New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter II - Regulations of the Department of Social Services › Subchapter E - Medical Care › Article 3 - Policies and Standards Governing Provision of Medical and Dental Care › Part 506 - Dental Care › Section 506.1 - Qualifications of dentists

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
			 General qualifications of dentists. Dentists shall be licensed and currently
			 registered by the New York State Education Department, or, if in practice in
			 another state, by the appropriate agency of that state and shall meet the
			 qualifications of a general practitioner or of a specialist.
(b) Qualifications of general practioner. A
			 general practitioner is a dentist who:
(1) is
			 a member of the active or attending staff at a hospital holding a valid
			 operating certificate from the New York State Department of Health;
(2) is a member in good standing of the
			 Academy of General Dentistry; or
(3) has given satisfactory evidence of
			 completion of a total of 75 hours of continuation education over a three-year
			 period based on standards approved by the State Commissioner of Health in
			 accordance with the following:
(i) Not less
			 than 25 hours of the 75 hours required shall be attendance at planned
			 instruction which shall include one or more of the following:
(a) courses conducted by a dental school;
			 or
(b) planned continuation
			 education preceptorships or similar practical training approved on an
			 individual basis by the Dental Society of the State of New York, jointly with
			 the Health Manpower Group of the State Department of Health;
(c) for not more than 10 hours' credit in any
			 given year, preparation and/or presentation of acceptable scientific exhibits
			 or papers evaluated by the Dental Society of the State of New York, jointly
			 with the Health Manpower Group of the State Department of Health; or
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(d) continuation education
			 approved for this purpose by the Dental Society of the State of New York,
			 jointly with the Health Manpower Group of the State Department of
			 Health;
(ii) The
			 remaining 50 hours of continuation education shall be satisfied by attaining
			 credit on an hour-for-hour basis for attendance at specific scientific
			 meetings, such as the following:
(a)
			 attendance at meetings of dental groups, such as local, State or national,
			 including but not limited to dental study clubs, county dental societies,
			 academies of dentistry, academies of general dentistry, district and State
			 dental societies, specialty dental meetings and meetings of the American Dental
			 Association;
(b) attendance at
			 scientific programs, hospital staff meetings or similar meetings;
(c) teaching responsibilities in a teaching
			 hospital or in a dental school, a nursing school or other accredited school
			 which teaches some branch of the health services;
(d) other continuation education activities
			 accepted by the Health Manpower Group of the State Department of Health jointly
			 with the Dental Society of the State of New York, as meeting these
			 requirements.
(iii)
			 Dentists not possessing the continuation education qualifications required by
			 this paragraph shall be given three years from a date to be determined by the
			 State Commissioner of Health to meet such qualifications.
(iv) In extenuating circumstances involving
			 personal or family illness or disability, health emergencies or epidemics in
			 the community endangering the public health, or unavailability of adequate
			 dental coverage through other sources, the above requirements may be waived for
			 any individual dentist at the discretion of the State Commissioner of
			 Health.