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11 Senator Fasano moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 34. Subsection (2) of section 466.006, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 466.006 Examination of dentists.--
20 (2) An applicant shall be entitled to take the
21 examinations required in this section to practice dentistry in
22 this state if the applicant:
23 (a) Is 18 years of age or older.
24 (b)1. Is a graduate of a dental school accredited by
25 the Commission on Accreditation of the American Dental
26 Association or its successor agency, if any, or any other
27 nationally recognized accrediting agency; or.
28 2. Is a dental student in the final year of such an
29 accredited school who has completed all the coursework
30 necessary to prepare him or her to perform the clinical and
31 diagnostic procedures required to pass the examinations. With
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1 respect to a dental student in his or her final year of dental
2 school, a passing score on the examinations is valid for 180
3 days after the date the examinations were completed. A dental
4 school student who takes the licensure examinations during his
5 or her final year of an approved dental school must have
6 graduated before being certified for licensure pursuant to s.
7 466.011.
8 (c) Has successfully completed the National Board of
9 Dental Examiners dental examination within 10 years before of
10 the date of application.
11 Section 35. Section 466.0065, Florida Statutes, is
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13 466.0065 Regional licensure examinations.--
14 (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that schools
15 of dentistry be allowed to offer regional licensure
16 examinations to dental students who are in the final year of
17 an approved dental school for the sole purpose of facilitating
18 the student's licensing in other jurisdictions. This section
19 does not allow a person to be licensed as a dentist in this
20 state without taking the examinations as set forth in s.
21 466.006, nor does this section mean that regional examinations
22 administered under this section may be substituted for
23 complying with testing requirements under s. 466.006.
24 (2) Each school of dentistry in this state which is
25 accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American
26 Dental Association or its successor agency may, upon written
27 approval by the Board of Dentistry, offer regional licensure
28 examinations only to dental students in the final year of an
29 approved dental school, if the board has determined that the
30 dental school hosting the examination will comply with the
31 following conditions:
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1 (a) The examining body must be a member of the
2 American Association of Dental Examiners.
3 (b) The student must have successfully completed parts
4 I and II of the National Board of Dental Examiners examination
5 within 2 years before taking the regional examination.
6 (c) The student must possess medical malpractice
7 insurance in amounts that the board determines to be
8 sufficient to cover any reasonably forseeable incident of harm
9 to a patient during the clinical portion of the regional
10 examination.
11 (d) The regional examination must be monitored by
12 dentists licensed in this state who are approved by the board
13 and who have completed a mandatory standardization exercise
14 before each practical or clinical portion of the examination.
15 (e) Adequate arrangements must be made, when
16 necessary, for patients who require followup care as a result
17 of procedures performed during the clinical portion of the
18 regional examination.
19 (f) The board chair or the chair's designee must be
20 allowed to observe testing while it is in progress.
21 (g) Each student, upon applying to take the regional
22 examination, must receive written disclosure in at least
23 12-point boldface type which states: "This examination does
24 not meet the licensure requirements of chapter 466, Florida
25 Statutes, for licensure in the State of Florida. Persons
26 wishing to practice dentistry in Florida must pass the Florida
27 licensure examinations. For more information on Florida's
28 licensure examination procedures, please contact the Florida
29 Board of Dentistry."
30 (h) The student must be enrolled as a dental student
31 in his or her final year of an approved dental school that is
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1 accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American
2 Dental Association or its successor agency.
3 (i) The student must have completed all the coursework
4 necessary to prepare him or her to perform all clinical and
5 diagnostic procedures required to pass the regional
6 examination.
7 (j) The student's academic record must not include any
8 evidence suggesting that the student poses an unreasonable
9 risk to any live patients who are required for the clinical
10 portion of the regional examination. In order to protect the
11 health and safety of the residents of this state, the board
12 may request additional information and documents pertaining to
13 the candidate's mental and physical health in order to fully
14 assess the candidate's fitness to engage in exercises
15 involving a live patient.
16 (3) A student who takes a regional examination
17 pursuant to this section does not have standing to assert that
18 a state agency has taken action for which a hearing may be
19 sought under ss. 120.569 and 120.57.
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25 And the title is amended as follows:
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29 amending s. 466.006, F.S.; allowing certain
30 dental students to take the examinations
31 required to practice dentistry in this state
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1 under specified conditions; providing a
2 prerequisite to licensure of such students;
3 creating s. 466.0065, F.S.; allowing certain
4 dental students to take regional licensure
5 examinations under specified conditions;
6 restricting the applicability of examination
7 results to licensing in other jurisdictions;
8 requiring approval by the Board of Dentistry
9 and providing prerequisites to such approval;
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