- Apply online
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Getting started
Online Application Instructions
Online application instructions are on our website.
Once you have completed the process, you will find your pending credential number on Provider Credential Search. Refer to this credential number any time you contact the Department of Health or submit paperwork.
- Apply on paper
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The following forms are required for completing the application process. Please download and print forms.
- Dental Assistant Registration Application (PDF)
- Dental Assistant Sealant Varnish Endorsement (PDF)
- Dental Assistant Expired Registration Activation Application (PDF)
- Dental Assistant Portability of Professional Licenses of Members of the Uniformed Services and Their Spouses Application (PDF)
- Credential Verification (PDF)
- Renewal Requirements
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Dental assistants must renew their registration every year. Credentials expire on the credential holder's birthday and may be renewed within 90 days of the expiration date. A courtesy renewal notice will be mailed to your address on record. You must keep your address current with us. Any renewal postmarked or presented to the department after midnight on the expiration date is late.
Fee Schedule
- See fee information below
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- Application - $40
- Renewal - $25
- Late renewal - $25
- Expired reactivation - $20
- Duplicate - $15
- Verification - $25
- Sealant endorsement - $50
Fees submitted with applications for initial credentialing, examinations, renewal, and other fees associated with the licensing and regulation of the profession are non-refundable, per WAC 246-12-340.
Process for Approving/Denying Applications
We finish the final review for approval after a credentialing specialist verifies that the application is fully complete and complies with requirements in chapter 18.260 RCW and chapter 246-817 WAC. We complete background checks and make sure applicants have submitted required fees. Credentialing supervisors and lead workers have the authority to approve routine applications. The disciplining authority may conduct further review if the credentialing supervisor can't verify that the applicant meets all requirements. We'll formally notify applicants of a denial. Those applicants may request a hearing to appeal the decision.