N.Y.
Education Law Section 6604
Requirements for a license as a dentist
(1)
Application: file an application with the department;(2)
Education: have received an education, including a doctoral degree in dentistry, in accordance with the commissioner’s regulations;(3)
Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in accordance with the commissioner’s regulations, provided that such experience shall consist of satisfactory completion of a postdoctoral general practice or specialty dental residency program, of at least one year’s duration, in a hospital or dental facility accredited for teaching purposes by a national accrediting body approved by the department, provided, further that any such residency program shall include a formal outcome assessment evaluation of the resident’s competence to practice dentistry acceptable to the department;(4)
Examination: pass a written examination satisfactory to the board and in accordance with the commissioner’s regulations;(5)
Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;(6)
Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States; provided, however, that the board of regents may grant a three year waiver for a noncitizen to practice in an area which has been designated a federal dental health professions shortage area, except that the board of regents may grant an additional extension not to exceed six years to a noncitizen to enable him or her to secure citizenship or permanent resident status, provided such status is being actively pursued;(7)
Character: be of good moral character as determined by the department; and(8)
Fees: pay a fee of two hundred twenty dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for each reexamination, a fee of one hundred thirty-five dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial registration period.
Source:
Section 6604 — Requirements for a license as a dentist, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/EDN/6604 (updated Dec. 16, 2022; accessed Apr. 27, 2024).
