65-1421. License required to practice dentistry or dental hygiene. It shall be unlawful for any person to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in the state of Kansas, except: (a) Those who are now duly licensed dentists, pursuant to law; (b) those who are now duly licensed dental hygienists, pursuant to law; (c) those who may […]
65-1422. Persons deemed to be practicing dentistry. A person shall be deemed to be practicing dentistry: (a) Who performs, or attempts or professes to perform, any dental operation or oral surgery or dental service of any kind, gratuitously or for a salary, fee, money or other remuneration paid, or to be paid directly or indirectly, […]
65-1423. Act inapplicable to certain practices, acts and operations; definitions. (a) Nothing in this act shall apply to the following practices, acts and operations: (1) To the practice of a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery under the laws of this state, unless such person practices dentistry as a specialty; (2) to the performance […]
65-1424. Definitions; arrangement with unlicensed proprietor; limitation, suspension or revocation of license; selling or closing dental practice of deceased or substantially disabled dentist; rules and regulations. (a) As used in this act: (1) “Proprietor” means any person who employs dentists or dental hygienists in the operation of a dental office. (2) “Dental franchisor” means any […]
65-1425. Corporations not to practice dentistry; exception; employee to display name. Except as provided in K.S.A. 17-2706 et seq., and amendments thereto, no corporation shall practice, offer, or undertake to practice or hold itself out as practicing dentistry. Every person practicing dentistry as an employee of another shall cause his name to be conspicuously displayed […]
65-1426. Application for license; temporary license; qualifications of applicants; approval of dental schools or colleges. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) or subsection (d), every person who desires to practice dentistry in this state shall file with the executive director of the board a written application for a license, and furnish satisfactory proof […]
65-1427. Specialists; standards and qualifications; certificate fee; limiting practice; misdemeanor; suspension or revocation of license. (a) No dentist shall announce or hold out to the public that such dentist is a specialist, or is specially qualified in any particular branch of dentistry, or as giving special attention to any branch of dentistry, or limiting such […]
65-1428. Examination of applicants; examination subjects and results; licenses. (a) Each applicant for licensure as a dentist shall be examined by the board or by a testing organization or an organization of one or more state boards formed for the purpose of conducting a standard clinical examination of candidates for licensure as dentists if the […]
65-1429. Subsequent examination upon failure to pass; fee. Any applicant who fails to pass one or more sections of an examination given or approved by the board upon the first trial shall have a right to retake the examination. Any applicant who fails to pass the examination upon the first trial may be given credit […]
65-1430. Display of name and license. Every practitioner of dentistry within the meaning of this act shall post and keep conspicuously displayed the dentist’s name, license and current license renewal certificate in each office in which the dentist practices, in plain sight of patients, and if there is more than one dentist practicing or employed […]
65-1431. Renewal of license; application; continuing education; biennial license renewal fee; cancellation; penalty fee; waiver for retired or disabled persons; examination for persons returning to active practice after retirement or disability. (a) Each license to practice as a dentist or dental hygienist issued by the board, shall expire on December 1 of the year specified […]
65-1431a. Reinstatement of a revoked license; application form; burden of proof; conditions and restrictions; proceedings; stay of order of revocation of license. (a) A person whose license has been revoked may apply for reinstatement of the license after the expiration of three years from the effective date of the revocation. Application for reinstatement shall be […]
65-1432. Change of practice location address. Every licensed dentist, upon establishing a practice location or upon changing the place at which such licensed dentist practices dentistry shall furnish the executive director of the board within 30 days after such action the new practice location address. History: L. 1943, ch. 221, § 16; L. 1999, ch. […]
65-1433. Duplicate license; fee. In case of a lost or destroyed license, and upon satisfactory proof of the loss or destruction thereof, the board may issue a duplicate license upon payment of the duplicate license fee fixed by the board pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1447 and amendments thereto. History: L. 1943, ch. 221, § 17; L. […]
65-1434. Licenses issued without examination; qualifications of applicants; appearance before board; “applicant” defined. (a) The board, without examination, may issue a license as a dentist or dental hygienist to an applicant holding a license in another state upon compliance with the requirements of professional qualification and experience set forth in subsection (b). The board shall […]
65-1435. Improper use of certain names by dentists; exceptions; unlawful acts; suspension or revocation of license; limitation on multiple office ownership. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to practice or offer to practice dentistry under any name except such person’s own name, which shall […]
65-1436. Grounds for refusal to issue license or for action against license of dentist or dental hygienist; disciplinary action by board; notice and hearing; professionally incompetent defined; physical or mental examination. (a) The Kansas dental board may refuse to issue the license under the dental practices act, or may take any of the actions with […]
65-1437. Advertising; prohibitions; rules and regulations; “licensee” defined. (a) A person licensed to practice dentistry by the Kansas dental board shall not on such licensee’s own behalf, a licensee’s partner, associate or any other licensee affiliated with the licensee or the licensee’s practice, use or participate in the use of any form of advertising which: […]
65-1438. Using services of unlicensed person; written prescription; misdemeanors; suspension or revocation of license. (A) Any dentist who shall use the services of any person (which word when used in this section shall include all legal entities) not licensed to practice dentistry in this state, to construct, alter, repair or duplicate any denture, plate, partial […]
65-1439. Unlawful advertising or use of dental services and appliances; misdemeanor; revocation of license. (a) Any person (which word when used in this section shall include all legal entities) who shall advertise in any manner to the general public that he can or will sell, supply, furnish, construct, reproduce or repair prosthetic dentures, bridges, plates […]
