Sec. 2. (a) The state board of dentistry is established and consists of:
(1) nine (9) practicing dentists licensed under IC 25-14 who must have been in practice in Indiana for not less than the five (5) years;
(2) one (1) practicing dental hygienist who:
(A) has been practicing in Indiana as a dental hygienist:
(i) in 2011 and 2012, for at least three (3) years; and
(ii) after 2012, for at least five (5) years; and
(B) is licensed under IC 25-13-1; and
(3) one (1) member to represent the general public who must be a resident to this state and in no way associated with the profession of dentistry other than as a consumer.
(b) All eleven (11) members of the board appointed before July 1, 2019, shall be appointed by the governor for a term of three (3) years each.
(c) All eleven (11) members of the board appointed after June 30, 2019, shall be appointed under IC 25-1-6.5.
(d) A member of the board may be removed under IC 25-1-6.5-4.
(e) The appointment of the dentist members shall be made in a manner that, at all times, each dentist member on the board represents and is a resident of one (1) of nine (9) examiner districts set forth in this subsection. Each dentist member shall be chiefly responsible in the performance of his or her duties with regard to the district from which he or she is appointed. The nine (9) dentist members' districts consist of the following counties:
(1) District 1. Tipton, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Hancock, Morgan, Johnson, and Shelby.
(2) District 2. Lake, Porter, LaPorte, and Jasper.
(3) District 3. St. Joseph, Elkhart, Starke, Marshall, Kosciusko, and Fulton.
(4) District 4. LaGrange, Steuben, Jay, Noble, Whitley, Allen, Huntington, Wells, DeKalb, and Adams.
(5) District 5. Knox, Daviess, Gibson, Pike, Dubois, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Spencer, and Perry.
(6) District 6. Newton, Benton, White, Pulaski, Cass, Miami, Wabash, Grant, Howard, Carroll, Warren, Tippecanoe, and Clinton.
(7) District 7. Vermillion, Parke, Fountain, Montgomery, Boone, Putnam, Vigo, Clay, Sullivan, Owen, Greene, and Martin.
(8) District 8. Madison, Delaware, Blackford, Randolph, Rush, Fayette, Union, Henry, and Wayne.
(9) District 9. Monroe, Brown, Bartholomew, Decatur, Franklin, Lawrence, Jackson, Jennings, Ripley, Dearborn, Orange, Washington, Scott, Jefferson, Switzerland, Ohio, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, and Clark.
(f) The board may issue licenses to applicants who pass an examination administered by an entity that has been approved by the board.
Formerly: Acts 1913, c.138, s.2; Acts 1931, c.169, s.1; Acts 1935, c.90, s.1; Acts 1949, c.248, s.1; Acts 1963, c.151, s.1; Acts 1971, P.L.372, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.2, SEC.76; Acts 1977, P.L.172, SEC.11; Acts 1981, P.L.222, SEC.120; Acts 1982, P.L.113, SEC.51; P.L.169-1985, SEC.46; P.L.24-1999, SEC.10; P.L.103-2011, SEC.12; P.L.249-2019, SEC.62.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 25. Professions and Occupations
Chapter 1. Regulation of Dentists; Creation of Board
25-14-1-1. Necessity for License
25-14-1-2. State Board of Dentistry; Appointments; Districts; Examination
25-14-1-3.1. Anesthesia or Sedation; Permit to Administer; Requirements; Renewal
25-14-1-3.5. Fees; Establishment; Disposition
25-14-1-4.5. Requirements if Degree Is From Unaccredited Dental College Outside of United States
25-14-1-5. Dental Residency Permit for Students; Fee; Practice Under Permit
25-14-1-5.5. Dental Faculty License; Requirements; Use of License; Fee
25-14-1-10. Expiration of License; Renewal; Fee; Display of License; Reinstatement; Rules
25-14-1-12. Meetings of Board; Records; Affiliation
25-14-1-13. Powers and Duties of Board; Complaints; Hearings
25-14-1-17. Record of Persons Practicing With and Employed by Certificate Holder
25-14-1-18. Display of Name and License
25-14-1-20. Disciplinary Proceedings
25-14-1-21. Representation by Attorney General
25-14-1-23.5. Inspect Program Report in Patient's Medical File
25-14-1-24. Evidence of Practice of Dentistry; Exception
25-14-1-25. Specific Violations
25-14-1-27.1. Inactive Licenses; Remediation
25-14-1-29. Liberal Construction
25-14-1-30.2. Certificates Deemed Licenses
25-14-1-30.4. Discipline; Knowledge of Standards of Conduct and Practice