THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234

 

TO:	The Honorable the Members of the Board of Regents
FROM:	Johanna Duncan-Poitier
COMMITTEE:	Higher Education and Professional Practice
TITLE OF ITEM:	Proposed Amendment to the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to the Residency Option Pathway for Dental Licensure
DATE OF SUBMISSION:	July 30, 2004
PROPOSED HANDLING:	Discussion
RATIONALE FOR ITEM:	To Implement Policy
STRATEGIC GOAL:	Goal 3
AUTHORIZATION(S):

 

SUMMARY:

 

Attached for discussion is a proposed amendment to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of section 61.18 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, relating to the residency option pathway for dental licensure.  Supporting materials for the proposed amendment are available upon request from the Secretary to the Board of Regents.

 

The residency option pathway permits the applicant for licensure in dentistry to complete a dental residency program in lieu of the licensure examination in clinical dentistry (Part III of the licensing examination).  The purpose of the proposed amendment is to adjust the requirements for the residency option pathway for dental licensure by deleting a provision that requires the dental residency program to be completed within a time frame of two years prior to application for licensure.  After consultation with the field, the Department has determined that this requirement is unnecessary.  The regulation contains other requirements that adequately verify that the applicant has completed the residency program.  In addition, other licensed professions do not have similar time frames for completing residency programs.

 

A Notice of Proposed Rule Making concerning the proposed amendment will be published in the State Register on August 18, 2004.  It is recommended that formal action on the proposed amendment be taken at the November 2004 meeting of the Board of Regents.

 

Attachment

AMENDMENT TO THE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION

          Pursuant to sections 207, 6506, 6507, and 6604 of the Education Law.

Paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of section 61.18 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education is amended, effective November 25, 2004, as follows:     

(1) The residency program shall be a postdoctoral clinical dental residency program in either general dentistry, or a specialty of dentistry as defined in paragraph (2) of this subdivision, of at least one year's duration in a hospital or dental facility accredited for teaching purposes by the CDA, which is completed successfully by the applicant [within two years] prior to the submission to the department of the application for licensure [to the department].