program approved by the Commission on Dental Accreditation
				  of the American Dental Association; or
(D) showing satisfactory completion of a
				  clinically-based postdoctoral general practice residency (GPR) or advanced
				  education in general dentistry program (AEGD), of at least one year's duration,
				  in a hospital or dental facility accredited for teaching purposes by the
				  Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association the
				  residency program must include a formal evalution of the resident's competence
				  to practice dentistry;
(9) a copy of the applicant's certificate of
				  examination from the American Dental Association Joint Commission on National
				  Dental Examinations, verifying successful passage of the National Board Dental
				  Examination Part I and Part II, or the integrated National Board Dental
				  Examination;
(10) if the applicant
				  holds a valid federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration number,
				  verification that the applicant has completed not less than two hours of
				  education in pain management and opioid use and addiction within the two years
				  before the date of application; and
(11) an official transcript sent directly to
				  the department from a dental school verifying a dental degree from a school
				  that meets the requirements of
				  12 AAC 28.938.