24.138.2102    SUBJECT MATTER ACCEPTABLE FOR DENTIST AND DENTAL HYGIENIST CONTINUING EDUCATION

(1) Acceptable continuing education includes courses in which:

(a) The subject matter contributes directly to the professional competence of the licensee, or patient care rendered by the licensee. This may include, but is not limited to, the following clinical subjects relating to the dental profession:

(i) oral surgery;

(ii) operative dentistry;

(iii) oral pathology;

(iv) preventive dentistry;

(v) orthodontics;

(vi) clinical patient management;

(vii) pedodontics;

(viii) oral biology;

(ix) periodontics;

(x) prosthodontics;

(xi) dental materials;

(xii) implantology;

(xiii) radiology;

(xiv) infection control;

(xv) endodontics;

(xvi) management of medical emergencies;

(xvii) practice management;

(xviii) dental anesthesiology; and

(xix) pharmacology.

(b) The information presented enables the licensee to enhance the dental health of the public.

(c) The licensee is able to apply the knowledge gained within his/her professional capacity.

(d) Instructors should be qualified with respect to program content and teaching methods used.

 

History: 37-1-319, 37-4-205, 37-4-401, MCA; IMP, 37-1-306, 37-1-319, 37-4-401, MCA; NEW, 1993 MAR p. 287, Eff. 2/26/93; AMD, 1994 MAR p. 2627, Eff. 9/23/94; AMD, 1996 MAR p. 3118, Eff. 12/6/96; TRANS, from Commerce, 2003 MAR p. 2435; AMD, 2015 MAR p. 1904, Eff. 10/30/15; AMD, 2018 MAR p. 1279, Eff. 7/7/18.