10 Guam Code Ann. § 12460
Terms Used In 10 Guam Code Ann. § 12460
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(a) Continuing Dental Education means the dental learning experiences attended by dentists or dental auxiliaries during the course of their professional life, such as formal lectures in classrooms, dental scientific seminars, table clinics presented by dental schools and dental conventions and meetings, scientific lectures presented through dental societies and subscription to dental journals or audiovisual materials, or
both.
(b) Category I Courses means those courses, seminars or table clinics which are endorsed or certified by the Dental Examination and Review Board of Guam, the American Dental Association or Federation Dentaire Internationale. These are usually offered by Continuing Education Departments of accredited dental schools.
(c) Category II Courses means those courses attended through various dental society programs and seminars, lectures presented at dental study clubs, scientific papers delivered before dental society meetings and conventions and subscription and reading, watching/listening to journals and audiovisual materials.
§ 12461. Continuing Dental Education and Licensure
Renewal.
Prior to renewal of a license, a dentist must submit evidence of having completed or attended a total of sixty-five (65) credit
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hours of Continuing Dental Education in both Category I and Category II, of which not less than twenty (20) hours shall be from Category II, at the end of every two (2) years before being allowed to pay his annual renewal fee.
(a) One Credit Unit is equivalent of one (1) hour attendance of Category I courses.
(b) Credit Unit equivalency of Category II courses, lectures, seminars, scientific papers, journals or audiovisual materials shall be evaluated by the Board.
(c) A dentist licensed by Guam who is also a licensed dentist in another jurisdiction and who has completed Continuing Dental Education credit unit hours under the category in the jurisdiction in which he is licensed may apply those Continuing Dental Education units towards his licensure renewal in Guam.
(d) Under certain unusual circumstances, such as illness or temporary disability of a licensed dentist, which makes it impossible for him or her to complete the Continuing Dental Education requirements, the Board may waive the Continuing Dental Education requirement for the dentist for that particular year.
SOURCE: Amended by P.L. 21-033:8 (May 17, 1991).
2022 NOTE: References to “”territory”” omitted pursuant to 1 Guam Code Ann. § 420.