New Jersey § 45:6-56
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 45:6-56, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 45:6-56.
a. (1) Every two years, at the time of license renewal , each person licensed to practice dental hygiene in this State shall provide the board with a certified statement, upon a form issued
and distributed by the board, that such licensed person has attended, or participated in not less than 20 hours of continuing education
in dental hygiene as follows: lectures or study club sessions dealing with clinical subjects, college
post-graduate courses, scientific sessions of conventions, research on clinical subjects,
service as a clinician or any other such evidence of continuing education which the
board may approve. (2) Every two years, at the time of registration renewal, each person registered as
a registered dental assistant or limited registered dental assistant in this State
shall provide the board with a certified statement, upon a form issued and distributed
by the board, that such registered person has attended, or participated in not less
than 10 hours of continuing education in dental assisting as follows: lectures or
study club sessions dealing with clinical subjects, college post-graduate courses,
scientific sessions of conventions, research on clinical subjects, service as a clinician
or any other such evidence of continuing education which the board may approve. b. The board shall notify each licensed or registered person of any failure to comply
with this requirement, and shall further notify said person that upon continued failure
to comply for a period of three months from the date of notice, the board may, at
its discretion take action pursuant to section 11 of this act. 1 c. The board, in its discretion, may waive any of the requirements of this section
in cases of certified illness or undue hardship to be determined on an individual
basis. 1
N.J.S.A. § 45:6-58.
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