Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title III - Licensing › Chapter 11 - Licensure and Registration › Rule 650-11.5 - Dental Hygiene Licensure by Examination

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) Applications for licensure to practice
				dental hygiene in this state shall be made on the form provided by the dental
				hygiene committee and must be completely answered, including required
				credentials and documents. An applicant who has held a dental hygiene license
				issued in another state for one year or longer must apply for licensure by
				credentials pursuant to rule
				650-11.6 (153).
(2) Applications for licensure must be filed
				with the dental hygiene committee along with:
a.
Documentation of graduation from
				dental hygiene school.
Satisfactory evidence of graduation from an
				accredited school of dental hygiene approved by the dental hygiene
				committee.
b.
Certification
				of good standing from dean or designee.
Certification by the dean or
				other authorized representative of the school of dental hygiene that the
				applicant has been a student in good standing while attending that dental
				hygiene school.
c.
Documentation of passage of national dental hygiene
				examination.
Evidence of successful passage of the examination
				administered by the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations.
d.
Documentation of passage of a
				regional clinical examination.
Successful passage of a board-approved
				clinical examination within the previous five-year period.
(1) The following patient-based regional
				examinations are approved by the board for purposes of licensure by
				examination: the Central Regional Dental Testing Service, Inc. examination as
				administered by the Central Regional Dental Testing Service, Inc. (CRDTS), the
				Western Regional Examining Board examination as administered by the Western
				Regional Examining Board (WREB), the Southern Regional Testing Agency, Inc.
				examination as administered by the Southern Regional Testing Agency, Inc.
				(SRTA), and the American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc. examination as
				administered by the Commission on Dental Competency Assessments (CDCA) and the
				Council of Interstate Testing Agencies, Inc. (CITA).
(2) The following manikin-based regional
				clinical examinations are approved by the board for purposes of licensure by
				examination: the examination administered by the Central Regional Dental
				Testing Service, Inc. (CRDTS), the American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc.
				examination as administered by the Commission on Dental Competency Assessments
				(CDCA) and the Council of Interstate Testing Agencies (CITA), and the
				examination administered by the Western Regional Examining Board
				(WREB).
e.
Payment of application, fingerprint and background check fees.
The nonrefundable application fee, plus the fee for the evaluation of the
				fingerprint packet and the criminal history background checks by the Iowa
				division of criminal investigation (DCI) and the Federal Bureau of
				Investigation (FBI), as specified in 650-Chapter 15.
f.
Documentation of passage of
				jurisprudence examination.
Evidence of successful completion of a
				board-approved jurisprudence examination with a grade of at least 75
				percent.
g.
Current CPR
				certification.
A statement:
(1)
				Confirming that the applicant possesses a valid certificate from a nationally
				recognized course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that included a
				"hands-on" clinical component;
(2)
				Providing the expiration date of the CPR certificate; and
(3) Acknowledging that the CPR certificate
				will be retained and made available to board office staff as part of routine
				auditing and monitoring.
h.
Explanation of any legal or
				administrative actions.
A statement disclosing and explaining any
				disciplinary actions, investigations, complaints, malpractice claims,
				judgments, settlements, or criminal charges.
i.
Completed fingerprint
				packet.
A completed fingerprint packet to facilitate a criminal
				history background check by the DCI and FBI.