Alabama Code 34-9-4. License required to practice dental hygiene or expanded duty dental assisting

It shall be unlawful for any person to practice dental hygiene in the State of Alabama, except:

(1) Those who are now licensed dental hygienists pursuant to law; and

person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

(2) Those who may hereafter be duly licensed and who are currently registered as dental hygienists pursuant to this chapter.