variance of waiver filed by Shelly Taylor, DMD, 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 examination in three attempts shall not be ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Board of Dentistry

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

64B5-2.021Additional Education Requirements for Reexamination

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 22, 2015, the Board of Dentistry received a petition for variance of waiver filed by Shelly Taylor, DMD, seeking a variance or waiver of subsection 64B5-2.021(1), F.A.C., 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 is also seeking a variance of waiver of paragraph 64B5-2.013(1)(c), F.A.C., 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: Sue Foster, 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.