# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 44 — Board of Dental Examiners

### Chapter 26 — Volunteer Licenses

#### Regulation .10 Licensure of Volunteer Dentists and Dental Hygienists.

*COMAR 10.44.26.10*

A. A dentist or dental hygienist shall be granted a volunteer dentist's or dental hygienist's license if the dentist or dental hygienist:

  (1) Meets the qualifications for licensure as a volunteer dentist or dental hygienist; and

  (2) Is covered by a personal policy of malpractice insurance.

B. A dentist or dental hygienist shall be granted a volunteer dentist's or dental hygienist's license that is site-specific to the institution at which the dentist or dental hygienist is to provide the volunteer services if the dentist or dental hygienist:

  (1) Meets the qualifications for licensure as a volunteer dentist or dental hygienist; and

  (2) Is covered with malpractice insurance from or through the institution at which the dentist or dental hygienist is to provide volunteer services.

C. A dentist or dental hygienist who has been granted a site-specific volunteer dentist's or dental hygienist's license shall practice dentistry or dental hygiene only at the institution named on the license.