Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1)
Practical or Clinical Examination:
(a)
Currently, the Florida practical or clinical examination is the Dental Hygiene
Examination developed by the American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc. (ADEX)
and administered by the Commission on Dental Competency Assessments (CDCA). Any
ADEX Dental Hygiene Examination administered after June 1, 2010, will meet the
clinical or practical examination requirement, regardless of the jurisdiction
in which the exam was administered.
(b) Dental Hygiene applicants who graduated
from a nonaccredited dental college or school that have failed the practical or
clinical examination after the first attempt, shall successfully complete a
remedial dental hygiene course of a minimum of twenty (20) hours offered by an
educational institution accredited as provided in Section
466.007 (2)(b)1., Florida
Statutes.
(c) Any dental hygiene
applicant, who fails to pass the Practical or Clinical Examination in three (3)
attempts, shall not be eligible for reexamination until the successful
completion of one academic semester of clinical course work at the senior
clinical practice level at a dental hygiene school approved by the American
Dental Association Commission on Accreditation. A failure to comply with the
remedial course work in this paragraph will result in a denial of licensure or
a denial to sit for reexamination.
(d) The Board of Dentistry hereby approves
the practical or clinical Dental Hygiene Examination developed by ADEX. All
ADEX clinical or practical examination procedures, standards, and criteria are
approved and shall remain approved contingent on the Board of Dentistry
maintaining representation on the ADEX House of Representatives and the ADEX
Dental Hygiene Examination Development Committee.
(2) Laws and Rules Examination:
(a) The written examination shall be an
examination covering the laws and rules applicable to the practice of a health
care profession, the practice of dentistry and the practice of dental hygiene
in the State of Florida.
(b) The
examination shall, at a minimum, cover the following subject areas:
1. The provisions of Chapter 466,
F.S.,
2. The provisions of Chapter
456, F.S.; and,
3. The provisions
of Division 64B5, F.A.C.
(c) No more than three percent (3%) of the
examination shall cover the topic of Chapter 456, F.S.
(3) All parts of the ADEX shall be completed
within eighteen (18) months from the initial start of any portion of the
examination or after eighteen (18) months from July 1st of the applicant's last
year of dental hygiene school. A failure to complete all parts of the
examination within the time frames set forth above will require the applicant
to retake the entire examination.
(4) Grading, Passing Results, and Time
Requirements:
(a) The practical or clinical
examination must be completed with a score of seventy-five (75) points or
greater on both portions of the examinations, whether administered in Florida
or another jurisdiction.
(b) The
written examination shall be completed with a seventy-five percent (75%) or
greater.
(5) Historical
Note Florida Dental Hygiene Exam:
(a) On March
23, 2012, legislation became effective, SB 1040, which amended Section
466.007, F.S. Beginning July 1,
2012, the amendment made the Florida Dental Hygiene Exam the hygiene
examination developed by ADEX.
(b)
Prior to the legislative change, the Board voted and implemented the Dental
Hygiene Exam developed by ADEX and set June 1, 2010, as the controlling date
for acceptance of this exam. Preceding June 1, 2010, the hygiene examination
was an independent administered state exam.
(c) In accordance with the applicable rules
and statutes, June 1, 2010, is the earliest date the Board shall accept for a
valid Dental Hygiene Exam developed by ADEX, as this is the earliest date the
Board and Council found the ADEX exam met the requirements of Section 466.007,
F.S.
(6) This rule shall
be reviewed, and if necessary, repealed, modified, or renewed through the
rulemaking process five years from the effective date.
Rulemaking Authority
466.004(4) FS.
Law Implemented 466.007
FS.
New 3-16-82, Amended 5-2-84, 5-19-85, 10-8-85, 12-8-85,
Formerly 21G-2.135, Amended 12-31-86, 10-19-87, 2-21-88, 5-29-88, Formerly
21G-2.0135, 61F5-2.0135, Amended 11-15-95, Formerly 59Q-2.0135, Amended
10-31-01, 7-6-05, 12-31-09, 10-10-10, 12-28-11, 8-8-12, 1-27-15, 9-1-15,
5-3-21, 9-22-22, 5-18-23, 3-24-24.
