North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 16 - DENTAL EXAMINERS › Subchapter B - LICENSURE DENTISTS › Section .0300 - APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE › Section 16B .0303 - BOARD APPROVED EXAMINATIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a)
				  All applicants for dental licensure shall achieve a passing score of at least
				  80 percent on the Board's sterilization and jurisprudence examinations.
				  Applicants may take reexamination in accordance with Rule .0317 of this
				  Section.
(b) All applicants for
				  dental licensure shall achieve passing scores on the examination administered
				  by the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations and clinical
				  examinations administered by Board approved testing agencies. The Board shall
				  determine which testing agencies are approved based on the requirements set
				  forth in Paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Rule.
(c) To qualify as an approved testing agency,
				  the test-development agency shall allow a representative of the Dental Board to
				  serve on the agency's Board of Directors and the Examination Review Committee
				  for the limited purpose of allowing Dental Board input in the development and
				  administration of the examination.
(d) To qualify as an approved testing agency,
				  the clinical examination administered by a testing agency shall:
(1) include procedures performed on human
				  subjects or an alternative method that simulates human subjects, including
				  manikins, as part of the assessment of restorative clinical
				  competencies;
(2) include
				  evaluations in clinical periodontics and at least three of the following
				  subject matter areas:
(A) endodontics,
				  clinical abilities testing;
(B)
				  amalgam preparation and restoration;
(C) anterior composite preparation and
				  restoration;
(D) posterior ceramic
				  or composite preparation and restoration;
(E) prosthetics, written or clinical
				  abilities testing;
(F) oral
				  diagnosis, written or clinical abilities testing; or
(G) oral surgery, written or clinical
				  abilities testing; and
(3) provide the following:
(A) anonymity between applicants and
				  examination graders;
(B)
				  standardization and calibration of graders;
(C) a mechanism for post exam
				  analysis;
(D) conjunctive scoring,
				  which is scoring that requires applicants to earn a passing grade on all
				  sections or areas tested and that does not allow weighted, averaged, or overall
				  scoring to compensate for failures in individual subject areas;
(E) a minimum passing score set by the
				  testing agency for each subject area tested;
(F) an annual review of the examination
				  conducted by the testing agency;
(G) a task analysis performed by the testing
				  agency at least once every seven years that surveys dentists nationwide to
				  determine the content of the examination;
(H) a system of quality assurance to ensure
				  uniform, consistent administration of the examination at each testing site;
				  and
(I) a system of quality
				  assurance that does not permit a dental instructor to grade candidates at any
				  institution at which the instructor is employed.