| | | G.__Subject to the limitations of Title 5, chapter 341, | | conviction of a crime that involves dishonesty or false | | statement or that relates directly to the practice of | | dental hygiene, or conviction of a crime for which | | incarceration for one year or more may be imposed; |
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| | | H.__A violation of this chapter or a rule adopted by the | | board; or |
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| | | I.__Engaging in false, misleading or deceptive | | advertising. |
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| | | The dental hygienist may perform duties as defined and set | | forth in the rules of the board, except that nothing in this | | chapter may be construed to affect the practice of medicine or | | dentistry or to prevent students of a dental college, | | university or school of dental hygiene from practicing dental | | hygiene under the supervision of their instructors. |
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| | | A person 18 years of age or over who has successfully | | completed 2 years' training in a school of dental hygiene in a | | program approved by the Commission on Dental Accreditation or | | its successor organization, or who is a full-time dental | | student who has satisfactorily completed at least half of the | | prescribed course of study in an accredited dental college but | | who has not graduated from a dental college is eligible to | | apply for examination. |
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| | | §15309.__Application; fee |
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| | | An eligible person desiring to practice dental hygiene must | | make written application to the board to take the examination.__ | | The application must be accompanied by a fee to be determined | | by the board.__Applicants for licensure shall pay a fee set by | | the board for the examination.__The board may recognize a | | nationally or regionally administered examination for | | applicants to practice dental hygiene in the State. |
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| | | §15310.__License; biennial fee |
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| | | The board shall issue a license to practice as a dental | | hygienist in this State to an individual who has met the | | licensure requirements under this chapter.__The license must | | be exhibited publicly at the person's place of employment. The | | license authorizes practice as a dental hygienist in this | | State for the year in which it is issued until the expiration | | date that appears on the license.__On or before January 1st of | | each |
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