Check out all that has been accomplished by HYPAC and your support. HYPAC continues to advocate for the dental hygiene profession.
1998-General Supervision For Dental Hygienists.
1999- Protect the Educational Integrity of Dental Hygiene: Associate Degree From ADA CODA Accredited Program for licensure
2000-Nitrous Oxide Administration
2002- Expanded Functions for Dental Auxiliaries
2003- Added “Professional Judgment and Skill to Dental Hygienists’ Scope of Practice”
2004-Administration Of Local Anesthesia
2010-Protection Of Continuing Education Standards By Limiting Number of Online CE Credits
2011-Rewrote/redefined definition of a Dental Hygienist
2012-Written Protocol allowing dental hygienists to enter into an agreement with a dentist to provide care, under general supervision, for patients in alternative practice settings: nursing homes, skilled care facilities, nonprofit clinics, and public health programs.
2017 – Teledentistry
2019 – Limited Prescriptive Authority
2020 – Changed Dentists to Dental Hygienist ratio at non-profit clinics like RAM and MOM
2021 – live, interactive webinar is considered to be an in-person continuing education
2023 – Dental Hygiene compact (3rd state with Iowa and Washington), also increased the number of hygienists that can be supervised by a single DDS in public health setting to 5.
