(a)

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 63-5-104

  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) The board shall meet at least annually and at such times and places as it may deem necessary for the proper discharge of its duties.
(2) At its annual meeting the board shall elect from its membership a president, vice president and secretary-treasurer.
(3) A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(4) The proceedings of the board shall be recorded and shall constitute a public record.
(b) The board shall maintain and make available to the division a permanent record that shall list the name, address and license or certificate number of all persons licensed to practice dentistry and of all persons certified as dental specialists, licensed as dental hygienists and registered as dental assistants.
(c) The board shall mail a copy of the law regulating the practice of dentistry to each person who is hereafter licensed to practice dentistry or dental hygiene.