Oklahoma § 59-328.17 - Standing committees – Composition - Functions

§ 59-328.17. Standing committees – Composition - Functions

A. 1. The Board of Dentistry shall have the following standing

committees that shall meet once per year and other times as needed

to study issues affecting the practice of dentistry and the safety

of the public and to make recommendations to the Board:

a.

Dental Practice Committee,

b.

Anesthesia Committee,

c.

Specialty Practice Committee,

d.

Historical and Retirement Committee, and

e.

Assistants, Dental Labs and Other Auxiliary Personnel

Committee.

2. Each committee shall be cochaired by a current or past Board

member to be appointed by the Board President with approval by the

Board and a member of a statewide organization representing dentists

as recommended by such organization.

3. Each committee may have up to ten committee members with the

exception of the Anesthesia Committee which may have up to eighteen

members, exclusive of the cochairs.

4. The Board President, with approval of the Board, shall

appoint all committee members. One-half (1/2 or 50%) of the

committee members shall be recommended by the Board and one-half

(1/2 or 50%) of the committee members shall be recommended to the

Board President by a statewide organization representing dentists.

5. Committee members shall be on staggered three-year terms and

shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.

B. There shall be a Dental Hygiene Advisory Committee to be

composed of the following members:

1. One current dental hygiene member of the Board;

2. Two dental hygienists recommended by the Board and two

dental hygienists recommended by a statewide organization

representing dental hygienists;

3. The Committee shall have the following functions:

a.

to develop and propose recommendations to the Board

regarding the education, examination, licensure, and

regulation of dental hygienists,

b.

to advise the Board in rulemaking regarding dental

hygiene,

c.

to hold meetings at least annually, but not more than

six (6) times a year, and

d.

to work directly with the Allied Dental Education

Committee in reviews and recommendations for

equivalent dental hygiene programs; and

4. Members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board and

shall serve a term of three (3) years. Appointments shall be made

so that approximately one-third (1/3 or 33%) of the Committee is

reappointed at any given time. Members may be appointed for

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consecutive terms if recommended by the Board President and approved

by the Board.

C. There shall be an Allied Dental Education Committee.

1. The Board President shall appoint all members of the Allied

Dental Education Committee upon approval by the Board;

2. The Allied Dental Education Committee shall:

a.

review the standards and equivalency of in-state and

out-of-state dental and auxiliary program requirements

and make recommendations to the Board,

b.

evaluate individual credentials and programs for the

purpose of issuing dental assistant expanded duty

permits and dental hygiene advanced procedure permits

from persons holding out-of-state licenses and permits

based on CODA or DANB programs and criteria as defined

by the State Dental Act and other statutes and shall

make recommendations to the Board,

c.

recommend standards and guidelines and review criteria

for all expanded duty programs or courses for dental

assistants from CODA approved programs and non-CODA

approved providers and advanced procedures of dental

hygienists from CODA approved programs or training and

non-CODA approved programs or training to the Board,

and

d.

recommend and develop guidelines for classroom,

electronic media and other forms of education and

testing;

3. The Committee shall meet as deemed necessary by the Board

President; and

4. The Committee may have up to ten (10) members of whom three

shall have a background in dental education. The Committee shall be

composed of:

a.

the Board President or his or her designee who must be

a current or past Board Member,

b.

the hygiene member of the Board or their designee who

must be a current or past Board Member,

c.

the Dean of the University of Oklahoma College of

Dentistry or his or her designee, and

d.

up to seven at-large members, one of which must be an

educator and one of which must have a current

Certified Dental Assistant Permit.

D. The Board President shall have the authority to appoint

other ad hoc committees as needed.

E. All Committee members of standing committees, the Hygiene

Committee and the Allied Dental Education Committee shall serve

staggered three-year terms and serve at the pleasure of the Board.

Added by Laws 1970, c. 173, § 17, eff. July 1, 1970. Amended by

Laws 2003, c. 172, § 3, emerg. eff. May 5, 2003; Laws 2015, c. 229,

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§ 5, eff. July 1, 2015; Laws 2019, c. 397, § 2; Laws 2025, c. 273, §

3, eff. Nov. 1, 2025.