Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2110 - Missouri Dental Board › Chapter 2 - General Rules › Section 20 CSR 2110-2.240 - Continuing Dental Education

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment adds additional providers to
				  the list of board-approved continuing education providers.
(1) Definitions.
(A) Continuing dental education-Instruction
				for dentists and dental hygienists directly relating to the practice of
				dentistry and dental hygiene as defined in sections
				332.071
				and
				332.091,
				RSMo.
(B) Time block-A two (2)-year
				period with starting dates of December 1, 2002, through November 30, 2004;
				December 1, 2004, through November 30, 2006; and repeating in this sequence
				from that date.
(C) Board-approved
				sponsors are-
1. American Dental Association
				(ADA) and its constituent and component societies;
2. Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) and its
				state and local affiliates;
3. ADA
				recognized dental specialty organizations and their state and local affiliates;
4. National Dental Association and
				its state and local affiliates;
5.
				American Dental Hygienists' Association and its constituents and component
				societies;
6. National Dental
				Hygienists' Association and its state and local affiliates;
7. American Medical Association and American
				Osteopathic Association and their respective state and local
				societies;
8. American Nurses
				Association and its state and local affiliates;
9. ADA Commission on Dental Accreditation
				approved dental, dental hygiene, and dental assisting schools;
10. ADA continuing education recognition
				program;
11. AGD national sponsor
				approved program;
12. Federal and
				state government agencies, including any of the branches of the military;
13. Hospitals accredited by the
				Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations;
14. Missouri Public Health Association;
15. American Red Cross;
16. American Heart Association;
17. Any regional clinical testing service
				accepted by the board for initial licensure;
18. Dental Assisting National Board, Inc.
				(DANB);
19. American Dental
				Assistants Association and its constituents and component societies;
20. American Association of Dental Boards
				(AADB);
21. Missouri Coalition for
				Oral Health; and
22. Any other
				sponsor approved by the board pursuant to subsection (2)(B).
(D) Original licensee-One who
				obtains licensure by examination in accordance with sections
				332.181
				and
				332.251,
				RSMo.
(E) Credential licensee-One
				who obtains licensure without examination in accordance with sections
				332.211
				and
				332.281,
				RSMo respectively.
(F)
				Instructor-One who holds a license to practice and who is a full- or part-time
				faculty member in a dental or dental hygiene, or both, school or program
				accredited by the ADA Commission on Dental Accreditation.
(G) Resident or Fellow-One who obtains a
				license to practice during the time block and who participated in a
				post-graduate program accredited by the ADA Commission on Dental
				Accreditation.
(H) Diplomate
				status-One who holds a license to practice and during the time block has
				obtained diplomate status in an ADA recognized specialty.
(I) Retired licensee-One who neither engages
				in the active practice of dentistry or dental hygiene nor holds him/herself out
				as actively practicing as provided in sections
				332.071
				and
				332.091,
				RSMo.