WSR 15-12-092 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Dental Quality Assurance Commission) [Filed June 2, 2015, 10:12 a.m., effective July 3, 2015] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: WAC 246-817-230 Dentist retired status, the dental quality assurance commission is adding a new section to create a retired active status dentist license, including continuing education requirements.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.32.065 and 18.130.250.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 15-07-054 on March 13, 2015.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: April 24, 2015.
Robert R. Shaw, DMD
Commission Chair
NEW SECTION
WAC 246-817-230 Dentist retired active status.
(1) To obtain a retired active status license, a licensed dentist must comply with chapter 246-12 WAC, Part 5, excluding WAC 246-12-120 (2)(c) and (d).
(2) A licensed dentist with a retired active status license may practice under the following conditions:
(a) In emergent circumstances calling for immediate action; or
(b) In intermittent circumstances on a nonpermanent basis.
(3) A licensed dentist with a retired active license may not receive compensation for dental services.
(4) A licensed dentist with a retired active status license must renew every year on or before the practitioner's birthday according to WAC 246-12-130 and 246-817-990 and must complete twenty-one hours of continuing education as required in WAC 246-817-440 every year with renewal.
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