BILL REQ. #:  H-4441.1 

Read first time 01/17/08.   Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.

     AN ACT Relating to the practice of dentistry; and amending RCW 18.32.215.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 18.32.215 and 2003 c 57 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     An applicant holding a valid license and currently engaged in practice in another state may be granted a license without examination required by this chapter, on the payment of any required fees, if the applicant is a graduate of a dental college, school, or dental department of an institution approved by the commission under RCW 18.32.040(1) or if the dentist has practiced in another state for at least three years. The commission may also require the applicant to: (1) File with the commission documentation certifying the applicant is licensed to practice in another state; and (2) provide information as the commission deems necessary pertaining to the conditions and criteria of the Uniform Disciplinary Act, chapter 18.130 RCW, and to demonstrate to the commission a knowledge of Washington law pertaining to the practice of dentistry.