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Board discusses attestation for RDAs and plans statewide fingerprint requirement for license renewals
Summary
Board staff proposed adding an attestation on Registered Dental Assistant renewals and said the agency will require fingerprint-based state ID (SID) numbers for licensees who lack them beginning in 2026; committee members generally supported the plan and asked staff to notify licensees and provide extended renewal windows and operational details.
At the continuing education and licensing committee meetings, staff proposed adding an attestation to the Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) renewal form and told members the agency will require fingerprint-based state identification (SID) numbers for licensees who do not already have one. The agency said the SID requirement will take effect in January 2026 and that licensees without an SID will be required to submit fingerprints at renewal.
Lede: Staff showed committee members screenshots of the current RDA renewal application, which already contains attestations about continuing-education compliance and a final attestation that the applicant's answers are true under penalty of perjury. The committee discussed whether to expand wording or require employer co-signatures; staff advised that the attestation about CE is what allows the agency to open disciplinary action when falsified.
Nut graf: The committee endorsed continuing to use…
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