Minnesota Administrative Rules

3100.3350 EXAMINATION OF DENTAL THERAPISTS AND ADVANCED DENTAL THERAPISTS.

Subpart 1.

Scope.

This part provides that the examination of applicants for a license to practice dental therapy and become certified to practice advanced dental therapy in this state shall be sufficiently thorough to test the fitness of the applicant to practice dental therapy or advanced dental therapy.

Subp. 2.

Clinical examination.

An applicant must pass a board-approved clinical examination designed to determine the applicant's clinical competency.

Subp. 3.

Additional examination content.

All applicants shall be examined for general knowledge of the act and the rules of the board. Additional written theoretical examinations may be administered by the board.

Subp. 4.

Additional education for two failed clinical examinations.

If an applicant fails twice any part of the clinical examination required by Minnesota Statutes, section 150A.06, subdivision 1d, for dental therapists, or Minnesota Statutes, section 150A.106, subdivision 1, for advanced dental therapists, the applicant may not retake the examination until the applicant successfully completes additional education provided by an institution approved by the board. The education must cover all of the subject areas failed by the applicant in the clinical examination. The applicant may retake the examination only after the institution provides information to the board specifying the areas failed in the previous examinations and the instruction provided to address the areas failed, and certifies that the applicant has successfully completed the instruction. The applicant must take the additional instruction provided above each time the applicant fails the clinical examination twice.

Subp. 5.

Examination for continued licensure.

The board may administer any other examination it deems necessary to determine qualifications for continued licensure.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 150A.04

History:

36 SR 738

Published Electronically:

January 5, 2012