Rule 30-2301-1.57 - BOARD REGULATION NUMBER 57-CONSULTATIVE OR OPERATIVE TREATMENT BY DENTISTS NOT LICENSED IN MISSISSIPPIPurpose: To define a licensed Mississippi dentist's responsibilities when, pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 73-9-3(e), a licensed dentist from outside the State of Mississippi is called into Mississippi for consultative or operative purposes.
1. Whenever a licensed Mississippi dentist determines it necessary to secure the services of a dentist not licensed by this State who must enter Mississippi to provide consultative or operative treatment, the Mississippi dentist must submit a written request for Board approval. Approval of such requests will be determined on a case-by-case basis and according to the required documentation provided to the Board.2. Such request must denote the reasons for the consultative or operative treatment; the name, license number, and brief practice history of the dentist licensed outside the State of Mississippi; a certificate of good standing from the state wherein the dentist licensed outside the State of Mississippi is currently practicing; evidence from the insurance carrier of malpractice insurance coverage while practicing in Mississippi; and the maximum amount of time the dentist licensed outside the State of Mississippi will be providing consultative or operative services for the benefit of the licensed Mississippi dentist.3. The licensed Mississippi dentist must assume full and complete responsibility for any and all patient care and treatment provided by the dentist licensed outside the State of Mississippi while such dentist is treating the patient(s) of the licensed Mississippi dentist, and a sworn affidavit to this effect must accompany the request for Board approval.4. If during the course of patient care and treatment it is determined that an extension of time is required for the dentist licensed outside the State of Mississippi, a written request must be submitted forthwith to the Board stating the reasons for such an extension of time. However, unless prior Board approval has been received, at no time shall the dentist licensed outside the State of Mississippi provide patient care and treatment beyond the maximum amount of time initially requested by the licensed Mississippi dentist; otherwise, the licensed Mississippi dentist may be subject to disciplinary action by the Board.5. The Board shall set a period of time for which permission for the consultative or operative treatment shall be in effect.30 Miss. Code. R. 2301-1.57
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-9-19.Regulation Fifty-Seven adopted by the Mississippi State Board of Dental Examiners March 8, 1996; amended September 13, 2002.