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2018 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS
CHAPTER 4 - Dentistry
ARTICLE 9 - Dental Hygienists
Section 1917.

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CA Bus & Prof Code § 1917 (2018)
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1917.  

The hygiene board shall grant initial licensure as a registered dental hygienist to a person who satisfies all of the following requirements:

(a) Completion of an educational program for registered dental hygienists, approved by the hygiene board, accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation, and conducted by a degree-granting, postsecondary institution.

(b) Within the preceding two years, satisfactory completion of the dental hygiene examination given by the Western Regional Examining Board or any other clinical or dental hygiene examination approved by the hygiene board.

(c) Satisfactory completion of the National Dental Hygiene Board Examination.

(d) Satisfactory completion of the examination in California law and ethics as prescribed by the hygiene board.

(e) Submission of a completed application form and all fees required by the hygiene board.

(f) Satisfactory completion of hygiene board-approved instruction in gingival soft tissue curettage, nitrous oxide-oxygen analgesia, and local anesthesia.

(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 858, Sec. 19. (SB 1482) Effective January 1, 2019.)

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