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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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34-9-10
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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34-9-6.1
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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34-9-12
Section 34-9-12 Recording, reporting requirements. (a) Every person granted a license
to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in this state by the board, as herein provided, shall
cause his or her license certificate to be recorded in the office of the judge of probate
of the county in which he or she desires to practice before beginning the practice of dentistry
or dental hygiene in the county. Any person receiving a license from the board, whether or
not intending to immediately engage in the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene in this
state, shall cause his or her license certificate to be recorded in the office of the judge
of probate in one of the counties of this state within 60 days of the issuance of the license
certificate. (b) Every person issued a special purpose license to practice dentistry across
state lines shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the board, and all rules and regulations
of the board, including all matters relating to discipline. It shall be the...
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34-9-40
Section 34-9-40 Creation; composition. (a) In order to accomplish the purposes and to
provide for the enforcement of this chapter, there is hereby created the board. The board
is hereby vested with the authority to carry out the purposes and enforce the provisions of
this chapter. On June 24, 1959, the members of the present board now in existence shall hold
office for the remainder of their respective terms for which they have been elected and thereafter
until their successors are elected and qualified and shall constitute the board under this
chapter. The board shall consist of six dentists who shall be selected in the method set forth
herein all of whom having been actively engaged in the practice of dentistry in the State
of Alabama for at least five years next preceding the date of their election and one dental
hygienist elected at-large as provided in subsection (b). Each member of the board shall be
a citizen of this state. No member of the board shall be a member of the faculty...
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34-38-2
Section 34-38-2 Promotion of early treatment, etc., of individuals impaired by illness,
inebriation, etc.; Alabama Impaired Professionals' Committee; expenses; competitive bidding
not required. It shall be the duty and obligation of the State Board of Dental Examiners and
the State Board of Pharmacy to promote the early identification, intervention, treatment,
and rehabilitation of individuals within the respective jurisdiction, licensed to practice
in the State of Alabama, who may be impaired by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive
use of drugs, narcotics, controlled substances, alcohol, chemicals, or other dependent forming
substances, or as a result of any physical or mental condition rendering such person unable
to meet the standards of his or her profession. For the purposes of this chapter, the term
"impaired" shall mean the inability of a dentist, hygienist, or pharmacist to practice
with reasonable skill and safety to patients by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive...
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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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34-9-15
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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34-9-7
Section 34-9-7 Exemption of certain practices and operations. (a) Nothing in this chapter
shall apply to the following practices, acts, and operations: (1) The practice of his or her
profession by a physician or surgeon holding a certificate of qualification as a medical doctor
and licensed as such under the laws of this state, provided he or she shall not practice dentistry
as a specialty. (2) The practice of dentistry in the discharge of their official duties by
graduate dentists or dental surgeons in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, or other
armed services, public health service including, but not limited to, a federally qualified
health center authorized and operating under Section 330 of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. ยง 254B), provided, however, that such federally qualified health centers shall
register pursuant to Section 34-9-7.2 (provided further however, dentists, dental hygienists,
and other personnel employed by any public health service which performs...
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34-24-217
Section 34-24-217 Grounds for refusal, suspension, or revocation of license. (a) The
board shall refuse to issue a license to any person and, after notice and hearing in accordance
with its regulations and rules, shall suspend or revoke the license of any person who has:
(1) Practiced physical therapy other than upon the referral of a physician licensed to practice
medicine or surgery, a dentist licensed to practice dentistry, a licensed chiropractor, a
licensed assistant to a physician acting pursuant to a valid supervisory agreement, or a licensed
certified registered nurse practitioner in a valid collaborative practice agreement with a
licensed physician, except as provided in Section 34-24-210.1, or practiced as a physical
therapist assistant other than under the direction of a licensed physical therapist; (2) Used
drugs or intoxicating liquors to an extent which affects his or her professional competency;
(3) Been convicted of a felony or of a crime involving moral turpitude; (4)...
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