18.29.120 - Examinations -- Secretary's authority -- Consultation with examining authority.

Examinations — Secretary's authority — Consultation with examining authority.

The secretary in consultation with the Washington dental hygiene examining committee shall:

     (1) Adopt rules in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW necessary to prepare and conduct examinations for dental hygiene licensure;

     (2) Require an applicant for licensure to pass an examination consisting of written and practical tests upon such subjects and of such scope as the committee determines;

     (3) Set the standards for passage of the examination;

     (4) Administer at least two examinations each calendar year. Additional examinations may be given as necessary; and

     (5) Establish by rule the procedures for an appeal of an examination failure.

[1995 c 198 § 5; 1991 c 3 § 52; 1989 c 202 § 4.]