New york state dental hygiene licensing

It is your responsibility to follow up with anyone you have asked to send us material. You should also read the general licensing information applicable for all professions.

Fees are subject to change. The fee due is the one in law when your application is received unless fees are increased retroactively. You will be billed for the difference if fees have been increased. NOTE: Payment submitted from outside the United States should be made by check or draft on a United States bank and in United States currency; payments submitted in any other form will not be accepted and will be returned.

Individuals who withdraw their licensure application may be entitled to a partial refund. If you withdraw your application, obtain a refund, and then decide to seek New York State licensure at a later date, you will be considered a new applicant, and you will be required to pay the licensure and registration fees and meet the licensure requirements in place at the time you reapply.

In addition to the professional education requirement, every applicant for licensure as a dental hygienist or a limited permit must complete coursework or training in the identification and reporting of child abuse in accordance with Section 3 a of the Education Law. See additional information and a list of approved providers for this training.

Every dental hygienist must also complete approved coursework or training appropriate to the professional's practice in infection control and barrier precautions, including engineering and work practice controls, to prevent the transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus HIV and the hepatitis b virus HBV in the course of professional practice.

For licensure, you must obtain a passing score on both the written and clinical examinations explained below. You may be admitted to the examinations during your last year of study. You are responsible for contacting the examination agencies to obtain appropriate information and forms.

Deadlines and examination application requirements may differ for each. American Dental Association E. Beginning January 1, , all applicants for initial licensure must complete an approved clinically-based dental residency program of at least one year's duration. A clinical practical examination such as NERB will not be accepted for initial licensure after December 31, If you are licensed as a dentist in another jurisdiction and have not completed an approved residency program, you must meet the endorsement requirements.

The Department must receive, directly from the residency program director, verification of completion of an approved residency program accredited for teaching purposes by an acceptable national accrediting body. Please refer to section The Department must receive verification of your passing scores directly from the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations. You are responsible for contacting the examination agency for obtaining appropriate information and forms. Normally, dental students take Parts I and II of the National Board Dental Examination in the final years of dental study and their dental schools assist in the arrangements.

If you completed a program of dental education in an unregistered and unaccredited dental school outside the United States, contact the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations for information on taking the examinations. Scores are not available by telephone from the Office of the Professions or the testing agency.

If you have a disability and may require reasonable testing accommodations for the examinations, please contact the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations for information. They can be contacted at:. If you are licensed as a dentist in another jurisdiction of the United States or a Canadian province and have fulfilled all the requirements for licensure including the experience requirements by completing an approved residency program, this section does not apply to you.

You should apply for licensure based upon completion of the approved residency program see Experience Requirements section for details.

If you have not completed an approved residency program of at least one year's duration and are licensed as a dentist in another jurisdiction of the United States or a Canadian province, the Department may endorse that license if the Department determines you have met the licensing requirements of New York State Education Law and the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education.

To be licensed by endorsement, you must:. To apply for a New York State license by endorsement, you must submit, or have submitted on your behalf, the following:. A limited permit allows a graduate of a dental college who has satisfied the education requirements for licensure in this State to practice dentistry only under the supervision of a New York State licensed dentist and only in:.

A supervising dentist shall be present on the premises at all times when professional services are being rendered by a limited permit holder and will exercise supervision appropriate to the circumstances, according to Section 1 of the New York State Education Law. You may not begin practice until a limited permit has been issued. If a third-party transcript provider is involved, it is clear that the educational institution has designated the third party as the official sole provider of its transcripts.

The applicant had no opportunity to directly access or alter the transcript before it is sent or transmitted.

Any educational institution education documentation submissions should be made electronically to DPLSEduc nysed. Expirations on links to the document are acceptable. Submit a Contact Us Form for questions regarding specific applications or to check the status of a licensure application.

Be sure to sign and date item 8. The applicant had no opportunity to directly access or alter the verification before it is sent or transmitted. Forms 4 and 4A - For Endorsement Applicants Only Form 4 - Personal Affidavit of Professional Practice for Endorsement Applicants 11 KB Only applicants who have not completed an approved residency program of at least one year's duration, are licensed in another jurisdiction and are seeking licensure by endorsement are required to complete this form.

Section I: Complete this section before giving the entire form to your residency program director. Be sure to sign and date item 6. Section II: The residency program director of the residency program you completed must complete this section and return both pages of the form directly to the Office of the Professions at the address located at the bottom of the form.

Electronic Verification of Experience The Office of the Professions OP will accept experience forms directly from supervisors provided that: OP can independently verify that the documentation is received directly from the supervisor The applicant had no opportunity to directly alter the experience form before it is sent or transmitted.

Form 5 - Application for Limited Permit 30 KB As of January 1, , dental residents in programs approved by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association are no longer required to obtain a limited permit in order to practice in the residency program. Section I: If you are applying for a limited permit, complete this section before having your prospective employer complete Section II or III, whichever is applicable.

Your signature on Form 5 must be notarized by a Notary Public. Section II: If you are requesting the limited permit for instructing in dentistry, have your prospective employer complete Section II.

Use this form only if you are applying for an exemption to the requirement to complete training or coursework in the identification and reporting of child abuse because your practice does not involve professional contact with persons under the age of 18 and persons 18 or older with a handicapping condition who reside in a residential care school or facility.

Use this form only if you are physically incapable of performing CPR. This form is to be submitted no later than 60 days after the start of a resident's program. This fee is payable annually for each academic year for the duration of the program as approved by CODA. Note: A Dental Education Record Form needs to be submitted for each resident whose dental degree is from a non-accredited institution ie.

This form will be used as a preliminary review of the resident's education credentials.