N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 8 § 61.18

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 61.18 - Residency program requirement for dental licensure

(a) Definitions. As used in this section:

(1) Acceptable national accrediting body means until December 31, 2006 the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association, and thereafter it means an organization accepted by the department as a reliable authority for the purpose of accreditation of dental residency programs, applying its criteria for granting accreditation in a fair, consistent, and nondiscriminatory manner, such as the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association, its successors, or an equivalent organization as determined by the department.

(2) Competent to practice dentistry means the level of knowledge and skills necessary to perform safely and independently the practice of dentistry consistent with the definition of the practice of dentistry in section 6601 of the Education Law.

(b) Residency program. To be acceptable to the department for purposes of licensure under section 6604 of the Education Law, a residency program shall meet the requirements of this section.

(1) The residency program shall be a postdoctoral dental residency program in either general dentistry, or a specialty of dentistry as defined in paragraph (2) of this subdivision, of at least one year's duration in a hospital or facility accredited for teaching purposes by an acceptable national accrediting body, which is completed successfully by the applicant prior to the submission to the department of the application for licensure.

(2) The accredited residency program in a specialty of dentistry shall be in the specialty of endodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, prosthodontics, oral and maxillofacial pathology, oral and maxillofacial radiology, dental anesthesiology, dental public health, orofacial pain, oral medicine, or another specialty of dentistry, as determined by the department.

(3) The accredited residency program shall include a formal written outcome assessment which is acceptable to the department, which shall include a written statement by the residency program director attesting that the applicant has successfully completed the accredited residency program as defined in this section, and is, in the director's judgment, competent to practice general dentistry or a specialty of dentistry.

(c) A residency program that has not met the requirements of this section shall not be acceptable to the department for purposes of licensure under this section. A formal written outcome assessment shall not be acceptable to the department for purposes of licensure under this section if it does not meet the requirements of paragraph (b)(3) of this section.

(d) In accordance with subdivision (5) of section 6605 of the Education Law, not later than 60 days after entry into an acceptable residency program, and annually thereafter for the duration of such residency program, the dental resident shall register on a form acceptable to the department and pay to the department a residency registration fee in the amount prescribed for limited permit fees in subdivision (4) of section 6605 of the Education Law.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 8 § 61.18

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