N.J.S. § 45:6-50 Additional Powers, Duties of Board

• Library: New Jersey Permanent Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through L. 2023, c. 194.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: N.J.S. § 45:6-50

The board shall have the following additional powers and duties, under this act:

a. To examine, admit, and deny persons applying for admission to the practice of dental hygiene;

b. To issue licenses to practice dental hygiene;

c. To certify academic and clinical institutions and hospitals which educate and train persons for the practice of dental hygiene or dental assisting in accordance with standards substantially similar to those of the American Dental Association's Commission on Accreditation of Dental and Dental Auxiliary Educational Programs and Council on Hospital Dental Service and taking into consideration the advice of the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education and the New Jersey Department of Education;

d. To issue certificates of good standing to dental hygienists who hold a valid subsisting license to practice in this State;

e. To establish by rule or regulation, standards for the training and utilization of registered dental assistants and limited registered dental assistants;

f. To establish and recognize councils and committees which may advise and make recommendations to the board on various aspects of the education and practice for dental hygienists, registered dental assistants, limited registered dental assistants or dental assistants;