A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize the north carolina state board of dental examiners to extend the period in which a person may renew an intern permit under the laws regulating the practice of dentistry.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 90‑29.4(1) reads as rewritten:
"The North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners may, in the exercise of the discretion of said Board, issue to a person who is not licensed to practice dentistry in this State and who is a graduate of a dental school, college, or institution approved by said Board, an intern permit authorizing such person to practice dentistry under the supervision or direction of a dentist duly licensed to practice in this State, subject to the following particular conditions:
(1)	An intern permit shall be valid for no more than one year from the date the permit was issued. The Board may, in its discretion, renew the permit for not more than five additional one‑year periods. However, no person who has attempted and failed a Board‑approved written or clinical examination shall be granted an intern permit or intern permits embracing or covering an aggregate time span of more than 72 calendar months. An intern permit holder who has held an unrestricted dental license in a Board‑approved state or jurisdiction for the five years immediately preceding the issuance of an intern permit in this State may, in the Board's discretion, have the intern permit renewed for additional one‑year periods beyond 72 months if the intern permit holder's approved employing institution comes before the Board on the permit holder's behalf for each subsequent annual renewal;
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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.