variance of waiver filed by Beverly Pascoe, Esquire, on behalf of Chelsea E. Wilson, D.M.D., seeking a variance or waiver of Rule 64B5-2.021(1), Florida Administrative Code, which requires that any applicant who has failed to pass the clinical ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Board of Dentistry

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

64B5-2.013Florida Dental Examinations

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 8, 2016, the Board of Dentistry, received a petition for variance of waiver filed by Beverly Pascoe, Esquire, on behalf of Chelsea E. Wilson, D.M.D., seeking a variance or waiver of subsection 64B5-2.021(1), Florida Administrative Code, which requires that any applicant who has failed to pass the clinical examination in three attempts shall not be eligible for reexamination until he or she completes a one year general practice residency, advanced education general dentistry residency, or pedodontic residency or a minimum of one academic year of undergraduate clinical coursework in dentistry at a dental school approved by the American Dental Association’s Commission on Dental Accreditation. Petitioner also seeks a variance or waiver of paragraph 64B5-2.013(1)(c), Florida Administrative Code, which requires that all parts of the ADLEX shall be completed within eighteen (18) months from the initial start of any portion of the examination. A failure to complete all parts of the examination within eighteen (18) months will require the applicant to retake the entire examination.

A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Jennifer Wenhold, Executive Director, at the above address or telephone: [phone]. Comments on this petition should be filed with the Board of Dentistry, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C08, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3258, within 14 days of publication of this notice.