§448-9.6 Community service license. (a) The board may issue, without examination, a community service license to practice dentistry in the employment of the department of health, a federally qualified health center, Native Hawaiian health center, community health center, rural health clinic, mobile dental outreach program, or post-secondary dental auxiliary training program accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation. Community service licensees under this section shall abide by the requirements and conditions placed upon those fully licensed under this chapter.
Eligible candidates shall:
No person who, after July 2, 2004, has failed to pass the license examination administered under this chapter shall have the benefit of a community service license.
(b) Community service licensees shall actively participate in a formal and ongoing program of clinical quality assurance.
(c) A license may be renewed biennially, pending review and reauthorization of the board of dentistry.
(d) A community service license authorizes the licensee to practice dentistry only within the employment of an eligible organization and shall be in force until the earliest of the following occurs:
(e) Commissioned officers of the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, the United States Public Health Service, or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs practicing in the department of health, a federally qualified health center, or Native Hawaiian health systems center shall qualify for a community service license to practice dentistry, which may be issued for the term of the officer's federal duty assignment. Officers shall provide to the board of dentistry: