The board may issue a license to practice dental hygiene without further examination to an applicant upon evidence that:

1. (1) The applicant currently holds an active license in good standing to practice dental hygiene in another state with no disciplinary proceedings or unresolved complaints pending before the state’s licensing board;
2. (2) The applicant has been licensed for at least one (1) year and the applicant has practiced a minimum of one thousand (1,000) hours in the two (2) years immediately preceding the date of application;
3. (3) The applicant has graduated from a dental hygiene school accredited by the commission on dental accreditation of the American dental association as of the date of the applicant’s graduation;
4. (4) The applicant has successfully completed a board approved clinical examination;
5. (5) The applicant has successfully completed the national board dental hygiene examination; and
6. (6) The applicant has paid the application fee as set by board rule.

[54-916A, added 1992, ch. 3, sec. 1, p. 8; am. 1997, ch. 81, sec. 1, p. 192; am. 2014, ch. 121, sec. 4, p. 346.]