North Dakota Code 43-20-01.3 – Licensure by credential review
Applications for licensure to practice dental hygiene by credential review must be made on forms provided by the board and submitted thirty days before the examination administered by the board. The board may issue a license and certificate of registration to practice dental hygiene to an applicant who meets all of the following requirements:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 43-20-01.3
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
1. The applicant, for at least three years immediately preceding application, has been licensed in good standing and has been actively practicing dental hygiene in another jurisdiction where the requirements are at least substantially equivalent to those of this state.
2. Grounds for denial of the application under section 43-20-05 do not exist.
3. The applicant has paid to the board the fee established by the board by rule.
4. The applicant has delivered to the board a certificate from the examining or licensing board of every jurisdiction in which the individual is licensed to practice, certifying that the individual is a licensed and registered dental hygienist in good standing in that jurisdiction.
5. The applicant has passed a written examination on the laws and rules governing the practice of dentistry in this state administered by the board at a meeting.
6. The applicant has met any requirement for licensure established by the board by rule.