SUBCHAPTER 16C - LICENSURE DENTAL HYGIENISTS

SECTION .0100 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

21 NCAC 16C .0101         LICENSURE

(a)  All dental hygienists shall be licensed by the Board before practicing dental hygiene in this State. All persons desiring to practice dental hygiene in this State shall pass Board approved written and clinical examinations, as set forth in Rule .0303 of this Subchapter, before receiving a license.

(b)  The examination requirement set forth in Paragraph (a) of this Rule shall not apply to persons who do not hold a North Carolina dental hygiene license who are seeking volunteer licenses pursuant to G.S. 90-21.107, or licensure by military endorsement pursuant to 21 NCAC 16G .0107 or .0108.

(c)  All dental hygienists shall maintain an unexpired CPR certification at all times.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90-223; 90-224;

Eff. September 3, 1976;

Readopted Eff. September 26, 1977;

Amended Eff. September 1, 2014; September 1, 2013; June 1, 2006; May 1, 1989; January 1, 1983;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. January 9, 2018;

Amended Eff. July 1, 2022; October 1, 2019.