1. 1. After a person has received a certificate of registration qualifying him to practice as a dental hygienist in Missouri, he may within one year from the date of his certificate apply for and shall receive a license to practice as a dental hygienist in Missouri. Application forms shall be furnished to the applicant, and the application shall be accompanied by the dental hygienist license fee.
2. 2. The certificate of registration as a dental hygienist issued to any person who fails to apply for a license as herein provided within one year after the date of his certificate of registration shall be void.
3. 3. Each person who holds a certificate of registration to practice as a dental hygienist in Missouri shall renew his license to practice as a dental hygienist on or before the renewal date and shall display his license for each current licensing period in the office in which he practices or offers to practice as a dental hygienist.
4. 4. The board shall not renew any certificate of registration of any hygienist unless the licensee shall provide satisfactory evidence that he has completed forty-five hours of continuing education within a three-year period. The board may waive the requirements for continuing education for retired or disabled hygienists or for other good cause.
5. 5. Any registered and licensed dental hygienist who fails to renew his license on or before the renewal date may apply to the board for a renewal of his license within five years after the date his license expired, but he shall pay a reinstatement fee for the new license.
6. 6. The certificate of registration of any dental hygienist who fails to renew his license within five years of the time that his license shall have expired shall be void. He may apply for a new certificate of registration, provided that, unless he applies under section 332.281, he shall pay the same fees and be examined in the same manner as an original applicant for a certificate of registration as a dental hygienist.
7. 7. Any dental hygienist holding a certificate of registration in this state who does not practice in this state or who does not reside in this state may apply to the board to be placed on an out-of-state registration list of dental hygienists. Any dental hygienist applying to be so registered shall accompany his application with a fee not greater than the license fee for a licensee who practices in this state or resides in this state. The required fee shall be established by the board, by rule, as with other licensing fees.

(L. 1969 S.B. 97, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1983 S.B. 302, A.L. 1993 S.B. 27)

Effective 1-1-95