Dental Hygienists
New MexicoActive
- Exam
- State + third-party exam
- Education
- Degree
- Experience
- None
- Background check
- Required
Licensees to practice dental hygiene
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- Both state and third-party exams required
- Education
- Degree required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Certification
- No mention of certification
- Experience
- No experience
- Background check
- Background check required
- Physical requirement
- No physical requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- New Mexico Regulation & Licensing Department
- Division
- Boards and Commissions Division
- Board
- New Mexico Board of Dental Health Care and NM Dental Hygienist Committee
- Address
- 2550 Cerrillos Road, Second Floor P.O. Box 25101 Santa Fe, NM 87505
- Phone
- (505) 476-4622
- Agency website
- https://www.rld.nm.gov/boards-and-commissions/individual-boards-and-commissions/dental-health-care-overview/
- Licence page
- https://www.rld.nm.gov/boards-and-commissions/individual-boards-and-commissions/dental-health-care-overview/
- Last updated
- September 5, 2024
Occupations (O*NET)
- Dental Hygienist 29-1292.00
- Dental Hygienist 31-9091.00
Source and verification
This record is New Mexico's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
Before you apply, confirm every detail with New Mexico Board of Dental Health Care and NM Dental Hygienist Committee — see the issuing body section above.
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