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Executive Order 2020-40

'Patient-based' requirement for dental clinical competency examinations suspended for initial dentist licensure

Governor Doug Burgum (for the Board of Dental Examiners) · North Dakota (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
North Dakota
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
N.D. Const. art. V, § 1; N.D.C.C. ch. 37-17.1; N.D. Admin. Code § 20-02-01-03.1(2)
Issued
2020-09-03 Sept. 3, 2020
Effective
2020-09-03
End
2021-04-30 (EO 2021-09) (read as 2021-04-30)
In force
Sept. 3, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Health care ordersOther
Addressees
  • North Dakota Board of Dental Examiners
  • applicants for dentist licensure
Functions reached
  • HR credentialing (dental)
  • PR procedures (live-patient examinations unavailable)
Collection
North Dakota ND

Operative words

hereby suspends the 'patient-based' requirement for clinical competency examinations for applicants seeking initial dentist licensure from the North Dakota Board of Dental Examiners, pursuant to N.D.A.C. 20-02-01-03.1 (2).

Enforcement

Suspension of rule

Notes

The State's recital that live-patient dental examinations could not proceed is the record for the dental sector's testing and hiring pipeline. No statewide order closing dental offices or suspending elective dental procedures was located.