HRS §447-5
Rules for starting a dental hygiene school
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗A nonprofit dental clinic can start a school to train dental hygienists. Students must have a high school diploma or equivalent. They can finish in at least two years, but cannot work as hygienists until they get a license.
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The statute, as written — Dental hygiene school
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Any legally incorporated eleemosynary dental dispensary or infirmary, maintaining proper standards and equipment, may establish for students a school of dental hygiene, providing courses of study in oral hygiene. All such students, upon entrance, shall be required to present satisfactory evidence of graduation from a high school or its equivalent in education. They may be graduated in not less than two years as dental hygienists, but shall not practice until licensed as provided in this chapter.
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