SECTION 195:10-1-2. Eligibility to take examination and application procedure

  All persons desiring to practice dentistry in the State of Oklahoma shall be required to pass satisfactorily an examination before receiving a license. An applicant, to be acceptable for examination for a license to practice dentistry in Oklahoma, must fulfill the following requirements:

(1)   Make application to the Board in writing. Forms are available upon request, from the Office of the Board.

(2)   Be twenty-one years of age or over.

(3)   Return the completed application, at least thirty (30) days prior to the announced dates for the examination. The application must be accompanied by a certified check or United States Postal Money Order to pay the examination fee as required by the Board, but not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200).

(4)   No application will be accepted less than thirty (30) days prior to the announced dates for the examination.

(5)   After the application has been processed and the applicant has been notified to appear before the Board for examination, and should the applicant fail to appear for the examination, his or her file and fee will be considered forfeited. Should the applicant file for a subsequent examination, such applicant will be considered a new applicant, and the fee for such examination will be as for other new applicants. A new application must be submitted each time an applicant expresses a desire to be examined.

(6)   If the applicant has not completed his or her last term in Dental School prior to making application, the Dean of the School should certify that he or she is a candidate for graduation, in order that the application can be processed. No applicant will be allowed to take the examination until the Secretary of the Board has in possession a photostatic copy of the applicant's diploma.

(7)   Applicants who are licensed and practicing dentistry in another state must present with the application a photostatic copy of his or her degree and a statement or certificate signed by the Secretary of the State Dental Board of the state in which he or she is licensed that the applicant is engaged in the actual, lawful, practice of dentistry.

(8)   The Board recognizes only those applicants who are students or graduates of Dental Schools in the United States or Canada, approved, conditionally, or provisionally approved by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association, and the applicant must have or will receive a D.D.S. or D.M.D. Degree from that school.

(9)   Applicant must attach a recent passport type photograph of self in place so designated on application blank.

(10)   Applicant must present with application, a (official) transcript of his or her grades received during his or her academic years of training in dental school.

(11)   Applicants shall be required to successfully complete Part I and Part II of the National Board (written theoretical) examination. Part I of the National Board examination shall be required prior to graduation from an accredited dental program. All dental applicants shall be required to complete Part II of the National Board examination within twenty-four (24) months of their date of graduation from an accredited dental program.

(12)   Applicant will appear for personal interview, as requested by the Board.

(13)   Applicants qualifying for a regional examination recognized by the Board who fail to make the required grade will not be issued a license, but may retake the examination specified in 59 O.S. Section 328.21 (F). The additional examinations will require a fee as set by the Board.

(14)   Should an applicant fail the second clinical examination before further re-examination the Board may require evidence of additional education. After the third examination, the Board may deny the applicant further examination. Clinical examinations are recognized for a period of five-years.

(15)   If the applicant successfully passes the examination and is licensed to practice dentistry in Oklahoma, he or she will be required to pay an annual registration fee each year, or his or her license will be cancelled as provided by law.

(16)   A copy of the State Dental Act of Oklahoma and Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Board will be mailed to applicant with letter of notification acknowledging receipt of application.

(17)   Applicants must show proof of malpractice insurance pertaining to acts performed at, during or for the clinical examination.

(18)   Applicants must furnish their own patients, instruments, and materials.

(19)   Address communications to the current address of the BOARD OF DENTISTRY office.

[Source: Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2339, eff 7-11-03; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 1435, eff 7-1-05]