DENTISTRY BOARD:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
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OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota Board of Dentistry. | |
| Title: | Records. | |
| Dates: | 1885-2017. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Records of this board to regulate the practice of dentistry in the state. | |
| Quantity: | 7.75 cubic feet (9 boxes; 1 volume in partial box). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
HISTORICAL NOTE
The Minnesota Board of Dentistry was established by the state Legislature in 1885 [Laws 1885 c199 s2] to regulate the practice of dentistry in Minnesota. The board’s primary function is to establish and enforce educational standards for dental professionals by administering qualifying examinations and issuing licenses, which must be displayed in the office of any practicing dental professional [Laws 1911 c221 s7]. The board also has the power to suspend or revoke licenses for a variety of reasons, including fraud, conviction, alcoholism, impairment, and malpractice. It may also reinstate any suspended or revoked license. In addition, it controls and regulates the advertisement of dentistry services and products [Laws 1935 c95 s4-8].
Over the years, the extension and elaboration of the board’s regulatory power has grown. Dental nurses [Laws 1919 c249 s1], dental hygienists [Laws 1935 c71 s1], dental assistants [Laws 1969 c947 s1 subd5], and dental specialists, such as orthodontists and endodontists, and resident and faculty dentists [Laws 1993 c84 s4-6], have been added to the number of distinct professional groups registered and regulated by the board.
The board originally consisted of five practicing dentists nominated by the State Dental Association and appointed by the governor to staggered five-year terms [Laws 1885 c199 s2]. In 1973, two public members were added [Laws 1973 c638 s25] and, in 1976, a resident registered dental assistant and dental hygienist were also added [Laws 1976 c263 s2]. The term length was shortened to three years in 1889 [Laws 1889 c19 s2] and raised to four years in 1975 [Laws 1975 c136 s77].
The board was originally named the Board of Examiners [Dentists] (1885 Laws of Minnesota Chap. 199, Sec. 2). The name was changed to Board of Dental Examiners by 1905 Revised Laws Chap. 35, 2313. In 1935 it became the State Board of Dental Examiners (1935 Laws of Minnesota, Chap. 95, Sec. 1). The name was then changed to the State Board of Dentistry (1969 Laws of Minnesota Ch. 974, Sec. 2). A 1975 law changed the name to the Board of Dentistry (1975 Laws of Minnesota, Chap. 136, Sec. 25).
Sources: Minnesota Laws; Minnesota Legislative Reference Library, Minnesota Agencies website
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Includes annual reports (1895-1951; incomplete), biennial reports (1975-1998; incomplete), minutes (1914-1963), examination and licensure records, rosters of dentists and dental hygienists (1935-1976; incomplete), health department reports (1978, 1983-1984), a cashbook (1892-1915), and administrative rulemaking files (1969-2017).
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions:
Part of this collection is located off site in Remote Storage. Advance arrangements are required in order to view its contents. Please consult the reference staff for more information.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota Board of Dentistry. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
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Accession Information:
Accession numbers: None; 256; 985-221; 2016-21; 2020-15
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 001713494
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 120.C.1.6F | Annual reports, 1895-1951. 5 folders. | ||||||||||
| Includes brief narrative reports on board activities and actions on dental licenses, with summaries of receipts and expenditures. Some reports also contain lists of licensees, texts of relevant laws, regulations, and legal proceedings, and registers of licensed dentists. | |||||||||||
| Missing: 1899-1901, 1910-1911, 1922, 1925, 1939-1945, 1949-1950. | |||||||||||
| Biennial reports, 1975-1998. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes fiscal year 1975-1983, 1985-1986, 1989-1990, 1991-1998. | |||||||||||
| 128.E.3.10F | Cashbook, 1892-1915. 1 volume. | ||||||||||
| Includes itemized receipts and expenditures. Some financial reports to the governor and other documents are pasted in. Retained in absence of minutes and Public Examiner's reports for much of this time period. | |||||||||||
| 128.E.3.10F | Minutes, 1914-1963. 8 folders. | ||||||||||
| Includes minutes of meetings of the board and notices of hearings required before a dentist's license was revoked (principally for nonpayment of annual fees); signed ribbon copies. | |||||||||||
| Examination Statistics, 1904-1910. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||
| Includes compiled statistics giving the percentage of individuals who passed and failed each examination, grouped according to college granting dental license. This volume also includes names, addresses, and scores received for individuals who took the first examination for dental nurse, 1919. | |||||||||||
