24.138.504 APPROVED CLINICAL EXAM CRITERIA FOR DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS (1) Starting January 1, 2020, for the purposes of licensure, a dentist applicant shall verify successful passage of a board-approved clinical practical exam to include the following components: (a) patient-based operative exam, to include one direct posterior class II composite and any one of the following: (i) direct posterior class II composite; or (ii) direct posterior class II amalgam; or (iii) direct anterior class III composite; (b) patient-based periodontal exam; (c) non-patient-based endodontics exam, to include: (i) anterior access; (ii) posterior access; and (iii) obturation of one canal; (d) comprehensive treatment planning computer-based exam that is scored by calibrated examiners; and (e) non-patient-based prosthodontics exam. (2) Dental students who graduate during the state of emergency declared in the Governor of Montana's Executive Order 2-2020 or in the years 2021 and 2022 shall be allowed to substitute a board-approved manikin-based operative exam in lieu of the patient-based examinations required in (1)(a) and (1)(b). All remaining non-patient-based requirements shall remain in effect. The exception outlined in this section shall expire December 31, 2022. (3) Starting January 1, 2020, for the purposes of licensure, a dental hygienist applicant shall verify successful passage of a board-approved patient-based clinical practical exam to include the following: (a) clinical competency and patient competency with the following components: (i) pocket depth; (ii) recession; (iii) calculus detection and removal; and (iv) intraoral and extraoral assessment. (b) Dental hygiene students who graduate during the state of emergency declared in the Governor of Montana's Executive Order 2-2020, or in the years 2021 and 2022, shall be allowed to substitute a board-approved manikin-based examination in lieu of a patient-based clinical examination. The exception outlined in this section shall expire on December 31, 2022. (4) For the purpose of a local anesthetic permit a dental hygienist applicant shall verify successful passage of a board-approved written and patient-based clinical practical exam to include: (a) the Western Regional Examining Board (WREB) or board-approved local anesthetic exam. (5) The board may review applications from applicants who have taken a clinical practical examination that does not meet the above criteria as nonroutine for licensure. (6) This rule shall not apply to dentist or dental hygienist applicants applying by credentialing.
History: 37-1-131, 37-4-205, 37-4-402, MCA; IMP, 37-1-131, 37-4-301, 37-4-402, MCA; NEW, 2019 MAR p. 2366, Eff. 12/28/19; AMD, 2020 MAR p. 1631, Eff. 8/29/20; AMD, 2021 MAR p. 121, Eff. 1/30/21; AMD, 2021 MAR p. 473, Eff. 5/1/21; AMD, 2022 MAR p. 54, Eff. 1/15/22. |