Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 234 CMR - BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN DENTISTRY › Title 234 CMR 4.00 - Licensure and license renewal applications › Section 4.14 - License Renewal, Reactivation and Reinstatement

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) A licensed dentist shall renew a dental
			 license biennially no later than March 31st of
			 even-numbered years. A licensed dentist shall include with a renewal
			 application, an attestation, signed under the pains and penalties of perjury,
			 the applicant participates in, or had applied to participate in, MassHealth as
			 either a provider of services or as a nonbilling provider for the purpose of
			 ordering and referring services covered by MassHealth, in accordance with
			 M.G.L. c. 112, §45.
(2) A
			 licensed dental hygienist shall renew a dental hygiene license biennially no
			 later than March 31st of odd-numbered
			 years.
(3) A licensed dental
			 assistant shall renew a dental assistant license biennially no later than
			 October 31st of odd-numbered years. The first
			 renewal date for individuals licensed as a dental assistant shall be October
			 31, 2015.
(4)
Continuing Education Required for Renewal, Reactivation or
			 Reinstatement
. A licensee shall not renew, or petition for
			 reinstatement or reactivation of a license unless and until all continuing
			 education required for renewal, reactivation or reinstatement set forth in
			 234 CMR
			 8.00:
Continuing Education
is
			 completed.
(5) Pursuant to M.G.L.
			 c. 112, § lB(c), the license of a dentist, dental hygienist or dental
			 assistant who is engaged in active service in the armed forces remains valid
			 until 90 days following the release from active duty. The continuing education
			 requirement in 234 CMR 4.14(4) shall not apply to any biennial cycle in which
			 the licensee was in active duty service within 90 days immediately preceding
			 the applicable renewal deadline.
(6) A licensee shall not practice dentistry,
			 dental hygiene or dental assisting with an expired, suspended, surrendered or
			 revoked license. A licensee who engages in such unlicensed practice may be
			 subject to a civil administrative penalty pursuant to M.G.L. c. 112, §
			 65(b) and may be subject to Board discipline.
(7)
Renewal on or Prior to
			 License Expiration Date
. A licensee shall renew a license by
			 filing a properly completed license renewal application and providing all
			 related information to the Board, on forms and in accordance with instructions
			 specified by the Board, and paying the license renewal fee(s) established by
			 the Executive Office of Administration and Finance.
(8)
Renewal after License
			 Expiration Date Within Two Renewal Cycles
.
(a) An individual whose license is expired
			 for less than two renewal cycles may apply for renewal of a license only by:
1. Filing an accurate, complete and signed
			 license renewal application and providing all related information as required
			 by the Board on forms and in accordance with instructions specified by the
			 Board;
2. Paying license renewal
			 fee for each intervening renewal cycle and paying the late renewal fee
			 established by the Executive Office of Administration and Finance;
3. Submitting to the Board required
			 documentation to prove completion of continuing education credits required for
			 each renewal cycle pursuant to
			 234 CMR
			 8.00:
Continuing Education;
and
4. Submitting to the Board a
			 satisfactory written explanation of the reasons for the licensee's failure to
			 renew the license in a timely manner.