| Official Records, 1885-1914. 2 volumes: | |||||||||||
| Entries list name, address, date registered for examination, age, nativity, years of practice in Minnesota, total years of practice, date of diploma, institution granting diploma, license number, and other annotations, especially relating to changes in licensure. | |||||||||||
| 1885-1903. | |||||||||||
| Contains two alphabetical sequences, partially duplicative. | |||||||||||
| Volume 2, 1903-1914. | |||||||||||
| In two alphabetical sequences. The second appears to include all dentists licensed during this period; the first appears to be a list of those no longer in practice (deceased, out of practice, license revoked) that was extracted from the second. Appears to have been started in 1903, with some entries dating back to 1885 recopied. | |||||||||||
| Examination Records, 1909-1933. 4 volumes: | |||||||||||
| Continues the information recorded in the Official Record and includes examination results. | |||||||||||
| March 1909-November 1915. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||
| 1916-January 1933. | |||||||||||
| Secretary-Treasurer's copy. | |||||||||||
| 1916-June 1933. | |||||||||||
| Examiner's copy; essentially duplicates the secretary-treasurer's copy, but extends one examination further. | |||||||||||
| 126.F.11.5B-2 | 1927-1933. | ||||||||||
| Assistant and hygienists only; labeled Official Record 3. | |||||||||||
| 120.C.1.6F | Rosters of Dentists, Dental Hygienists, 1935-1974. 1 folder. | ||||||||||
| Lists name, address, college, and year of graduation. Includes 1935; 1939; 1951; 1952-1959 Supplements; 1960; 1961-1964 Supplements; 1965; 1966-1968 Supplements; 1970; 1972-1973 Supplements; 1974-1976. | |||||||||||
| Revised Laws of Minnesota, 1905, as Amended in 1911. 1 folder. | |||||||||||
| Conference on Oral Health Care for the State of Minnesota, 1970. 1 folder. | |||||||||||
| Health Department reports, 1978, 1983-1984. | |||||||||||
| Includes Summary of Health-Related Regulatory Boards' reports. | |||||||||||
| [0.25 cubic feet empty] | |||||||||||
| 310.I.12.10F | Administrative rulemaking files, 1969-2017: | ||||||||||
| Arranged in numerical order by rule number. | |||||||||||
| Rule 0. In the Matter of the Proposed Adoption of Rules Governing Dentistry and Dental Hygiene and the Issuance of Certificates of Registration to Dentists’ Professional Corporations and Procedural Rules for Contested Cases before the Board, 1969. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 1. In the Matter of the Proposed Adoption of Amendments to the Rules of the Minnesota State Board of Dentistry, 1975. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 2. In the Matter of Proposed Amendments to Dentistry Rules Relating to Fees, Continuing Education, Registration of Dental Assistants, Disciplinary Actions, and Clarification and Reorganization of Existing Rules, 1976. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 3. In the Matter of Proposed Amendments Relating to Fees, 1978. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 4. In the Matter of Proposed Amendments to Dentistry Rules Relating to Applications for Licensure, Fees, Licensure by Credentials, Auxiliary Personnel Services, Advertising, and Clarification and Reorganization of Existing Rules, 1981. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 5. In the Matter of Proposed Amendments to Dentistry Rule Relating to Fees (3100.2000), 1984. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 6. In the Matter of Proposed Amendments to Dentistry Rule Relating to Fees (3100.2000), 1985. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 7. Proposed Amendments to Dentistry Rules Relating to Definitions (3100.0100), 3100.3100, 3100.3200, Professional Corp. (3100.9100 to 3100.9300, 3100.9500), Adding New Rules Relating to Voluntary Termination of License (3100.6325), Cooperation by Those Under Investigation (3100.6200, 3100.6350), and Repeal 3100.0100, Subp 12 & 19, 1986. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 8. In the Matter of Proposed Amendments to Dentistry Rules Relating to Applications (3100.1100 to 3100.1400), Renewal of Licenses (3100.1700, subp. 1 & 2), Terminations for Failure to Submit Annual Renewal Application, Pay Renewal Fee, Meet Continuing Education Requirements (3100.1700, subp. 3 to 5), Reinstatement of License or Registration (3100.1850), Clarification of Existing Rules (3100.3300, 3100.3400), and Repealing 3100.1800, 3100.1900, and 3100.4700, 1986. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 9. In the Matter of Proposed Amendments to Dentistry Rules Relating to Continuing Dental Education (3100.4100 to 3100.4400, 3100.4600) and Repealing 3100.4200, Subpart 3, 1986. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 10. In the Matter of Proposed Amendments to Dentistry Rules Relating to Dental Practice Names and Advertising (3100.6400, 3100.6500, 3100.6600, 3100.7100) and Repealing 3100.6600, Subpart 2, 1986. | |||||||||||
| 310.I.13.1B | Rule No. 11. In the Matter of Proposed Amendments to Dentistry Rules Relating to Dental Auxiliary Personnel Services (3100.8400, 3100.8500, 3100.8700), and Repealing 3100.8400, Subpart 2, 1986. | ||||||||||
