H. B. 2562
(By Delegates L. Smith, Hatfield,
Kuhn, Butcher and Hall)
[Introduced February 26, 2001; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section fourteen, article four, chapter
thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, relating to setting forth certain
dental hygiene program accreditation requirements.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section fourteen, article four, chapter thirty of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. DENTISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS AND DENTAL CORPORATIONS.
§30-4-14. Prerequisites to practice dental hygiene; examination
fee; licensing.
No person who has not been licensed as a dental hygienist in
this state on or before the first day of September, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-seven,
shall may practice as a dental hygienist
until he
or she has first passed an examination or examinations selected by the West Virginia board of dental examiners and
otherwise qualifies under such rules
and regulations as the board
may establish.
Such The examination or examinations shall be both
practical and theoretical. The fee for the examination
shall be
is thirty-five dollars and shall accompany the application. An
applicant failing to pass the first examination
shall be is
entitled to one reexamination at the next regular meeting of the
board without additional cost. The fee for every reexamination
after that
shall be is ten dollars. No portion of these fees is
refundable.
The board of dental examiners shall issue a license to
practice dental hygiene in this state to any person who has passed
such an the examination and who has otherwise qualified to practice
dental hygiene under the rules
and regulations established by the
board:
Provided, That no person
shall may be entitled to
such a
dental hygiene license unless he
be or she is: (a) At least
eighteen years of age, (b) of good moral character, (c) a graduate
of a first class high school of this state or its equivalent and;
(d)
be a graduate of
and possess an acceptable diploma in dental
hygiene from a school having a course in dental hygiene approved by
the board of dental examiners a school or college for dental
hygienists whose dental hygiene program is accredited by the
Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental
Association or its successor specialty accrediting agency. The school or college must be accredited by a regional accrediting
agency for colleges, universities or institutions of higher
education which is recognized by the United States department of
education, and must conduct a curriculum consisting of not less
than two academic years for dental hygiene graduation with courses
at the appropriate level to enable matriculation into a more
advanced academic degree program.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to codify dental hygiene
program accreditation requirements.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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