24.138.504    APPROVED CLINICAL EXAM CRITERIA FOR DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS

(1) Starting January 1, 2020, for the purposes of licensure, a dentist applicant shall verify successful passage of a board-approved clinical practical exam to include the following components:

(a) patient-based or, beginning March 12, 2020, a simulated patient-based operative exam, to include one direct posterior class II composite and any one of the following:

(i) direct posterior class II composite; or

(ii) direct posterior class II amalgam; or

(iii) direct anterior class III composite;

(b) patient-based or, beginning March 12, 2020, a simulated patient-based periodontal exam;

(c) non-patient-based endodontics exam, to include:

(i) anterior access;

(ii) posterior access; and

(iii) obturation of one canal;

(d) comprehensive treatment planning computer-based exam that is scored by calibrated examiners; and

(e) non-patient-based prosthodontics exam.

(2) Starting January 1, 2020, for the purposes of licensure, a dental hygienist applicant shall verify successful passage of a board-approved patient-based or, beginning March 12, 2020, a simulated patient-based clinical practical exam to include the following:

(a) clinical competency and patient competency with the following components:

(i) pocket depth;

(ii) recession;

(iii) calculus detection and removal; and

(iv) intraoral and extraoral assessment.

(3) For the purpose of a local anesthetic permit a dental hygienist applicant shall verify successful passage of a board-approved written and patient-based clinical practical exam to include:

(a) the Western Regional Examining Board (WREB) or board-approved local anesthetic exam.

(4) The board may review applications from applicants who have taken a clinical practical examination that does not meet the above criteria as nonroutine for licensure.

(5) This rule shall not apply to dentist or dental hygienist applicants applying by credentialing. 

History: 37-1-131, 37-4-205, 37-4-402, MCA; IMP, 37-1-131, 37-4-301, 37-4-402, MCA; NEW, 2019 MAR p. 2366, Eff. 12/28/19; AMD, 2020 MAR p. 1631, Eff. 8/29/20; AMD, 2021 MAR p. 121, Eff. 1/30/21; AMD, 2021 MAR p. 473, Eff. 5/1/21; AMD, 2022 MAR p. 54, Eff. 1/15/22; AMD, 2022 MAR p. 1662, Eff. 8/6/22.