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APPLICATION FOR DENTAL HYGIENIST LICENSURE
INSTRUCTION SHEET
Selecting Type of Application
The application asks whether you are applying by reciprocity or by examination. Apply by reciprocity if you:
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hold a current Dental Hygienist license in another jurisdiction (state, U.S. territory or District of Columbia), and
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have practiced as a Dental Hygienist at least three of the past five years.
If you do not meet both conditions, you must apply for licensure by examination and sit for the Delaware Practical
Examination in Dental Hygiene.
Information about Required Examinations
All applicants for Dental Hygienist licensure are required to pass the Delaware Jurisprudence Examination. Dental
Hygienists applying by examination must also pass the Delaware Practical Board Examination in dental hygiene.
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The Jurisprudence Written Examination for Dental Hygienists is a multiple-choice test consisting of 20 questions
that are based on the
license law
and Board’s
Rules and
Regulations.
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The Practical Board Examination is offered twice a year, at the beginning of January and May. The deadlines for
applications to sit for the exams are December 1 for the January exam and April 1 for the May exam. The exam is
limited to 36 candidates on each date. It is important to submit your application before the deadline for the exam
you want to take. For more information about the exam, click
Practical Board
Examination.
Applying by Examination: Requirements Before the Practical Examination
You must submit the documentation in this section in order to be approved to sit for the Practical Board Examination.
Additional documentation listed in the next section is required to be considered for licensure when you have passed the
exam.
Submit completed, signed and notarized
Application for Dental Hygienist Licensure
by the exam deadline.
Enclose payment for the following non-refundable fees by check or money order made payable to “State of Delaware.”
You may combine the fees in one payment.
processing fee
examination fee
– If you fail to sit for the examination in the month you select on the application, you will forfeit
this fee. You cannot transfer it to the next examination date.
If you choose to submit your application after the deadline for the exam you want to take (April 1 for the May exam or
December 1 for the January exam), enclose the non-refundable
Late Exam
fee. This fee is in addition to the
processing and examination fees.
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You will be admitted to the exam only if a seat is still available.
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If no seat is available, you will forfeit both the examination fee and late fee that you paid. To register for the
next exam date, it is not necessary to re-apply and pay the processing fee again, but you must pay the
examination fee again. You cannot transfer it to a later examination date.
Enclose a copy of your current cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification card.
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The Board office must receive this document by the exam deadline.
Revised 9/2017