1. 1. The board shall upon application and without examination issue a specialist's certificate to any registered and currently licensed dentist in Missouri who has been certified in any specialty by an American board recognized by the American Dental Association; but any such application shall be accompanied by the required specialty fee.
2. 2. Any registered and currently licensed dentist in Missouri who is not eligible to apply under subsection 1 above, may apply to the board for certification in one of the special areas approved by the American Dental Association for specialty practice. Each such application shall be accompanied by the required specialty fee. The board shall establish by rule the minimum requirements for specialty certification under this subsection.
3. 3. An examination committee, appointed by the board, consisting of three dentists who have been certified by an American board approved by the American Dental Association as having met the standards set by that association for the specialty for which application is made, shall examine each applicant for a specialty at the time and place fixed by the board in a manner to thoroughly test his qualifications in the specialty applied for, and report to the board as to whether the applicant is qualified in the specialty.
4. 4. In the event any applicant fails to pass the examination and is reported by the examining committee as not qualified, he may upon application to the board be reexamined by the committee at such time and place as the board may specify, but any such applicant shall pay a reexamination fee equivalent to the specialty fee.
5. 5. Each member of each examining committee appointed by the board as provided in this section shall receive as compensation an amount set by the board, not to exceed fifty dollars, for each day spent in the performance of his duties on the committee and each member shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties.
6. 6. The board shall issue to each applicant who has been recommended as qualified by the examining committee, as provided in subsection 3 of this section, a certificate of registration to practice dentistry in the specialty in which he has been so recommended.

7. 7. The board may also grant without examination a certificate of registration and a license in one of the specialty areas recognized by the American Dental Association to a dentist who has been so certified and/or licensed in another state, if the applicant meets the following requirements:

   1. (1) Applicant must either currently hold a Missouri license to practice dentistry or obtain one through the provisions of sections 332.131 and 332.181, or through the provisions of section 332.211;
   2. (2) Applicant must have taken and passed an examination equivalent to that given in Missouri and have been granted a specialty license in another state. It is the obligation of the applicant to provide proper documentation which must include the content and grades received in each portion of the examination and be certified by the state which administered the examination. Determination as to whether an examination taken in another state is equivalent to that given in Missouri will be made by the current Missouri specialty examining committee in the appropriate specialty area;
   3. (3) Applicant must have met the same educational requirements for certification and licensure under this subsection as required of original applicants in the state of Missouri, as established by rule by the board.
8. 8. All such certificates shall be subject to revocation and suspension for the causes set forth in section 332.321 and each certificate holder shall renew his regular license as provided in section 332.181 and shall pay the regular renewal fee provided therefor and shall also renew his specialty license and shall pay a specialty renewal fee.

(L. 1969 S.B. 97, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1983 S.B. 302)

(1968) Oral surgery is “specialty” within meaning of statute. This statute does not require two years' practice in this state prior to effective date of this section. There is no requirement that applicant be in active practice in this state as of effective date of statute. Missouri Dental Board v. Riney (A.), 429 S.W.2d 803.