N.Y. Education Law Section 6608-B
Requirements for certification as a registered dental assistant

To qualify for certification as a registered dental assistant, an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:

(1)

Application: file an application with the department;

(2)

Age: be at least eighteen years of age;

(3)

Fees: pay a fee of forty-five dollars to the department for initial certification and a fee of fifty dollars for each triennial registration period;

(4)

Education and experience: (A) have received a high school diploma, or its equivalent, and (B) have successfully completed, in accordance with the commissioner’s regulations, (i) an approved one-year course of study in dental assisting in a degree-granting institution or a board of cooperative educational services program which includes at least two hundred hours of clinical experience, or an equivalent approved course of study in dental assisting in a non-degree granting institution which shall not be a professional association or professional organization or (ii) an alternate course of study in dental assisting acceptable to the department which shall be provided by a degree-granting institution or a board of cooperative educational services program which includes at least one thousand hours of relevant work experience;

(5)

Examination: pass an examination in dental assisting given by an organization which administers such examinations and which is acceptable to the department; and

(6)

Character: be of good moral character as determined by the department.

Source: Section 6608-B — Requirements for certification as a registered dental assistant, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/6608-B (updated Oct. 25, 2019; accessed Nov. 29, 2025).

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