20:43:03:09Application for license to practice as a dental hygienist -- Clinical competency examination.

The State Board of Dentistry may approve a patient-based, simulation-based, or manikin-based dental hygiene clinical competency psychomotor examination for purposes of subdivision 20:43:03:08(4) that demonstrates evidence of psychometric soundness with documented validity, reliability, fidelity, and fairness; allows direct observation by a board designee; and includes: (1) Pocket depth detection; (2) Calculus detection and removal; (3) An intra oral and extra oral assessment; and (4) A remediation policy to address candidate deficiencies.

Source: 45 SDR 35, effective September 19, 2018; 46 SDR 75, effective December 4, 2019; 47 SDR 11, effective August 12, 2020; 50 SDR 12, effective August 8, 2023.