Section 338.11505. Specialty licensure; general requirements.

Rule 1505. An applicant for a specialty license shall comply with all of the following requirements:

(a)    Submit a final official transcript of dental postgraduate training from a graduate program of dentistry approved by the board under R 338.11301 or, in the case of a hospital program that does not issue transcripts, certification by the hospital administrator or other official of the satisfactory completion of the program.

(b)   Except as provided in R 338.11503(2), secure a minimum converted score of 75 in the state board examination in the specific specialty under these rules. Submission of verification that an applicant for specialty licensure has successfully passed the American board written examination is satisfactory compliance with the requirement for the written portion of the state board examination for licensure in Michigan for the applicant's specialty.

(c)     The provisions of subdivision (b) of this rule are waived if the applicant has provided satisfactory evidence of the successful completion of either of the following:

(i)    Diplomate status in the appropriate American board specialty association through completion of the American board specialty examinations.

(ii)    An examination deemed substantially equivalent to the Michigan examination as provided in R 338.11267.

History: 1984 AACS; 1989 AACS; 1994 AACS; 2011 AACS; 2014 AACS.