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Approval of Dental Schools
The Board approves dental schools that continuously maintain a high quality standard of instruction. A new school of dentistry in California must apply for provisional approval in its first academic year, then for final approval when its program is in full operation with students enrolled in the curriculum of each of the academic years. The Board may, instead of conducting its own independent investigation, accept the findings of any commission or accreditation agency approved by the Board. [16 CCR 1024] The Board must maintain a current file listing of all approved dental schools, including any limitations placed on the approval at the time of its grant. [16 CCR 1024.2]
A dental school must comply with the following requirements to secure and maintain approval status:
Standard of Proficiency
Each school must have an established criterion for measuring proficiency and accomplishment. All students must be evaluated according to this criterion and informed of their progress. [16 CCR 1024.1 (a)(2)]
Financial Management and Support
The income must primarily be used for the enrichment of teaching and the advancement of research. A clinical and infirmary service must be maintained at the level necessary to serve the needs of the students. [16 CCR 1024.1 (h)]
Physical Plant
The building and equipment must be maintained and replaced to provide the students with the most modern and educationally optimal environment. [16 CCR 1024.1 (e)]
Library
The school must have adequate library materials broad enough to meet the teaching and research needs of the students and faculty. [16 CCR 1024.1 (e) (3)]
Faculty
The dental school must employ an adequate staff of competent, full time faculty members with general education, professional training, and teaching experience. [16 CCR 1024.1 (d)]
Curriculum
The curriculum should be organized in a flexible manner to allow for adjustments and research advancements in the field of dentistry. The curriculum shall provide biomedical, behavioral, and clinical knowledge that is integrated and is of sufficient depth and scope for graduates to apply advances in modern biology to clinical practice and to integrate new medical knowledge and therapies relevant to oral health care.
Extramural Dental Facility
Extramural dental facilities used by dental schools must be identified, qualified, and approved by the Board. Students use these facilities as an adjunct or extension of the dental school's clinical and laboratory departments. Part of the dental education program must consist of dental services provided to the public by dental students at an extramural site. Approved dental schools register their extramural facilities with the Board giving information pertaining to: faculty supervision, scope of treatment to be rendered, arrangements for postoperative care, name and location of the facility, date operation will begin, which discipline the facility is a part of, and a description of the equipment and facilities available. A copy of the agreement between the approved dental school and the affiliated institution, proving a contractual relationship, must also be submitted. [16 CCR 1025]
Mobile Dental Clinics Associated with Dental Schools
Mobile dental clinics must be identified, qualified, registered, and approved by the Board to be used as an extension of, or adjunct to, the clinical and laboratory departments of an approved dental school. A mobile dental unit is any clinical facility that may be towed, moved, or otherwise transported from one place to another where dental services are rendered for the use of dental school instruction. The Board requires that part of the dental student's education should be providing dental care to the public in a mobile dental unit. The program must be balanced so that it will provide the student with exposure to different aspects of dentistry not found in the primary clinical and laboratory environment of the dental school. The dental school must provide information to the Board including: faculty supervision, scope of treatment to be rendered, postoperative care, proposed itinerary showing locations and dates, discipline of instruction that is represented, and a description of the equipment and facilities available. Any changes must be reported to the Board. [16 CCR 1026]
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