Licensure by Practice State Credential Years Required * Special Requirements Temporary Teacher Retired/ Background Clinical CPR Endorsement License License Inactive Check Exam for for License Initial Licensure Licensure CITA AL Yes 5 Years Letters of recommendation No No No Yes-Extensive Y from 2 DDS or RDH CRDTS CDCA SRTA WREB

AK Yes Two years 14 hours May not have failed Alaska Yes No No License verification. WREB Y per week clinical exam AADE query.

AR Yes Five years No No No License verification. SRTA Y References. No background fee. Education.

AZ Yes 1000 hours in past 2 Must have passed a state No No No PBIS WREB Y years regional clinical examination License verification. that the board has determined Letters of verification is equivalent to AZ exam. transcripts National Board Card and National Databank Report

CA Yes Five years or three No No No STATE Y years plus promise to WREB serve in public health for two years

CO Yes One year out of last Only for No Yes Sealed transcripts. Any Y employment three License verification. regional with Dept. of Disciplinary action. Public exam or National and regional/state exams. Health state Background incl. in fee. exam

CT Yes No No No License verification. CRDTS Y Education. CDCA SRTA WREB CDCA DC No No Licensure by Practice State Credential Years Required * Special Requirements Temporary Teacher Retired/ Background Clinical CPR Endorsement License License Inactive Check Exam for for License Initial Licensure Licensure

DE Yes Three out of the last Requires passage of a No No No Letter of good standing from dental STATE Y five jurisprudence exam board where licensed.

FL No No No Yes STATE Y CDCA

GA Yes 2 years Must begin to practice in GA Yes No No CRDTS Y w/in 2 years of obtaining license

HI Limited 1000 hours per year May practice only in FQHC, Yes, but No No CRDTS N (Community for the past 3 years. native health centers, post only in service secondary dental auxiliary qualifying license) training program accredited by institution CODA. Must renew annually.

ID Yes 1,000 hours in prior Yes, until No Yes License verification. CRDTS Y two years the next Investigation exam or of legal and disciplinary actions. ADEX for one WREB year for RDH who meets licensure by credentials criteria, but has not taken local anesthesia exam.

IL Yes Three out of last five No No Yes Application. CRDTS Y years National Practitioners Databank. CDCA SRTA WREB Licensure by Practice State Credential Years Required * Special Requirements Temporary Teacher Retired/ Background Clinical CPR Endorsement License License Inactive Check Exam for for License Initial Licensure Licensure

IN Yes Two out of last five Must have 14 hours of CE No No No License verification. CRDTS Y years during previous two years Education. SRTA Disciplinary actions. CDCA Board scores. WREB

CRDTS IA Yes Must have practiced Other state must accept Iowa No Yes No Practice references. Y three years preceding licensees; applicant have not License verifications. WREB failed a clinical exam within past three years Any KS Yes Three years No No Yes License verification. Y Reference letters from past/present state employers. board Education. CITA CRDTS CDCA SRTA WREB

KY Yes Must have practiced 5 Dental board must No No Yes National Practitioners’ Databank. CITA Y years unanimously vote to accept TEMP. License verification. CRDTS applicant. CDCA SRTA WREB

LA Yes One year practice Personal interview with board, No No No Professional, Criminal and license CITA N cannot be HIV or HBV positive verification. CDCA ME Yes Five years CDCA Personal interview, No No No Education. Y dental board may waive License verification. CDCA National Board scores. CDCA scores.

MD Yes Three years/150 Possess health certificate from Yes Yes Yes National Practitioners Databank. CDCA Y hours preceding 3yrs physician, personal interview Licensure by Practice State Credential Years Required * Special Requirements Temporary Teacher Retired/ Background Clinical CPR Endorsement License License Inactive Check Exam for for License Initial Licensure Licensure

MA Yes One year Contact Dental Board No No No Education.National Board scores. CDCA N Two recommendations from previous employers (dentists). Disciplinary action. License verification.

MI Yes 2 Years practice If licensed before 1962, No No No CDCA Y National Board Exam may be waived

MN Yes Active practice for Requires interview, Canadian Yes- No No Education. CRDTS N two of 3 years prior licensees eligible, must have “Guest CDCA and National Boards five hours of infection control License for verification. WREB within previous five years, Public provide two character Health references. $50.00 (applicatio n & renewal fee)

MS Yes 5 years practice No Yes No National Practitioners Databank. CITA Y Rule 7 AADE query. Two references.

MO Yes Two years Not eligible if ever failed a No No No National l CITA Y clinical exam or had action Practitioners Database. against license, CPR AADE query. CRDTS Education. CDCA References SRTA WREB Licensure by Practice State Credential Years Required * Special Requirements Temporary Teacher Retired/ Background Clinical CPR Endorsement License License Inactive Check Exam for for License Initial Licensure Licensure

MT Yes 500 hours in past year CPR No No Yes License verification. CITA Y Disciplinary action. CRDTS CDCA SRTA WREB CA state exam

NE Yes Three years, one prior Oral exam if not passed No No Yes License verification CITA Y to application CRDTS, also need 15 hours of CE CRDTS WREB STATE NV No Yes Y CDCA

NH Yes Three years Passed CDCA within last five No No Yes License verification. CDCA N years, may waive CDCA if Education. over five years or recognize CDCA scores. other clinical on case by case AADE query. basis NJ Yes 10 hours of CE within last two No No Yes Employment history. CDCA N years License verification. Exam scores. Education. Criminal.

