HAR §16-79-9. Who may apply for a dental or dental hygiene license

(a) A person applying for licensure to practice dentistry shall comply with the following requirements: (1) Be eighteen years of age or more; (2) Pass the National Board Dental Examination; (3) Pass the ADEX dental examination; (4) Be a United States citizen, United States national, permanent resident of the United States, or alien authorized to work in the United States; and (5) Be a graduate from a dental school accredited by CODA. (b) A person applying for licensure to practice dental hygiene shall comply with the following requirements: (1) Be eighteen years of age or more; (2) Pass the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination; (3) Pass a regional dental hygiene examination until a national clinical dental hygiene examination becomes available, pursuant to section 447-1(b) and (c), HRS; (4) Be a United States citizen, United States national, permanent resident of the United States, or alien authorized to work in the United States; (5) Be a graduate from a dental hygiene school accredited by CODA; and (6) Be certified in the administration of intra-oral infiltration local anesthesia and intra-oral block anesthesia from an accredited dental hygiene school or certification program approved by the board. [Eff and comp 8/20/90; am and comp 2/9/01; comp 2/9/02; am and comp 1/27/14; am and comp 8/22/16] (Auth: HRS §448-6) (Imp: HRS §§436B-10, 447-1, 448-6, 448-9)