20 CSR 2110-2.071 - License Renewal-Dentists and Dental Hygienists
(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.
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