2014 New York Laws
EDN - Education
Title 8 - THE PROFESSIONS
Article 133 - (6600 - 6613) DENTISTRY AND DENTAL HYGIENE
6608-B - Requirements for certification as a certified dental assistant.

 6608-b. Requirements   for   certification  as  a  certified  dental
  assistant. To qualify for certification as a certified dental assistant,
  an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:
(1) Application: file an application with the department;
(2) Age: be at least seventeen years of age;
(3) Fees: pay a fee  of  forty-five  dollars  to  the  department  for
  initial  certification  and  a  fee  of fifty dollars for each triennial
  registration period;
(4) Education and experience: (A) have received a high school diploma,
  or its equivalent, and (B) have successfully  completed,  in  accordance
  with  the commissioner's regulations, (i) an approved one-year course of
  study in dental assisting in a degree-granting institution or a board of
  cooperative educational services program which  includes  at  least  two
  hundred  hours  of clinical experience, or an equivalent approved course
  of study in dental assisting in a non-degree granting institution  which
  shall  not be a professional association or professional organization or
  (ii) an alternate course of study in dental assisting acceptable to  the
  department which shall be provided by a degree-granting institution or a
  board  of  cooperative  educational  services  program which includes at
  least one thousand hours of relevant work experience; and
(5) Examination: pass an examination given by  an  organization  which
  administers  examinations  for certifying dental assistants and which is
  acceptable to the department.