Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 18.29 - Dental Hygienists.
18.29.045 - Licensure by endorsement.

RCW 18.29.045
Licensure by endorsement.

An applicant holding a valid license and currently engaged in practice in another state may be granted a license without examination required by this chapter, on the payment of any required fees, if the secretary in consultation with the advisory committee determines that the other state's licensing standards are substantively equivalent to the standards in this state: PROVIDED, That the secretary in consultation with the advisory committee may require the applicant to: (1) File with the secretary documentation certifying the applicant is licensed to practice in another state; and (2) provide information as the secretary deems necessary pertaining to the conditions and criteria of the uniform disciplinary act, chapter 18.130 RCW and to demonstrate to the secretary a knowledge of Washington law pertaining to the practice of dental hygiene.

[ 1991 c 3 § 47; 1989 c 202 § 29.]

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 18 - Businesses and Professions

Chapter 18.29 - Dental Hygienists.

18.29.003 - Regulation of health care professions—Criteria.

18.29.005 - "Surfaces of the teeth" defined.

18.29.011 - License required.

18.29.021 - Requirements for licensing.

18.29.045 - Licensure by endorsement.

18.29.050 - Scope of licensee's functions—Employment—Supervision.

18.29.053 - Expanded function dental auxiliary services—Supervision.

18.29.056 - Employment by health care facilities authorized—Limitations—Requirements for services performed in senior centers.

18.29.058 - Delegated acts—Homebound patients.

18.29.060 - License issuance—Display.

18.29.071 - Renewals.

18.29.076 - Application of uniform disciplinary act.

18.29.100 - Violations—Penalty—Prosecutions.

18.29.110 - Dental hygiene examining committee—Generally.

18.29.120 - Examinations—Secretary's authority—Consultation with examining authority.

18.29.130 - Secretary's authority—Generally—Continuing education.

18.29.140 - Approval of educational programs.

18.29.150 - Examinations.

18.29.160 - Immunity.

18.29.170 - Committee meetings—Quorum—Effect of vacancy.

18.29.180 - Exemptions from chapter.

18.29.190 - Initial limited license.

18.29.210 - Rules.

18.29.220 - Community-based sealant programs in schools.

18.29.230 - Services at senior centers and community-based sealant programs—Dental hygienist duties.

18.29.900 - Construction—1923 c 16.