State Board of Dental Examiners v. Hoffman

OPINION

STEVENS, Judge.

Bert E. Hoffman, D.D.S., the plaintiff, was successful in the trial court in securing a judgment directing that the State Dental Board issue him a license for the practice of dentistry. This appeal followed.

The basic issues are:

1. May the State Dental Board adopt a valid rule requiring a 75% grade on the Arizona Clinical Examination when the applicant is permitted to use the results of the National Board Examination on the theory of dentistry in lieu of the Arizona theory examination ? and,

2. Must the unsuccessful applicant for a dental license exhaust his administrative…