RCW 18.29.120
Examinations—Secretary's authority—Consultation with examining authority.
The secretary in consultation with the Washington dental hygiene examining committee shall:
(1) Adopt rules in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW necessary to prepare and conduct examinations for dental hygiene licensure;
(2) Require an applicant for licensure to pass an examination consisting of written and practical tests upon such subjects and of such scope as the committee determines;
(3) Set the standards for passage of the examination;
(4) Administer at least two examinations each calendar year. Additional examinations may be given as necessary; and
(5) Establish by rule the procedures for an appeal of an examination failure.
[ 1995 c 198 § 5; 1991 c 3 § 52; 1989 c 202 § 4.]
Structure 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.
18.29.021 - 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.
18.29.058 - Delegated acts—Homebound patients.
18.29.060 - License issuance—Display.
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.
18.29.170 - Committee meetings—Quorum—Effect of vacancy.
18.29.180 - Exemptions from chapter.
18.29.190 - Initial limited license.
18.29.220 - Community-based sealant programs in schools.
18.29.230 - Services at senior centers and community-based sealant programs—Dental hygienist duties.