§ 853 - Certificate without examination
§ 853. Certificate without examination
(a) In its discretion, the board may issue, without examination, a certificate to a dental hygienist upon payment of the initial application fee if the applicant presents a certificate from the board of dental examiners or other like board of the state in which the dental hygienist has practiced and if that state maintains a law of requirements substantially equivalent to the laws of this state.
(b) The board may, by rule, establish requirements for licensing hygienists with five years' experience as a licensee or registrant. (Amended 1961, No. 172, § 4, eff. June 21, 1961; 1969, No. 81, § 22; 2005, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)