TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 9

DENTISTS

54-916A.  Dental hygiene licensure by credentials. The board may issue a license to practice dental hygiene without further examination to an applicant upon evidence that:

(1)   The applicant currently holds an active license in good standing to practice dental hygiene in another state with no disciplinary proceedings or unresolved complaints pending before the state’s licensing board;

(2)  The applicant has been licensed for at least one (1) year and the applicant has practiced a minimum of one thousand (1,000) hours in the two (2) years immediately preceding the date of application;

(3)  The applicant has graduated from a dental hygiene school accredited by the commission on dental accreditation of the American dental association as of the date of the applicant’s graduation;

(4)  The applicant has successfully completed a board approved clinical examination;

(5)  The applicant has successfully completed the national board dental hygiene examination; and

(6)  The applicant has paid the application fee as set by board rule.

History:

[54-916A, added 1992, ch. 3, sec. 1, p. 8; am. 1997, ch. 81, sec. 1, p. 192; am. 2014, ch. 121, sec. 4, p. 346.]