Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2110 - Missouri Dental Board › Chapter 2 - General Rules › Section 20 CSR 2110-2.071 - License Renewal-Dentists and Dental Hygienists

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule clarifies the license renewal
				  requirements for dentists and dental hygienists pursuant to the passage of
				  House Bill No. 970.
(1) Any
				person licensed to practice dentistry or dental hygiene shall renew that
				license every two (2) years. Every licensee shall provide the board a completed
				renewal application on a form prescribed by the board that shall contain
				updated information since the preceding renewal period.
(2) The two (2)-year license renewal period
				shall commence on December 1 and end on November 30. Applications for renewal
				shall be postmarked on or before the license expiration date, which is November
				30 of each even-numbered year. Should November 30 fall on a Saturday, Sunday or
				legal holiday, renewal forms postmarked by the post office on the next business
				day will not be considered delinquent.
(3) Failure of the licensee to receive a
				renewal application shall not relieve the licensee of the obligation to renew
				the license and pay the required fee prior to the expiration date of the
				license. Deposit of the renewal fee by the board or the Division of
				Professional Registration does not indicate acceptance of the renewal
				application or that any licensing requirements have been fulfilled.
(4) Renewal, by statute, is contingent upon
				the licensee having successfully completed the mandatory hours of continuing
				education during the two (2)-year time block as specified in 20 CSR
				2110-2.040.
(5) Renewal shall be
				contingent upon the licensee holding a current certification in basic life
				support (BLS) or advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), or certification
				equivalent to BLS or ACLS.
(6) Any
				dentist or dental hygienist newly licensed during the two (2)-year renewal
				period will be issued his/her initial license that will be valid until the end
				of that current renewal period. Newly licensed dentists and dental hygienists
				will be required to renew their license and pay the license renewal fee on or
				before the initial license expiration date to maintain the license in an active
				status. Continuing education requirements of new licensees are specified in
				20 CSR
				2110-2.240(2)(C) and (D).
(7) Licensees will receive one (1) renewal
				license and, if requested, up to two (2) duplicate renewal licenses upon
				approval of the application for renewal. Additional duplicate licenses will be
				provided upon payment of the appropriate fee as specified in
				20 CSR 2110-2.170.
(8) The license of any dentist or dental
				hygienist shall expire if not renewed on or before the license expiration date.
				An expired license can be renewed at any time within four (4) years of the
				license expiration date by submission of a properly completed renewal
				application form, payment of the renewal fee and renewal penalty fee as
				specified in
				20 CSR
				2110-2.170(1)(C), and by providing
				the board with proof of having successfully completed the mandatory continuing
				education hours.
(9) In the first
				two (2)-year renewal cycle following the license expiration date of a dentist
				or dental hygienist, the mandatory continuing education hours shall be fifty
				(50) for dentists and thirty (30) for dental hygienists. In the second two
				(2)-year renewal cycle following the license expiration date, the mandatory
				continuing education hours shall be one hundred (100) for dentists and sixty
				(60) for dental hygienists. Continuing education hours earned for renewal of an
				expired license may be earned at any time during a four (4)-year period prior
				to the renewal application date. The board will not accept continuing education
				hours that were earned by the dentist or dental hygienist during that four
				(4)-year period if those same hours were used to renew a prior
				license.
(10) Any licensee who
				fails to renew his/her license on or before the license expiration date shall
				not perform any act for which a license is required unless and until the
				license is properly renewed.
*Original authority: 332.031, RSMo 1969, amended 1981,
					 1993, 1995 and 332.181, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1983, 1993, 2001,
					 2004.