HARRY HUGHES, Governor

2071

(B) THE FOLLOWING BRANCHES OF DENTISTRY ARE ESTABLISHED
AS SUITABLE FIELDS FOR SPECIALIZED DENTAL PRACTICE, TO BE
KNOWN AS "SPECIALTIES":

(1)          ENDODONTICS;

(2)          ORAL PATHOLOGY;

(3)          ORAL SURGERY;
(4)         ORTHODONTICS;

(5)     PEDODONTICS;

(6)    PERIODONTICS;

(7)    PROSTHODONTICS;

(8)    PUBLIC HEALTH; AND

(9)    ANY OTHER FIELD OF SPECIALIZED DENTAL
PRACTICE RECOGNIZED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DENTAL

EXAMINERS.

(B) (C) IN RECOGNIZING AND APPROVING ADDITIONAL

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZED DENTAL PRACTICE, THE BOARD OF DENTAL
EXAMINERS MAY CONSIDER THOSE FIELDS RECOGNIZED AND APPROVED
BY THE AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION.

(C) (D) THE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS SHALL

ESTABLISH QUALIFICATIONS FOR SPECIALIZED DENTAL PRACTICE.

IN SPECIFYING SUCH QUALIFICATIONS, THE BOARD SHALL BE

GUIDED, BUT NOT BE BOUND, BY THE QUALIFICATIONS ESTABLISHED

BY THE RESPECTIVE CERTIFYING BOARD OF THE AMERICAN DENTAL

ASSOCIATION.

(D) (1) UNLESS HE FIRST MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR

SPECIALIZED DENTAL PRACTICE ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD OF

DENTAL EXAMINERS, A LICENSED DENTIST MAY NOT IN ANY MANNER

HOLD HIMSELF OUT TO THE PUBLIC AS BEING SPECIALLY QUALIFIED

IN ANY BRANCH OF DENTISTRY. HOWEVER, THE PROHIBITION DOES

NOT APPLY TO A LICENSED DENTIST WHO:

(I) HAS, IN AN ETHICAL MANNER, ANNOUNCED,

PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE LIMITATION

OF HIS PRACTICE IN THIS STATE TO ONE OF THE SPECIALTIES

ESTABLISHED BY THIS SECTION; AND

(II) IN FACT LIMITS HIS PRACTICE TO THE

SPECIALTY ANNOUNCED. RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING

APPLICATION PROCEDURES, FEES, AND REQUIRED___QUALIFICATIONS

FOR LICENSED DENTISTS SEEKING BOARD IDENTIFICATION AS A

SPECIALIST. QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED OF APPLICANTS MAY

INCLUDE: (1) THE___REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE VARIOUS

SPECIALTY CERTIFIYING BOARDS OF THE AMERICAN DENTAL

ASSOCIATION; (2) EDUCATIONAL TRAINING; (3) PROFESSIONAL