Section 4-504(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article — Health Occupations
Section 4-315(a)(31) and (b)(17) and 4-504(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health Occupations

4-303.

(a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Board may waive the
education requirements of § 4-302 of this subtitle for an applicant FOR A LIMITED
LICENSE who does not hold a degree of doctor of dental surgery, doctor of dental
medicine, or the equivalent from a college or university that is authorized by any
state or any province of Canada to grant the degree and is recognized by the Board
under § 4-302(d)(2) of this subtitle.

(b) The Board may grant a waiver under this section only if the applicant:

(1) Passes a series of preliminary tests given by the Board under its
regulations to determine that the applicant is qualified to take the examination for a
general license to practice dentistry;

(2) Completes at least 2 years of formal general clinical training in a
college or university that is authorized by any state or any province of Canada to
grant the degree of doctor of dental surgery, doctor of dental medicine, or the
equivalent and is recognized by the Board under § 4-302(d)(2) of this subtitle; and

(3) Meets any other requirements that the Board establishes for a waiver
of the education requirements of § 4-302 of this subtitle.

(C) (1) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS
SECTION AND § 4-302(G) OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE BOARD MAY GRANT A WAIVER FOR A
LIMITED TEACHER'S LICENSE IF IT FINDS THAT:

(I) THE APPLICANT HOLDS A DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF DENTAL
SURGERY DOCTOR OF DENTAL MEDICINE, OR AN EQUIVALENT DEGREE FROM A
SCHOOL, COLLEGE, OR FACULTY OF DENTISTRY;

(II) THE APPLICANT DEMONSTRATES THAT THE APPLICANT HAS
HAD AT LEAST 5 YEARS OF CLINICAL DENTAL EXPERIENCE;

(III) THE APPLICANT IS FOUND TO BE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER
AND PROFESSIONALLY COMPETENT;