(a) To qualify for a dental school faculty member license, a person must:
(1) file an application with the board that presents proof that the applicant holds:
- (A) a degree from a dental school; and
- (B) a full-time or part-time salaried faculty position at a dental school accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association;
- (2) submit an endorsement of the application from the dean, department chair, or program director of the school described by Subdivision (1)(B);
- (3) pay the application fee set by the board; and
- (4) pass an examination covering jurisprudence administered by the board or by a testing service under an agreement with the board.
(b) To qualify for a dental hygiene school faculty member license, a person must:
(1) file an application with the board that presents proof that the applicant holds:
- (A) a degree from a dental hygiene school; and
- (B) a full-time or part-time salaried faculty position at a dental hygiene school accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association;
- (2) submit an endorsement of the application from the dean, department chair, or program director of the school described by Subdivision (1)(B);
- (3) pay the application fee set by the board; and
- (4) pass an examination covering jurisprudence administered by the board.
(c) An applicant for a license under this chapter must:
- (1) file an application for the license not later than the 30th day after the date the person begins employment with the dental or dental hygiene school; and
- (2) pass the examination not later than the sixth month after the date the person begins employment with the school.
- (d) The board shall set the application fee in an amount sufficient to cover the cost of administering this chapter.
- (e) Notwithstanding Section 267.001, an applicant may have direct patient contact before the applicant passes the examination.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 17, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.