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HRS §447-2

Temporary dental hygienist license rules

The dental board can give a temporary license to a qualified dental hygienist to work only for certain public or nonprofit employers. The license ends when the job ends, after one year, when the person takes the licensing exam, or if the board revokes it.

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The statute, as written — Temporary license

The board of dentistry may issue, without examination, to any person qualified to be examined, a temporary license to practice as a dental hygienist in the employment of the State or any county or any legally incorporated eleemosynary dispensary or infirmary, private school, or welfare center. The temporary license shall authorize the person to whom the license is issued to practice clinical dental hygiene exclusively while engaged in that employment and shall be in force until: (1) The date the person leaves the employment authorized under the temporary license; (2) The three hundred sixty-fifth calendar day following the date of issuance of the temporary license; (3) The date on which the person takes the licensure examination under this chapter; or (4) The date on which the board revokes the temporary license; whichever occurs first; provided that the board may revoke the temporary license at any time for cause.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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