Licensure

[BeachLuvr]

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How does the license process work? I live in Texas. Say, I wanted to go and practice in hmmm....Colorado for a year or two, and then return to Texas to set up camp. Do I have to get licensed to work in Colorado, and then relicensed to come back to Texas? Does each state have a different process? Do you take an exam for licensure ? Is it a long process? Somebody, 'splain please.

Thanks 🙂
Beach

 

[Jone]

you take a regional licensure exam which covers numerous states. i believe Texas and Colorado both accept the CRDTS, so you should be fine.

How does the license process work? I live in Texas. Say, I wanted to go and practice in hmmm....Colorado for a year or two, and then return to Texas to set up camp. Do I have to get licensed to work in Colorado, and then relicensed to come back to Texas? Does each state have a different process? Do you take an exam for licensure ? Is it a long process? Somebody, 'splain please.

Thanks 🙂
Beach

 

[Darksunshine]

I am hoping that we won't have to worry about that when we graduate but, as it stands now for hygiene (and dentistry) is that there are regional boards. Untill very recently CA sat on a HIGH pedastel about theirs for just about every profession (not just dentistry). So if you wanted to practice in CA you had to take their boards REGARDLESS of the number years you had graduated or had been a dentist. Nevada was the same way, although I am not sure if that has changed yet.

The WREB or Western Regional Exam Board is the biggest out west (11 or 12 states), and the CD is next. There is however reciprocity between the wreb and a couple other regional boards so that leaves some flexiblity. Hawaii I believe is still off on there own little planet.

I really like that is it silly when dental schools are training graduates to all take a national board exam, and not a national clinical exam. Personally, being in hygiene for 6 years, I think that the licensure exams should be more standardized especially if the ADA has accredited all these schools and the test in many areas are identical. Like girls in my hygiene class took the CA and NV boards at the same time as the WREB (mega $$$$ to do this) and they said that in some ways they were easier then the WREB. Also when you look at the test's on paper they are asking that you know the same information, and require you to have the same kind of patient (my classmates used one patient for all these boards).

So anyway, that is my 1.50.

 

[ItsGavinC]

The WREB or Western Regional Exam Board is the biggest out west (11 or 12 states), and the CD is next.

Actually, the WREB is accepted in ~30 states, as I recall.

 

[rocknightmare]

is there are three main regions currently?? north east, south, and wreb?

il has its own right?

 

[Darksunshine]

Actually, the WREB is accepted in ~30 states, as I recall.

Sorry gavin, I guess I should clarify. I meant that wreb consists of 11-12 states. I wasn't talking about where the wreb was accepted in that sentence but I can see how it could be interrpreted that way. I know that several areas accept the WREB but I was listing some obvious ones that don't.

Thanks for the opportunity to clarify. 👍

 

[Jone]

IL is a member of both NERB and CRDTS.

take the CRDTS though. it's easier than the NERB.

is there are three main regions currently?? north east, south, and wreb?

il has its own right?

 

[Dr.Smiley-OR]

IL is a member of both NERB and CRDTS.

take the CRDTS though. it's easier than the NERB.

hi everyone!
This is a very interesting thread because I haven't gave much thought about the issue of licensure until I read this thread. Please forgive me for my ignorance, would someone provide me a link to where I can have more information about these 3 board exams:

WREB , CRDTS, and NERB

I want to know what states will accept these board exams, where these exams given (what states give WREB vs. CRDTS vs. NERB), and which exam cover more states than the other two.

Thank you kindly!!!

 

[BeachLuvr]

Thanks for all the helpful responses!

 

[Jone]

http://www.wreb.org/

http://www.nerb.org/

http://www.crdts.org/

hi everyone!
This is a very interesting thread because I haven't gave much thought about the issue of licensure until I read this thread. Please forgive me for my ignorance, would someone provide me a link to where I can have more information about these 3 board exams:

WREB , CRDTS, and NERB

I want to know what states will accept these board exams, where these exams given (what states give WREB vs. CRDTS vs. NERB), and which exam cover more states than the other two.

Thank you kindly!!!

 

[BeachLuvr]

Found one more
http://srta.org/

http://www.wreb.org/

http://www.nerb.org/

http://www.crdts.org/