(a) Licensure Requirements for Students. All students must possess valid, active licenses as registered dental hygienists issued by the Board and current CPR certification and must have satisfactorily completed a Board-approved course of instruction in periodontal soft tissue curettage, administration of local anesthesia, and administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen in order to be eligible for admission to the program.

(b) Administration/Clinical Training. The clinical training shall be given at a dental school or facility which has a written contract of affiliation for such training with a dental school. An extension program of a university shall not be considered a dental school. Such written contract of affiliation shall include a description of the settings in which the clinical training may be received and shall provide for direct supervision of such training by faculty designated by the dental school. An affiliated facility shall not include a private dental office unless such office is a site approved by the Board on recommendation of a dental school. Each RDHEF Educational Program shall provide the clinical facilities and clinical resources necessary to accomplish training of duties assigned to the RDHEF.

(c) Facilities.

(d) Curriculum Organization/Learning Resources.

(g) Curriculum Content.

(h) Length of Program. The program shall be not less than 90 hours in length and shall be of sufficient length, as determined by the dental school faculty and approved by the Board to ensure that all students will possess the necessary skills to consistently perform extended functions safely on a patient. The Board shall reevaluate the minimum length of the program one year after the effective date of this rule.