Section 4-310 - Inactive status. - Maryland Statutes

§ 4-310. Inactive status.
 

(a)  In general.-  

(1) The Board shall place the holder of a general license to practice dentistry or a general license to practice dental hygiene on inactive status and issue an inactive status registration certificate to the licensee, if the licensee: 

(i) Submits to the Board an application for inactive status on the form required by the Board; and 

(ii) Pays to the Board the inactive status application fee set by the Board. 

(2) A licensee on inactive status may not practice dentistry or dental hygiene in this State. 

(b)  Application form.- The form provided by the Board for inactive status application or renewal shall require the individual to state: 

(1) Name; 

(2) Inactive status registration number, if any; 

(3) Degree; 

(4) School that awarded the degree; 

(5) Year of graduation; 

(6) Home address; 

(7) Principal office address; 

(8) Principal office telephone number; and 

(9) Whether or not the individual is in regular practice outside this State. 

(c)  Reactivation; waiver of examinations.- The Board shall waive the examination requirements of §§ 4-302 and 4-305 of this subtitle for: 

(1) A dentist on inactive status who applies for a general license to practice dentistry, if the dentist has practiced dentistry regularly in any other state within 3 years of applying for the license; or 

(2) A dental hygienist on inactive status who applies for a general license to practice dental hygiene, if the dental hygienist has practiced dental hygiene regularly in any other state within 3 years of applying for the license. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 33, §§ 6A, 30; 1981, ch. 8, § 2; 1982, ch. 858; 1990, ch. 6, § 11; 1996, ch. 10, § 1.]