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(6)  PERIODONTICS;

(7)  PROSTHODONTICS;

(8)  PUBLIC HEALTH; AND

(9)  ANY OTHER FIELD OF SPECIALIZED DENTAL
PRACTICE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES UNDER THIS SECTION.

(D)  APPLICATION FOR IDENTIFICATION AS SPECIALIST.

(1)  THE BOARD SHALL ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS
CONCERNING APPLICATION PROCEDURES, FEES, AND REQUIRED
QUALIFICATIONS FOR IDENTIFICATION AS A SPECIALIST.

(2)  THE QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED OF APPLICANTS
FOR BOARD IDENTIFICATION AS A SPECIALIST MAY INCLUDE:

(I)  THE REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY
VARIOUS SPECIALTY CERTIFYING BOARDS OF THE AMERICAN DENTAL
ASSOCIATION;

(II)  EDUCATION;

(III)  PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE; AND

(IV)  WHETHER, BEFORE JULY 1, 1979, THE
APPLICANT REPRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC, IN AN ETHICAL MANNER,
THAT THE APPLICANT WAS A SPECIALIST.

(E)  APPROVAL OF ADDITIONAL SPECIALTIES.

IN APPROVING ADDITIONAL SPECIALTIES, THE BOARD MAY
CONSIDER THOSE FIELDS RECOGNIZED AND APPROVED BY THE
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION.

(F)  BOARD TO BE DEPOSITORY AND ARBITRATOR.

THE BOARD IS A DEPOSITORY FOR AND THE ARBITRATOR OF THE
SPECIALTY QUALIFICATION STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN DENTAL
ASSOCIATION IN THIS STATE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from Art. 32, § 5A, §
5B(a) and (b), and the last sentence of § 16.

The provisions of present Art. 32, § 5B(b) that
relate to circumstances in which a "licensed
dentist is considered to hold himself out to the
public as a specialist" are deleted as
unnecessary and potentially misleading.

SUBTITLE 6. PROHIBITED ACTS; PENALTIES.

4-601. PRACTICING WITHOUT A LICENSE; AIDING OR ABETTING
UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE.