Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 150 - RULES OF GEORGIA BOARD OF DENTISTRY › Chapter 150-3 - LICENSE REQUIREMENTS › Rule 150-3-.10 - Continuing Education for Volunteer Licenses

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) A dentist licensed to practice in the
			 State of Georgia as a volunteer shall maintain and furnish to the Board, upon
			 request, official documentation of having completed a minimum of forty (40)
			 hours of continuing education during each biennium. Official documentation
			 shall be defined as documentation from an approved provider that verifies a
			 licensee's attendance at a particular continuing education course. Official
			 documentation of course attendance must be maintained by a dentist for at least
			 three (3) years following the end of the biennium during which the course as
			 taken.
(a) A dentist holding a volunteer
			 license in the State of Georgia may complete his or her continuing education
			 requirements in the manner described in Rule
			 150-3-.09; or alternatively, a dentist
			 holding a volunteer license may complete his or her continuing education
			 requirements in the manner described in this Rule. Should a dentist holding a
			 volunteer license choose to meet his or her continuing education requirements
			 in the manner described in this Rule, all forty (40) hours of continuing
			 education must be clinical.
(b) A
			 dentist holding a volunteer license in the State of Georgia may complete up to
			 thirty (30) hours of continuing education per biennium by providing
			 uncompensated dental care at a public agency or institution, not-for-profit
			 agency, not-for-profit institution, non-profit corporation or not-for-profit
			 association which provides dentistry services to indigent patients. Such
			 continuing education credits will be applied toward the dentist's clinical
			 continuing education requirements and shall be credited at the rate of one (1)
			 hour of continuing education for every hour of indigent dental care the dentist
			 provides, but shall be subject to the following criteria:
1. All credit hours must be received during
			 the two (2) year renewal period;
2.
			 All appropriate medical/dental records must be kept;
3. Dentists shall at all times be required to
			 meet the minimal standards of acceptable and prevailing dental practice in
			 Georgia;
4. The Board shall have
			 the right to request the following:
(i)
			 Documentation from the organization indicating that the dentist provided the
			 dental services;
(ii) Documentation
			 from the organization that it provided medical and/or dental services to the
			 indigent and/or those making up the underserved populations;
(iii) Notarized verifications from the
			 organization documenting the dentist's agreement not to receive compensation
			 for the services provided;
(iv)
			 Documentation from the organization detailing the actual number of hours spent
			 providing said services; and
(v)
			 Documentation from the dentist and/or organization verifying the services
			 provided.
(c)
			 Should a dentist licensed in the State of Georgia as a volunteer choose to
			 satisfy a portion of the requirement of forty (40) hours of continuing
			 education by providing uncompensated dental care as provided for in (1)(b), the
			 dentist must complete the remaining continuing education, which must be
			 clinical, from a provider satisfying the requirements described in Rule
			 150-3-.09.
(d) Four credit (4) hours for successful
			 completion of the CPR course required by Georgia law and may be used to satisfy
			 continuing education requirements per renewal period.