1. 1. After a person has received a certificate of registration qualifying him to practice dentistry in Missouri, he may within one year from the date of his certificate, apply, on forms furnished to the applicant for, and upon payment of a dentist's license fee shall receive, a license to practice dentistry in Missouri.
2. 2. The certificate of registration of a dentist issued to any person who fails to apply for a license as herein provided within one year after the date of his certificate of registration shall be void.
3. 3. Each person who holds a certificate of registration to practice dentistry in Missouri shall renew his license to practice dentistry in Missouri on or before the license renewal date and shall display his license for each current licensing period in the office in which he practices or offers to practice dentistry.
4. 4. The board shall not renew any certificate of registration of any dentist unless the licensee shall provide satisfactory evidence that he has completed seventy-five hours of continuing education within a three-year period. The board may waive the requirements for continuing education for retired or disabled dentists or for other good cause.
5. 5. Any registered and licensed dentist who fails to renew his license on or before the renewal date may apply to the board for a renewal of his license within five years subsequent to the date his license expired, provided that any such applicant shall pay a reinstatement fee for the license.
6. 6. The certificate of registration of any dentist who fails to renew his license within five years of the time his license has expired shall be void. He may reapply for a new certificate of registration, provided that, unless he applies under section 332.211, he shall pay the same fees and be examined in the same manner as an original applicant for a certificate of registration as a dentist. A registered and currently licensed dentist in Missouri may apply to the board to be placed on an inactive list of dentists, and during the time his name remains on the inactive list, he shall not practice dentistry. If a dentist wishes to be removed from the inactive list, unless he applies under section 332.211, he shall apply for a current license and pay the license fees for the years between the date of the entry of his name on the inactive list and the date of issuance of his current license. And, if he has been on the inactive list for more than three years, be examined in the same manner as an original applicant for a certificate of registration as a dentist.
7. 7. A registered and currently licensed dentist in Missouri who does not maintain a practice in this state or does not reside in this state may apply to the board to be placed on an out-of-state licensee list of dentists. Any dentist applying to be so registered and licensed shall accompany his application with a fee not greater than the licensure fee for a licensee who maintains a practice in this state or who resides in this state. The required fee shall be established by the board, by rule, as with other licensing fees.

(L. 1969 S.B. 97, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1983 S.B. 302, A.L. 1993 S.B. 27)

Effective 1-1-95