{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-313.035","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 313.035","heading":"Scope of administrative regulations -- Specialties -- Limitation of liability --","body":"Power to prescribe -- Exceptions from requirements of chapter.\n(1) The board shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS\nChapter 13A relating to dentists. The administrative regulations shall include the\nclassification of and licensure of dentists, by examination or credentials, the\nlicensure of specialists, student limited licenses, faculty limited licenses,\nreciprocity, retirement of a license , reinstatement of a license, charity licenses, and\nsedation and anesthesia permits.\n(2) Renewal programs shall be organized to include continuing education approved by\nthe board.\n(3) For the purposes of licensure of specialists, the board shall only recog nize fields of\nspecialty duly recognized and approved by the National Commission on\nRecognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards. Individuals licensed as\nspecialists shall not practice outside of that specialty except:\n(a) Upon documented referral by a general dentist to perform a procedure within\nthe specialist's scope of training; or\n(b) As provided for in charitable dentistry as defined by administrative regulation,\nduring a declared disaster by order of the Governor, or when the special needs\nof the patient require they be followed past the age of eighteen (18) by a\npediatric dentist.\n(4) A person licensed under this chapter, who in good faith renders emergency care at\nthe scene of an emergency, shall not be liable for any civil damages as a r esult of\nany acts or omissions by such person in rendering the emergency care.\n(5) Any dentist who serves on any committee, board, commission, or other entity\nwhich is duly constituted by any licensed hospital, dental society or association\naffiliated with  the American Dental Association, dental care foundation affiliated\nwith such dental society or association or governmental or quasi -governmental\nagency for the purpose of reviewing and evaluating the dental acts of other dentists,\nor dental auxiliary pers onnel, shall not be required to respond in damages for any\naction taken by him or her in good faith as a member of such committee, board,\ncommission, or other entity.\n(6) Licensed dentists may prescribe any drug necessary within the scope of their\npractice.\n(7) Dentists may sign death certificates the same as physicians, when necessary in the\nline of their profession.\n(8) This chapter shall not apply to a legally licensed doctor of medicine unless he or\nshe practices dentistry as a specialty.\n(9) This chapter shall not apply to a practitioner of dentistry duly licensed in the United\nStates while making a clinical demonstration before a dental society, convention,\nassociation of dentists, or a dental school.","path":["KRS Chapter 313"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=56877","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:09Z","sha256":"f4aa4a66f0e6ccbdb6a97c4f8fd6865ff21e14a98aa458a2a37509ff493192db","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-313.030","next":"us-ky/krs-313.040"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}