The Board of Dentistry shall review the record of the mediation committee recommendation and the state mediation appeals committee in determining any final appeal. The Board of Dentistry may conduct a formal hearing upon the request of a party or upon its own initiative and may affirm, modify, or reverse the recommendation appealed. Any formal hearing shall be conducted by one or more members of the Board of Dentistry as it may determine, and a hearing shall be conducted in accordance with such rules as it may prescribe. The action of the Board of Dentistry in ruling upon the appealed recommendation shall constitute a final nonappealable decision, however, the final recommendation of the Board of Governors of Registered Dentists shall not be binding on the parties involved in the dispute.

Laws 1991, HB 1596, c. 213, § 10, emerg. eff. May 21, 1991; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1548, c. 203, § 6, eff. November 1, 1997 (superseded document available).