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RSA 317-A:21 · Licensure

Title
XXX: OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS
Chapter
317-A · DENTISTS AND DENTISTRY
Status
current
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317-A:21 Licensure. –

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I.

For the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare, any person providing dental hygiene services in New Hampshire shall submit evidence that such person is qualified to provide those services and shall be licensed as provided in this chapter. No person shall provide dental hygiene services in New Hampshire or use any sign, card, device or the abbreviation R.D.H. or any other designation indicating such person is providing dental hygiene services, unless such person has been licensed under the provisions of this chapter.

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II.

Applications for licensure as a dental hygienist shall be made to the office of professional licensure and certification and shall be accompanied by a fee established by the office and by satisfactory proof that the applicant is a graduate of a school of dentistry or a school of dental hygiene with a minimum of a 2-year program in an institution of higher education, the program of which is accredited by a national accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Commission on Dental Accreditation. Source. 1971, 364:1. 1977, 563:24. 1979, 434:26; 456:10. 1992, 2:9. 1994, 240:2. 1997, 204:8. 2000, 5:23, eff. July 1, 2000. 2018, 316:12, eff. Aug. 24, 2018. 2021, 197:42, eff. July 1, 2021. 2024, 327:56, eff. July 1, 2024.

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Source. 1971, 364:1. 1977, 563:24. 1979, 434:26; 456:10. 1992, 2:9. 1994, 240:2. 1997, 204:8. 2000, 5:23, eff. July 1, 2000. 2018, 316:12, eff. Aug. 24, 2018. 2021, 197:42, eff. July 1, 2021. 2024, 327:56, eff. July 1, 2024.

Source history

  • 1971, 364:1
  • 1977, 563:24
  • 1979, 434:26; 456:10
  • 1992, 2:9
  • 1994, 240:2
  • 1997, 204:8
  • 2000, 5:23, eff. July 1, 2000
  • 2018, 316:12, eff. Aug. 24, 2018
  • 2021, 197:42, eff. July 1, 2021
  • 2024, 327:56, eff. July 1, 2024

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  • 2026 SB187 amend

    ist compact. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 New Section; Dentists and Dentistry; Interstate Compact Adopted. Amend RSA 317-A by inserting after section 26 the following new section: 317-A:26-a Interstate Compact Adopted. The state of New Hampshire hereby adopts the provisions of the dentist and dental hygienist compact as follows: SECTION

  • 2026 SB187-FN amend

    ist compact. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 New Section; Dentists and Dentistry; Interstate Compact Adopted. Amend RSA 317-A by inserting after section 26 the following new section: 317-A:26-a Interstate Compact Adopted. The state of New Hampshire hereby adopts the provisions of the dentist and dental hygienist compact as follows: SECTION

  • 2025 HB144 amend

    wenty Five AN ACT relative to the practice of dental hygiene. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 269:1 Dentists and Dentistry; Practice of Dental Hygiene. Amend RSA 317-A:21-c, II(e) to read as follows: (e) The administration of local anesthesia, provided the dental hygienist is qualified by the board after training and after passing an examination approved by the board. 269:2 Occup