(1) Every applicant for a dental therapy license must submit to the board proof that the applicant successfully completed a clinical examination for dental therapy that:
- (a) Is designed to test the applicant's clinical dental therapy skills and knowledge;
- (b) Includes dental therapy restorative and dental hygiene clinical skill evaluation; and
- (c) Is administered by a regional testing agency composed of at least four states or an examination of another state.
- (2) All examination results required by the board must be filed with the board and kept for reference for a period of not less than two years. If an applicant successfully completes the examination and is otherwise qualified, the board shall grant a license to the applicant and shall issue a license certificate signed by the officers of the board.
- (3) For the purpose of completing the examination requirement in subsection (1) of this section, if the applicant has previously successfully completed a clinical examination for dental hygiene administered by a testing agency accepted by the board, the applicant may be exempted from that part of the dental therapy examination.
Source: L. 2022: Entire section added, (SB 22-219), ch. 381, p. 2707, § 4, effective January 1, 2023.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 22-219, see section 1 of chapter 381, Session Laws of Colorado 2022.