| Rule No. 12. In the Matter of Proposed Amendments to Dentistry Rules Relating to Annual Renewal Fees (3100.2000, subp. 2), 1987. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 13. In the Matter of Proposed Adoption of Dentistry Rules Relating to Application and Examination Requirements, Grounds for Disciplinary Action, Fees, Specialty Practice Titles, Dental Hygienist Duties, and Editorial Changes, 1989. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 14. In the Matter of Proposed Amendments to Dentistry Rules Relating to Fees (3100.2000, subp. 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6), 1991. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 15. In the Matter of Proposed Adoption of Dentistry Rules Relating to Licensure, 1992. | |||||||||||
| 310.I.13.2F | Rule No. 16. In the Matter of Proposed Amendment to Dentistry Rules Relating to Fees (3100.2000, subp. 2), 1992. | ||||||||||
| Rule No. 17. In the Matter of Proposed Amendment to Dentistry Rules, Chapter 3100, 1993. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 18. In the Matter of Proposed Amendment to Dentistry Rules Relating to Fees (3100.2000), 1993. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 19. Proposed Permanent Rules Relating to Dentists, Hygienists, and Assistants, 1994. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 20. In the Matter of the Proposed Adoption of the Rule of the MN Boards of Chiropractic Examiners, Dentistry, Medical Practice, Nursing, Podiatric Medicine Governing Standards for HBV and HIV Infection Control Procedures, 1997. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 21. In the Matter of Proposed Amendments to Rules Relating to Fees, 1995. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 22. In the Matter of the Proposed Rules for Dentistry Relating to Administration of Anesthesia and Nitrous Oxide, 1995. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 23. In the Matter of the Proposed Rules for Dentistry Relating to Duties of Dental Hygienists and Registered Dental Assistants, 1996. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 24. In the Matter of the Proposed Rules for Dentistry Relating to Faculty and Resident Dentist Licensure, 1996. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 25. In the Matter of the Proposed Rules for Dentistry Relating to Continuing Dental Education, 1996. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 26. In the Matter of the Proposed Rules for Dentistry Relating to Advertising, CPR, Licensure by Credentials and Reinstatements, 1996. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 27. In the Matter of the Proposed Rules for Dentistry Relating to Limited Registration, 1997. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 28. In the Matter of the Proposed Rules for Dentistry Relating to Minimum Record Keeping Standards, 1997. | |||||||||||
| 310.I.13.3B | Rule No. 29. Proposed Rules Governing the Duties of Dental Hygienists and Registered Dental Assistants (3100.3600, 3100.8500, 3100.8700), 2003. | ||||||||||
| Rule No. 30. Proposed Permanent Rules Relating to Licensure and Registration Renewal and Continuing Education / Professional Development (3100.0100, 3100.1700, 3100.1750, 3100.1850, 3100.2000, 3100.3600, 3100.6300), 2004. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 31. Proposed Permanent Rules Relating to Terms and Renewal of Licensure and Registration, Administration of General Anesthesia, Conscious Sedation, and Nitrous Oxide Inhalation Analgesia, Professional Development, Audit Process of Portfolio, Registered Dental Assistants, and Dental Hygienists (3100.0100, 3100.1400, 3100.1700, 3100.3600, 3100.5100, 3100.5300, 3100.8100, 3100.8500, 3100.8700), 2007. | |||||||||||
| 310.I.13.4F | Rule No. 31. continued. | ||||||||||
| Rule No. 32. Proposed Amendments to Permanent Rules Relating to Licensure and Practice in Dentistry (Ch. 3100); and Proposed Repeal (3100.0200, 3100.2000), 2010. | |||||||||||
| 310.I.13.5B | Rule No. 32. continued. | ||||||||||
| Rule No. 33. Proposed Amendments to Permanent Rules Relating to Dental Therapists and Advanced Dental Therapists (Ch. 3100), 2012. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 34. Proposed Amendments to Permanent Rules Relating to Limited General Dentists, Dentists, Dental Therapists, Dental Hygienists, and Licensed Dental Assistants (Ch. 3100), 2013. | |||||||||||
| 310.I.13.6F | Rule No. 34. continued. | ||||||||||
| Rule No. 35. Proposed Amendments to Permanent Rules Relating to Dentists, Dental Therapists, Dental Hygienists, and Licensed Dental Assistants (Ch. 3100), 2015. | |||||||||||
| Rule No. 36. Proposed Amendments to Permanent Rules Relating to Nitrous Oxide and Infection Control (Ch. 3100), 2017. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Dental laws and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Dentists -- Minnesota -- Registers.
- Dentists -- Licenses -- Minnesota.
- Health occupations licensing boards -- Minnesota -- Accounting.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota State Board of Dental Examiners.
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