ARM 24.138.504. APPROVED CLINICAL EXAM CRITERIA FOR DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS

(1) Starting January 1, 2020, for the purposes of licensure, a dentist applicant shall verify successful passage of a board-approved clinical practical exam to include the following components: (a) patient-based or, beginning March 12, 2020, a simulated patient-based operative exam, to include one direct posterior class II composite and any one of the following: (i) direct posterior class II composite; or (ii) direct posterior class II amalgam; or (iii) direct anterior class III composite; (b) patient-based or, beginning March 12, 2020, a simulated patient-based periodontal exam; (c) non-patient-based endodontics exam, to include: (i) anterior access; (ii) posterior access; and (iii) obturation of one canal; (d) comprehensive treatment planning computer-based exam that is scored by calibrated examiners; and (e) non-patient-based prosthodontics exam. (2) Starting January 1, 2020, for the purposes of licensure, a dental hygienist applicant shall verify successful passage of a board-approved patient-based or, beginning March 12, 2020, a simulated patient-based clinical practical exam to include the following: (a) clinical competency and patient competency with the following components: (i) pocket depth; (ii) recession; (iii) calculus detection and removal; and (iv) intraoral and extraoral assessment. (3) For the purpose of a local anesthetic permit a dental hygienist applicant shall verify successful passage of a board-approved written and patient-based clinical practical exam to include: (a) the Western Regional Examining Board (WREB) or board-approved local anesthetic exam. (4) The board may review applications from applicants who have taken a clinical practical examination that does not meet the above criteria as nonroutine for licensure. (5) This rule shall not apply to dentist or dental hygienist applicants applying by credentialing.