Section 6608-B. Requirements for certification as a certified dental assistant

To qualify for certification as a certified dental assistant,  an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:
    (1) Application: file an application with the department;
    (2) Age: be at least seventeen 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; and
    (5) Examination: pass an examination given by  an  organization  which
  administers  examinations  for certifying dental assistants and which is
  acceptable to the department.