§447-1.5 Community service license. (a) The board of dentistry may issue, without examination, a community service license to practice dental hygiene in the employment of a federally qualified health center, Native Hawaiian health center, community health center, rural health clinic, mobile dental outreach program, or post-secondary dental auxiliary training program accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation. Community service licensees under this section shall abide by the requirements and conditions placed upon those fully licensed under this chapter.
Eligible candidates shall:
No person who, after July 2, 2004, has failed to pass the license examination administered under this chapter may be issued a community service license.
(b) Community service licensees shall actively participate in a formal and ongoing program of clinical quality assurance.
(c) A license may be renewed annually, pending review and reauthorization of the board of dentistry.
(d) A community service license authorizes the licensee to practice dental hygiene only within the employment of an eligible organization and shall be in force until the earliest of the following occurs:
(e) Commissioned officers of the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, the United States Public Health Service, or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs practicing in a federally qualified health center or Native Hawaiian health systems center, shall qualify for a community service license to practice dental hygiene, which may be issued for the term of the dental hygienists federal duty assignment. Officers shall provide to the board of dentistry: