KRS 313.020: Kentucky Board of Dentistry -- Members -- Qualifications -- Terms --

Meetings -- Quorum -- Vacancies -- Compensation -- Annual reports.

(1) The Kentucky Board of Dentistry shall consist of ten (10) voting members, each

appointed by the Governor t o a four (4) year term, and additional nonvoting ex

officio members selected by their respective organizations as follows:

(a) Seven (7) voting members of the board shall be licensed dentists, at least three

(3) of whom shall be general dentists. Each shal l be appointed from a list of

three (3) names recommended for each board position by the resident licensed

dentists of Kentucky at an annual election at a time selected by the Kentucky

Board of Dentistry;

(b) Two (2) voting members of the board shall be de ntal hygienists licensed to

practice dental hygiene in the Commonwealth. Each shall be from a list of

three (3) names recommended for this position by the resident licensed dental

hygienists of Kentucky at an annual election at a time selected by the board;

(c) One (1) voting member shall be a citizen at large who is not associated with

or financially interested in the practice or business regulated;

(d) One (1) nonvoting ex officio representative from each dental school program

in Kentucky that is accredit ed by the Commission on Dental Accreditation

(CODA) shall represent the dental schools' interests;

(e) Two (2) nonvoting ex officio representatives from the dental hygiene degree

programs in Kentucky that are accredited by CODA and that are not

associated with a dental school shall represent the dental hygiene programs'

interests. The dental hygiene school seats shall rotate on a staggered, biennial

basis; and

(f) One (1) nonvoting ex officio representative from the Department for Public

Health shall represent the department's interests.

(2) Individuals seeking board appointment as a voting member, other than the citizen

member, shall have been an actual resident and a licensed practicing dentist or

dental hygienist of the Commonwealth for not less than five (5) years immediately

preceding his or her appointment to the board, be in good standing with the board,

and shall not have been disciplined by the board in the past eight (8) years. A voting

member shall not receive compensation from or have a financial interest in any

dental college or dental department of any institution of learning, dental supply

business, or any entity over which the board has regulatory authority or for which it

sets standards. For this subsection alone, a private admonishment shall not count as

discipline.

(3) A board member shall not serve more than two (2) consecutive terms. A member

appointed to a partial term vacancy exceeding two (2) years shall be deemed to

have served one (1) full term. A former member may be reappointed follo wing an

absence of one (1) term.

(4) The board shall annually:

(a) Meet at least four (4) times a year;

(b) At the first meeting of the board after July 1, elect officers of the board by

majority vote of the members present; and

(c) Set a schedule of at least four (4) regular meetings for the next twelve (12)

month period.

(5) A majority of the voting members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the

transaction of business.

(6) (a) A member of the board who misses three (3) regular meetings in one (1) year

shall be deemed to have resigned from the board, and his or her position shall

be deemed vacant.

(b) The failure of a board member to attend a special or emergency meeting shall

not result in any penalty.

(c) The year specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection shall begin with the first

meeting missed and end three hundred sixty -five (365) days later or with the

third meeting missed, whichever occurs earlier.

(d) The Governor shall appoint a person of the same class to fill the vacancy

within ninety (90) days.

(e) A person removed under this subsection shall not be reappointed to the board

for four (4) years.

(7) Each voting member of the board shall receive any necessary expenses incurred in

attending its meetings. Each voting member shall receive as compensation two

hundred dollars ($200) for each day actually engaged in the duties of his or her

office.

(8) Annual reports and recommendations from the board shall be sent by February 1

each year to the Governor and the General Assembly.