RCW 18.32.040
Requirements for licensure.
The commission shall require that every applicant for a license to practice dentistry shall:
(1) Present satisfactory evidence of graduation from a dental college, school, or dental department of an institution approved by the commission;
(2) Submit, for the files of the commission, a recent picture duly identified and attested; and
(3)(a) Pass an examination prepared or approved by and administered under the direction of the commission. The dentistry licensing examination shall consist of practical and written tests upon such subjects and of such scope as the commission determines. The commission shall set the standards for passing the examination. The secretary shall keep on file the examination papers and records of examination for at least one year. This file shall be open for inspection by the applicant or the applicant's agent unless the disclosure will compromise the examination process as determined by the commission or is exempted from disclosure under chapter 42.56 RCW.
(b) The commission may accept, in lieu of all or part of the written examination required in (a) of this subsection, a certificate granted by a national or regional testing organization approved by the commission.
(c) The commission shall accept, in lieu of the practical examination required in (a) of this subsection, proof that an applicant has satisfactorily completed a general practice residency, pediatric residency, or advanced education in general dentistry residency program in Washington state accredited by the commission on dental accreditation of the American dental association, of at least one year's duration, in a residency program that serves predominantly low-income patients.
[ 2017 c 100 § 1. Prior: 2005 c 454 § 2; 2005 c 274 § 222; 1994 sp.s. c 9 § 211; 1991 c 3 § 61; 1989 c 202 § 16; 1979 c 38 § 2; 1935 c 112 § 5; RRS § 10031-5; prior: 1923 c 16 §§ 4, 5. Formerly RCW 18.32.040 and 18.32.130 through 18.32.150.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2005 c 454: See note following RCW 18.32.195.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 18 - Businesses and Professions
18.32.005 - Regulation of health care professions—Criteria.
18.32.020 - Practice of dentistry defined.
18.32.030 - Exemptions from chapter.
18.32.0351 - Commission established—Membership.
18.32.0353 - Commission—Removal of member—Order of removal—Vacancy.
18.32.0355 - Commission—Qualifications of members.
18.32.0357 - Commission—Duties and powers—Attorney general to advise, represent.
18.32.0358 - Commission successor to other boards.
18.32.0361 - Compensation of commission members.
18.32.0363 - Examinations—Contracts for administration—Multistate.
18.32.039 - Application of uniform disciplinary act.
18.32.040 - Requirements for licensure.
18.32.050 - Compensation and reimbursement for administering examination.
18.32.160 - Licenses—Who shall sign.
18.32.170 - Duplicate licenses—Fee.
18.32.185 - Inactive license status.
18.32.190 - Licenses display—Notification of address.
18.32.195 - University of Washington dental school faculty and residents—Licenses.
18.32.215 - Licensure without examination—Licensed in another state.
18.32.220 - Certificate available for dentists going out-of-state.
18.32.222 - Commission report—Foreign-trained dentists—Licensure.
18.32.226 - Community-based sealant programs in schools.
18.32.530 - "Unprofessional conduct."
18.32.533 - Unprofessional conduct—Abrogation of copayment provisions.
18.32.534 - Dentist health program—Content—License surcharge.
18.32.640 - Rules—Administration of sedation and general anesthesia.
18.32.655 - Commission—Supervision of records—Rules.
18.32.665 - Advertising—False—Credit terms.
18.32.675 - Practice or solicitation by corporations prohibited—Penalty.
18.32.677 - Interference with licensee's independent clinical judgment.
18.32.683 - Patient abandonment.
18.32.685 - Prescriptions—Filled by druggists.
18.32.695 - Identification of new dental prostheses.
18.32.705 - Identification of previously fabricated prostheses.
18.32.715 - Identification of dental prostheses—Violation.
18.32.725 - Sanitary regulations.
18.32.735 - Unlawful practice—Hygienists—Penalty.
18.32.745 - Unlawful practice—Employing unlicensed dentist—Penalty.
18.32.755 - Advertising—Names used—Penalty.
18.32.765 - Pilot project—Commission—Authority over budget.
18.32.775 - Disciplinary proceedings—Cost and fee recovery.
18.32.785 - Pain management rules—Criteria for new rules.