Section 828IAC1-3-3. "Satisfactory practice of dental hygiene" defined

   (a) An applicant for a dental hygiene license under IC 25-13-1-17(a) must have engaged in the satisfactory practice of dental hygiene for at least two (2) years out of the preceding five (5) years.

  (b) As used in this section, "satisfactory practice of dental hygiene" means that the applicant has actively engaged in practicing dental hygiene for at least an average of twenty (20) hours per week for two (2) years. A maximum of one (1) year of the two (2) year requirement may have been in post associate degree training in dental hygiene in a program approved by the board. (State Board of Dentistry; 828 IAC 1-3-3; filed Apr 19, 1991, 3:00 p.m.: 14 IR 1728; filed Feb 4, 1994, 5:00 p.m.: 17 IR 1094; readopted filed Apr 11, 2001, 3:21 p.m.: 24 IR 2896; filed Sep 27, 2002, 2:38 p.m.: 26 IR 375; readopted filed Sep 26, 2008, 10:49 a.m.: 20081015-IR-828080336RFA; readopted filed Nov 9, 2012, 11:21 a.m.: 20121205-IR-828120384RFA)