1640.  Any person meeting all the following eligibility requirements
may apply for a special permit examination:
   (a) Furnishing satisfactory evidence of having a pending contract
with a California dental college approved by the board as a full-time
professor, an associate professor, or an assistant professor.
   (b) Furnishing satisfactory evidence of having graduated from a
dental college approved by the board.
   (c) Furnishing satisfactory evidence of having been certified as a
diplomate of a specialty board or, in lieu thereof, establishing his
or her qualifications to take a specialty board examination or
furnishing satisfactory evidence of having completed an advanced
educational program in a discipline from a dental college approved by
the board.
   (d) Paying the fee for applicants for examination provided by this
chapter.


1640.1.  As used in this article, the following definitions shall
apply:
   (a) "Specialty" means an area of dental practice approved by the
American Dental Association and recognized by the board.
   (b) "Discipline" means an advanced dental educational program in
an area of dental practice not approved as a specialty by the
American Dental Association; but offered from a dental college
approved by the board.
   (c) "Dental college approved by the board" means a dental school
or college that is approved by the Commission on Dental Accreditation
of the American Dental Association, that is accredited by a body
that has a reciprocal accreditation agreement with that commission,
or that has been approved by the Board of Dental Examiners through
its own approval process.


1640.2.  The board shall limit the number of special permits to
practice in a discipline at a college to the number that may be
properly administered and supervised by the board.



1641.  The examination by the board for a special permit shall test
the fitness of the applicant to practice a specialty or discipline
recognized by the board.



1642.  Every person to whom a special permit is issued shall be
entitled to practice in the specialty or discipline in which he or
she has been examined by the board at the dental college at which he
or she is employed and its affiliated institutions as approved by the
board on the following terms and conditions:
   (a) The special permitholder shall file a copy of his or her
employment contract with the board.  The contract shall contain the
following provision:
   That the holder understands and acknowledges that when his or her
full-time employment is terminated at the dental college, his or her
special permit will be automatically revoked and that he or she will
voluntarily surrender the permit to the board and will no longer be
eligible to practice unless or until he or she has successfully
passed the required licensure examination as provided in Article 2
(commencing with Section 1625).
   (b) The holder shall be employed as a full-time professor, as
associate professor, or an assistant professor at a California dental
college approved by the board.  "Full-time employment" as used in
this section shall be considered a minimum of four days per week.
   (c) The holder shall be subject to all the provisions of this
chapter applicable to licensed dentists with the exception that the
special permit shall be renewed annually.