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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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