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34-9-15
Section 34-9-15 Annual registration; continuing education. (a) No person shall practice
dentistry or dental hygiene in the State of Alabama unless licensed or permitted by the board
and registered annually as required by this chapter. The secretary-treasurer of the board
shall issue to each licensee an initial registration form which shall contain space for the
insertion of name, address, date, and number of license certificate, and other information
as the board shall deem necessary. The licensee shall sign and verify the accuracy of the
registration before a notary public after which he or she shall forward the registration to
the secretary-treasurer of the board together with a fee. Each subsequent registration shall
be made in electronic format or by United States mail upon a form to be determined by the
board. On or before October 1 of each year, every dentist and dental hygienist licensed or
permitted to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in the state shall transmit either...
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34-9-18
Section 34-9-18 Grounds for disciplinary action. (a) The board may invoke disciplinary
action as outlined in subsection (b) whenever it shall be established to the satisfaction
of the board, after a hearing as hereinafter provided, that any dentist or dental hygienist
has been guilty of the following: (1) Fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation in obtaining any
license, license certificate, annual registration certificate, money, or other thing of value.
(2) Gross immorality. (3) Is a menace to the public health or to patients or others by reason
of a disease. (4) Is an habitual user of intoxicants or drugs rendering him or her unfit for
the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene. (5) Has been convicted for violation of federal
or state narcotics or barbiturate laws. (6) Is guilty of negligence or gross negligence. a.
For the purposes of this subdivision, negligence is defined as the failure to do what a reasonably
prudent dentist or dental hygienist would have done under the same or...
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34-9-1
Section 34-9-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) ANNUAL REGISTRATION. The
documentary evidence that the board has renewed the authority of the licensee to practice
dentistry or dental hygiene in this state. (2) BOARD. The Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama.
(3) COMMERCIAL DENTAL LABORATORY. A technician or group of technicians available to any or
all licensed dentists for construction or repair of dental appliances. (4) GENERAL ANESTHESIA.
A controlled state of unconsciousness, accompanied by a partial or complete loss of protective
reflexes, including inability to independently maintain an airway and respond purposefully
to physical stimulation or verbal command, produced by a pharmacologic method. (5) INFILTRATION
ANESTHESIA. A form of local anesthesia wherein the terminal or peripheral sensory portion
of either the maxillary or mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve endings are...
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34-9-26
Section 34-9-26 Examination, qualifications, licensing, etc., of dental hygienists.
No person shall practice as a dental hygienist in this state until such person has passed
an examination given by the board or approved by the board, or both, under rules and regulations
as the board may promulgate and the payment of a fee. The board shall issue licenses and license
certificates as dental hygienists to those persons who have passed the examination and have
been found qualified by the board. The license certificate and annual registration certificate
shall be displayed in the office in which the dental hygienist is employed. No person shall
be entitled to a license and license certificate unless the person is 19 years of age and
of good moral character. Each applicant for examination and license as a dental hygienist
shall be a graduate of a school of dental hygiene which has been approved by the board, or
in lieu thereof, shall have served as a dental assistant for a period of time...
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34-9-10
Section 34-9-10 Application; licensure by credentials; special purpose license. (a)
Every person who desires to practice dentistry within the State of Alabama shall file an application
prescribed by the board. Notwithstanding the method of obtaining licensure or any particular
requirement set forth herein, every person as a prerequisite to licensure shall be at least
19 years of age, of good moral character, a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen
of the United States, a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate
documentation from the federal government, and a graduate of a dental school or college accredited
by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation and approved by the
board and shall satisfy any other requirement set forth in any rule adopted by the board.
(b) Licensure by examination shall be applicable to the following categories: (1) Those individuals
who have never been licensed or taken an examination and whose...
