332.112. Volunteer license, requirements--renewal--limitation on practice--no application fee. - Missouri Statutes

Volunteer license, requirements--renewal--limitation on practice--noapplication fee.

332.112. 1. A person desiring to obtain a volunteer license topractice dentistry shall:

(1) Submit to the board a verified affidavit stating that he or shehas been licensed to practice dentistry in Missouri or in any state orterritory of the United States or the District of Columbia for at least tenyears and has not allowed that license to lapse or expire for a period oftime greater than four years immediately preceding the date of applicationfor a volunteer license, is retired from the practice of dentistry, andthat his or her license was in good standing at retirement; and

(2) Meet the requirements in section 332.151.

2. Effective with the licensing period beginning on December 1, 2010,a volunteer license to practice dentistry shall be renewed every two years.To renew a license, each dentist shall submit satisfactory evidence ofcurrent certification in the American Heart Association's Basic LifeSupport (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), or certificationequivalent to BLS or ACLS and completion of forty hours of board-approvedcontinuing education during the two-year period immediately preceding therenewal period. Continuing education hours earned towards certification inBLS or ACLS may be applied towards the forty hours of continuing educationrequired for renewal. Each dentist shall maintain documentation ofcompletion of the required continuing education hours for a minimum of sixyears after the reporting period in which the continuing education wascompleted. The board, solely in its discretion, may allow a dentistworking at a facility outlined in subsection 3 of this section to credittime spent working in that facility towards the forty-hour continuingeducation requirement for renewal. The board, solely in its discretion,may waive or extend the time requirements for completion of continuingeducation for reasons related to health, military service, foreignresidency, or for other good cause. All requests for credit for continuingeducation hours and requests for waivers or extensions of time shall bemade in writing and submitted to the board before the renewal date.

3. A dentist with a volunteer license may only provide withoutcompensation dental care and preventative care services to family membersor at facilities operated by city or county health departments organizedunder chapter 192 or 205, RSMo, city health departments operating undercity charters, combined city-county health centers, public elementary orsecondary schools, federally funded community health centers, or nonprofitcommunity health centers.

4. The board shall not charge a fee for any application for avolunteer license to practice dentistry nor to renew a volunteer license topractice dentistry.

(L. 2009 S.B. 296)