WSR 14-20-064 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
(Dental Quality Assurance Commission)
[Filed September 26, 2014, 11:58 a.m., effective October 27, 2014] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: WAC 246-817-160 Graduates of nonaccredited schools, the rule amends education requirements for graduates of nonaccredited dental schools to update the rule with current standards and credentialing process[es].
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 246-817-160.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.32.0365.
Other Authority: RCW 18.32.002, 18.32.040, and 18.32.222.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 14-12-056 on May 30, 2014.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: The commission adopted two nonsubstantive changes by adding "to the commission" at the end of subsection (1) and deleting obsolete word "subsection" in subsection (2). However, the code reviser requires the word subsection so it was placed in the final version of the rule.
A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting Jennifer Santiago, P.O. Box 47852, Olympia, WA 98501-7852, phone (360) 236-4893, fax (360) 236-2901, e-mail jennifer.santiago@doh.wa.gov.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: July 18, 2014.
Robert R. Shaw, D.M.D., Chair
Dental Quality Assurance Commission
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 95-21-041, filed 10/10/95, effective 11/10/95)
WAC 246-817-160 Graduates of nonaccredited schools.
((The following requirements apply to persons who are graduates of dental schools or colleges not accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Accreditation.
(1) A person who has been issued a degree of doctor of dental medicine or doctor of dental surgery by a nonaccredited dental school listed by the World Health Organization, or by a nonaccredited dental school approved by the DQAC, shall be eligible to take the examination in the theory and practice of the science of dentistry upon furnishing all of the following:
(a) Certified copies of dental school diplomas.
(b) Official dental school transcripts.
(c) Proof of identification by an appropriate governmental agency. Alternate arrangements may be made for political refugees.
(d) Effective February 1, 1985, satisfactory evidence of the successful completion of at least two additional predoctoral or postdoctoral academic years of dental school education at a dental school approved pursuant to WAC 246-817-110(2) and a certification by the dean of that school that the candidate has achieved the same level of didactic and clinical competence as expected of a graduate of that school.
(2) Upon completion of the requirements in subsection (1) of this section, an applicant under this section shall be allowed to take the examination pursuant to WAC 246-817-120 and shall be subject to the applicable provisions of WAC 246-817-110. This rule supersedes WAC 246-818-090 which provided applicants one opportunity to take and pass the clinical (practical) examination, in 1985, without meeting the postgraduate training requirement.)) (1) An applicant for Washington state dental licensure, who is a graduate of a dental school or college not accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation shall provide to the commission:
(a) Materials listed in WAC 246-817-110 (1) and (3) through (13);
(b) Official school transcript or diploma with dental degree listed transcribed to English if necessary; and
(c) Evidence of successful completion of at least two additional predoctoral or postdoctoral academic years of dental education at a dental school approved under WAC 246-817-110(2).
(2) Upon completion of the requirements in subsection (1) of this section, an applicant may be eligible to take the examination as required in WAC 246-817-120.
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