North Carolina General Statutes 90-29.5. Instructor’s license
(a) The Board may issue an instructor’s license to a person who is not otherwise licensed to practice dentistry in this State if the person meets both of the following conditions:
(1) Is licensed to practice dentistry anywhere in the United States or in any country, territory, or other recognized jurisdiction.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 90-29.5
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- 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.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- United States: shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) Has met or been approved under the credentialing standards of a dental school or an academic medical center with which the person is to be affiliated; such dental school or academic medical center shall be accredited by the American Dental Association’s Commission on Accreditation or the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations.
(b) The holder of an instructor’s license may teach and practice dentistry:
(1) In or on behalf of a dental school or college offering a doctoral degree in dentistry operated and conducted in this State and approved by the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners;
(2) In connection with an academic medical center; and
(3) At any teaching hospital adjacent to a dental school or an academic medical center.
(c) Application for an instructor’s license shall be made in accordance with the rules of the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners. On or after January 1, 2003, all dentists previously practicing under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-29(c)(3) shall be granted an instructor’s license upon application to the Board and payment of the required fee. The holder of an instructor’s license shall be subject to the provisions of this Article. (1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1195, s. 11; 2002-37, s. 7.)