NM Yes 1,000 hours in last Must complete infection Yes, must Yes Yes $25 License verification. CRDTS Y three of five years. control CE be sponsored CDCA by a NM SRTA dentist or dental WREB hygienist Licensure by Practice State Credential Years Required * Special Requirements Temporary Teacher Retired/ Background Clinical CPR Endorsement License License Inactive Check Exam for for License Initial Licensure Licensure

NY Yes Not less than 8 Must not have failed New York No No No Education. CDCA N months of last two exam. Department may license Professional years by endorsement on an Moral Character. individual basis.

NC Yes 2 No No Yes CITA Y Yes, with two years practice CITA ND Yes Three years Three letters of reference from No No No Reference letters. Y dentists, and three from dental License verification. CRDTS hygienists. Personal statements. WREB

OH Yes No Teache No AADE query. CRDTS Y r’s Required state background checks. license CDCA by SRTA recipro city WREB

Yes Two years Interview with board Yes, unless Yes No OK 10 letter of recommendation. WREB Y failed License verification and all Oklahoma clinical documents submitted. CITA OR Yes 3,500 hours in past 5 No Yes Background included incl. in fee of N years $850 CRDTS CDCA SRTA WREB

PA Yes Licensure by criteria approval No No No License verification. CDCA N for those states that have Disciplinary action. reciprocal arrangements with CDCA scores. Pennsylvania Licensure by Practice State Credential Years Required * Special Requirements Temporary Teacher Retired/ Background Clinical CPR Endorsement License License Inactive Check Exam for for License Initial Licensure Licensure CITA RI Yes No No No Education. N Birth certificate. CRDTS National Board CDCA scores. CDCA scores. SRTA WREB CRDTS SC Yes There is no explicit provision No No No Verification of license. Y in the law, but the board will National Practitioners Database. CDCA consider applicants on an SRTA individual basis. Must have passed the National Board Exam within last 15 years

SD Yes Three out of last five Yes No National Practitioner Databank. CRDTS Y years AADE query. SRTA WREB Criminal. Yes Current CPR certification. No Yes Yes TN Education. SRTA N Must not have failed the SRTA Disciplinary actions. WREB exam. License verification and status. Board 2 letters approved of reference. exam CITA Yes Three years Current CPR Yes if No No Employment TX CRDTS Y practice in Education CDCA not for References SRTA profit WREB 2,000 hours within Yes No No No License verification. UT last two years or CRDTS N taught in accredited CDCA program for 18 SRTA months and practiced WREB for 800 hours within last 2 years

VT Yes 800 hours within last Must have taken office No No No Education. CRDTS Y five years emergency procedures; never License verification. National Board have been disciplined scores. CDCA Licensure by Practice State Credential Years Required * Special Requirements Temporary Teacher Retired/ Background Clinical CPR Endorsement License License Inactive Check Exam for for License Initial Licensure Licensure

VA Yes Two out of last five Yes, if Teacher Yes Application and all documents are CITA N years employed ’s reviewed by licensure specialist and CRDTS in state tempor reviewed by endorsement committee. CDCA public ary health SRTA WREB

WA Yes 560 practice hours in May be required to take parts Yes, but no No No License verification. CITA Y past two years. of the clinical exam expanded AADE query. functions; CRDTS renewable CDCA limited license. WREB WREB CITA WV Yes Two years active Yes Yes License verification. N practice 6.02 Rule National Practitioners Databank. CRDTS 6.04 CDCA SRTA WREB Board scores. WI Yes No No No CITA Y Education CRDTS License verification. CDCA CPR SRTA WREB CITA WY Yes 1000 hrs prior 3 years No No No Y CRDTS CDCA WREB SRTA Licensure by Credential: States may use the terms; “licensure by endorsement,” “licensure by criteria approval,” or “reciprocity” to mean provisions in the law that allow out of state licensees to be licensed without a clinical examination. Years of Practice: Refers to active practice requirements in the year(s) immediately preceding licensure by credential application. Special Requirements: Requirements that are in addition to graduation from an accredited dental hygiene program, passing the Joint Commission on National Boards Dental Hygiene Examination, and proof that the applicant has a license in good standing in another state. (Most states will require licensure applicants to pass a Jurisprudence exam on the laws governing the practice of dental hygiene in that state. Contact state licensing agency for application forms and fee information.) Temporary, Teacher, Inactive or Retired License: Special licenses often have specific time-limits, restrictions, or additional requirements. Contact the state licensing agency for information. Source: State statutes and rules/information from state licensing authorities. www.adha.org August 2015