To qualify for a volunteer dentist's license, a dentist who has passed a regional board as defined in Health Occupations Article, §4-306(a)(3), Annotated Code of Maryland, shall:

1. A. Be of good moral character;
2. B. Be 18 years old or older;

3. C. Hold a Degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery, Doctor of Dental Medicine, or the equivalent from a college or university that is:

   1. (1) Authorized by any state or province of Canada to grant the degree; and

   2. (2) Recognized by the Board as:

      1. (a) Requiring adequate preprofessional collegiate training; and
      2. (b) Maintaining an acceptable course of dental instruction;
4. D. Pass the NERB dental written examinations;
5. E. Pass the Maryland Jurisprudence Examination on the Maryland State Dental Law;
6. F. Hold an active license to practice dentistry in another state or in the District of Columbia;
7. G. Meet the qualifications otherwise required for a general license to practice dentistry by Health Occupations Article, Title 4, Annotated Code of Maryland;
8. H. Complete the continuing education requirements for an active general license to practice dentistry; and
9. I. Provide dental services as set forth in Regulation .11 of this chapter.

Authority: Health Occupations Article, §§4-101, 4-302, 4-304, and 4-308, Annotated Code of Maryland;
Ch. 237, Acts of 2003

Effective date: December 11, 2003 (30:24 Md. R. 1743)

Regulation .07 amended effective August 16, 2004 (31:16 Md. R. 1256)

Chapter revised effective July 18, 2005 (32:14 Md. R. 1276)