Fees

The fees authorized by the Tennessee Dental Practice Act (T.C.A. §§ 63-5-101, et seq.) and other applicable statutes are established and assessed by the Board as non-refundable fees, as follows: (1) Dentists (a) Licensure Application Fee - Payable each time an application for licensure is filed. This fee also applies to dual degree and criteria (reciprocity) licensure applicants. $300.00 (b) Limited and Educational Limited Licensure Fee - Payable each time an application for a limited or an educational limited license is filed. $112.50 (c) Criteria (Reciprocity) Licensure Fee - Payable each time an application for a criteria (reciprocity) license is filed. This fee is to be paid in addition to the licensure application fee. $112.50 GENERAL RULES CHAPTER 0460-01 (d) Specialty Certification Application Fee - Payable each time an application for a specialty certification is filed. $112.50 (e) Student Clinical Instructors Exemption Fee - Payable each time and for each individual named in the Application for Exemption submitted pursuant to Rule 0460-02-.04(5). $7.50 (f) Permit Fees - (limited conscious sedation, comprehensive conscious sedation, deep sedation/general anesthesia) Payable each time an application for a new permit or a biennial renewal of a permit is filed. 1. Initial Permit Fee 2. Biennial Permit Renewal Fee $225.00 $75.00 (g) Licensure Renewal Fee - Payable biennially by all licensees excluding Limited, Educational Limited and Inactive Pro Bono licenses. $187.50 (h) Limited and Educational Limited Licensure Renewal Fee - Payable biennially. $37.50 (i) State Regulatory Fee - Payable upon application for licensure and biennially thereafter by all licensees. $10.00 (j) Reinstatement Fee - Payable when a licensee fails to renew licensure timely and which is paid in addition to all current and past due licensure renewal fees. $562.50 (k) Duplicate License Fee - Payable when a licensee requests a replacement for a lost or destroyed “artistically designed” wall license or renewal certificate. $22.50 (l) Inactive Pro Bono Renewal Fee $0.00 (2) Dental Hygienist (a) Licensure Application Fee - Payable each time an application for licensure is filed. This fee also applies to criteria approval and educational licensure applications. $86.25 (b) Criteria Licensure Fee - Payable each time an application for criteria approval licensure (reciprocity) is filed. This fee is to be paid in addition to the licensure application fee. $37.50 (c) Educational Licensure Fee - Payable each time an application for an educational license is filed. This fee is to be paid in addition to the licensure application fee. $37.50 (d) Student Clinical Instructor Exemption Fee - Payable each time and for each individual named in the Application for Exemption submitted pursuant to Rule 0460-03-.04(5). $7.50 (e) Licensure Renewal Fee - Payable biennially by all licensees, including criteria approved and educational $75.00 GENERAL RULES CHAPTER 0460-01 licensees. (f) State Regulatory Fee - Payable upon application for licensure and biennially thereafter by all licensees. $10.00 (g) Reinstatement Fee - Payable when a licensee fails to renew licensure timely and which is paid in addition to all current and past due licensure renewal fees. $150.00 (h) Duplicate License Fee - Payable when a licensee requests a replacement for a lost or destroyed “artistically designed” wall license or renewal certificate. $15.00 (i) Examination Fee - Payable each time an application is filed to take a Board-approved examination as provided in Rule 0460-03-.05(1)(a) or the National Boards’ examination, and when the applicant has been instructed to submit this fee directly to the Board. $656.25 (3) Dental Assistants (a) Registration Application Fee - Payable each time an application for a registration to practice as a dental assistant is filed. $22.50 (b) Registration Renewal Fee - Payable biennially by all registrants. $37.50 (c) State Regulatory Fee - Payable upon application for registration and biennially thereafter by all registrants. $10.00 (d) Reinstatement Fee - Payable when a registration is not timely renewed and which is paid in addition to all current and past due registration renewal fees. $75.00 (e) Duplicate Registration Fee - Payable when a registrant requests a replacement for a lost or destroyed “artistically designed” wall registration or renewal certificate. $15.00 (f) Certification fees. $0.00 (4) Fees may be paid in the following manner: (a) All fees paid by money order, certified, personal, or corporate check must be submitted to the Board’s Administrative Office and made payable to the Tennessee Board of Dentistry. (b) Fees may be paid by Division-approved credit cards or other Division-approved electronic methods.