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34-9-16
Section 34-9-16 Fee schedule. The board shall establish and collect reasonable fees
provided for in this chapter within the ranges set forth below and without having to engage
in the rulemaking process: Description Not More Than Dental Examination Application Fee $750.00
Dental Examination Fee $2,500.00 Dental Examination Materials Fee $500.00 Dental Licensure
by Credentials Application Fee $4,000.00 Dental Licensure by Regional Exam Application Fee
$1,000.00 Special Purpose Licensure Fee $750.00 Special Purpose Licensure Renewal Fee $750.00
Dental Annual Registration Fee $500.00 Dental License Reinstatement Penalty $500.00 Dental
Hygiene Program Application Fee $500.00 Alabama Dental Hygiene Training Permit Fee $450.00
Alabama Dental Hygiene Training Education Fee $600.00 Alabama Dental Hygiene Program Instructor
Certification Course Fee $200.00 Alabama Dental Hygiene Program Instructional Materials Fee
$950.00 Dental Hygiene By Regional Exam Application Fee $500.00 Dental Hygiene...
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34-9-5
Section 34-9-5 Penalties. Any person who shall engage in the practice of dentistry across
state lines or practice dentistry or dental hygiene in this state within the meaning of this
chapter without having first obtained from the board a license and an annual registration
certificate, when the certificate is required by this chapter, or who violates this chapter,
or who willfully violates any published rule or regulation of the board, or who does any act
described in this chapter as unlawful, the penalty for which is not herein specifically provided,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more
than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each offense, to be fixed by the court trying the
case, and in addition thereto may be, in the discretion of the court, sentenced to hard labor
for the county for a period not to exceed 12 months. (Acts 1959, No. 100, p. 569, §9; Act
99-402, p. 669, §1; Act 2011-571, p. 1165, §1.)...
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34-9-6.1
Section 34-9-6.1 Mobile dental facilities or portable dental operations. (a) For purposes
of this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) DENTAL HOME.
The dental home is the ongoing relationship between the dentist and the patient, inclusive
of all aspects of oral health care, delivered in a comprehensive, continuously accessible,
coordinated, and family-centered way. (2) MOBILE DENTAL FACILITY. Any self-contained facility
in which dentistry or dental hygiene is practiced which may be moved, towed, or transported
from one location to another. (3) OPERATOR. A person licensed to practice dentistry in this
state or an entity which is approved as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code which employs dentists licensed in the state to operate a mobile dental facility
or portable dental operation. (4) PORTABLE DENTAL OPERATION. The use of portable dental delivery
equipment which is set up on site to provide dental services outside of a mobile...
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34-22-20
Section 34-22-20 Qualifications of applicants; examination; issuance and execution of
licenses; use of pharmaceutical agents. (a) Every person desiring to practice optometry in
this state shall be 19 years of age, or over, a citizen of the United States or, if not a
citizen of the United States, a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate
documentation from the federal government, and of good moral character. The person shall have
a minimum of three years of preoptometry, or the equivalent, at an accredited college or university,
have completed a course of study in an accredited school or college of optometry which is
approved by the board and that requires at least four years of professional study, and have
passed all examinations prescribed by the board, which may include the standard examination
after completion of the educational requirements. The board may accept a passing grade on
a recognized national examination or a passing grade on a board...
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34-1-6
Section 34-1-6 Registration of firms of certified public accountants. (a) A firm engaged
in this state in the practice of public accounting may register with the board as a firm of
certified public accountants provided it meets all of the following requirements: (1) At least
51 percent of the ownership of the firm, in terms of financial interests and voting rights
of all partners, officers, shareholders, members, or managers, belongs to holders of a certificate
who are licensed in some state, and such partners, officers, shareholders, members, or managers,
whose principal place of business is in this state, and who perform professional services
in this state hold a valid certificate issued under Section 34-1-4. Although firms
may include nonlicensee owners, the firm and its ownership must comply with rules promulgated
by the board. (2) Each certified public accountant owner regularly engaged within this state
in the practice of public accounting as a member of the firm shall be a...
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