Forms and Publications
Continuing Education Audit Forms
Applications
- Applications for Initial Licensure
- CA RDH Program Director Certification Form
- Certification of Dental Hygiene Clinical Practice (Required for Licensure By Credential and RDHAP Applicants)
- CRDTS Application
- Licensure By Clinical Exam Application Checklist
- Out of State Licensure Certification
- Practice Dental Hygiene through Licensure by Credential
- Practice Dental Hygiene through Licensure by Credential Checklist
- Registered Dental Hygiene through Western Regional Examination Board
- Registered Dental Hygienist in Alternative Practice
- Request for Special Accommodations for taking Written Examination
- National Board Dental Hygiene Scorecard Request
- Request for Hard Fingerprints Cards
- Certifications of California Licensure
- Request for Certification of California RDH License
- Request for Certification of California RDHAP License
- Request for Certification of California RDA License
- Fictitious Name Permit (for RDHAP's)
- FNP Application Information
- FNP Application and Requirements
- Licensee Forms
- Request for Hard Fingerprints Cards
- Address/Name Change
- Name and Gender Change Notification and Request for Confidentiality (SB 372, 2023)
Effective January 1, 2024, under Business and Professions Code section 27.5, licensees may notify the licensing board or bureau within the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) of a name and/or gender change and request confidentiality of the previous name or gender information, when meeting certain specified requirements. For more information and to make a request, click here.
- Activate/Inactivate License
- Retired Licensure
- Reactivation of a Retired License
- Documentation of Registered Dental Hygienist in Alternative Practice Relationship with Dentist
- Please contact us for Live Scan forms, specify license type in the request.
- Request for Duplicate/Replacement License
- Miscellaneous Applications and Forms
- Dental Hygiene Program Complaint Form
- Application for Certification of Out–of–State Dental Hygiene Education in Soft Tissue Curettage, Local Anesthesia, And Nitrous Oxide–Oxygen Analgesia
- Dental Hygiene Practice under Military Orders – HR 7939
- Remedial Education Course Application
Publications
- Publications
- DHBC 2023 Sunset Review Report
- Occupational Analysis of the Registered Dental Hygienist Profession
- Occupational Analysis of the Registered Dental Hygienist in Alternative Practice Profession
- 2019 Leadership Accountability Report
- 2021 Statutes Book
- Revised DHBC 2018 Sunset Review Report to the Legislature
- DHBC 2017–2021 Strategic Plan
- DHBC Sunset Background Paper
- DHBC 2014 Sunset Review Report to the Legislature
- Keys to Educational Laws – A Reference Guide
- PSI Handbook for RDH and RDHAP
- Fingerprint Scanning Required
- Newsletter
- Newsletter
- Archived Newsletters
- 2014 Newsletter
- 2013 Newsletter
- 2010 Newsletter