§ 6608-b. Requirements for certification as a registered dental
assistant. To qualify for certification as a registered dental
assistant, an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:

(1) Application: file an application with the department;

(2) Age: be at least eighteen years of age;

(3) Fees: pay a fee of forty-five dollars to the department for
initial certification and a fee of fifty dollars for each triennial
registration period;

(4) Education and experience: (A) have received a high school diploma,
or its equivalent, and (B) have successfully completed, in accordance
with the commissioner's regulations, (i) an approved one-year course of
study in dental assisting in a degree-granting institution or a board of
cooperative educational services program which includes at least two
hundred hours of clinical experience, or an equivalent approved course
of study in dental assisting in a non-degree granting institution which
shall not be a professional association or professional organization or
(ii) an alternate course of study in dental assisting acceptable to the
department which shall be provided by a degree-granting institution or a
board of cooperative educational services program which includes at
least one thousand hours of relevant work experience;

(5) Examination: pass an examination in dental assisting given by an
organization which administers such examinations and which is acceptable
to the department; and

(6) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the
department.