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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="4-312" title_number="4" title_name="Dentistry" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the provisions of this section, the Board may issue a temporary license to practice dental hygiene to an applicant who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is licensed to practice dental hygiene in any other state or any province of Canada;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Meets any other qualifications that the Board establishes;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Submits to the Board an application on the form that the Board requires;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Has graduated from a dental hygiene program accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Pays to the Board an application fee set by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>While it is effective, a temporary license to practice dental hygiene authorizes the holder to practice dental hygiene subject to the same restrictions imposed on a holder of a general license to practice dental hygiene.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A temporary license to practice dental hygiene expires when licenses are issued to those who pass the first examination for a general license to practice dental hygiene given over 30 days after the effective date of the temporary license.</text>
  </level>
</section>
