New York Consolidated Laws, Education Law - EDN § 6608-b. Requirements for certification as a registered dental assistant

(1) Application:  file an application with the department;

(2) Age:  be at least eighteen years of age;

(3) Fees:  pay a fee of forty-five dollars to the department for initial certification and a fee of fifty dollars for each triennial registration period;

(4) Education and experience:  (A) have received a high school diploma, or its equivalent, and (B) have successfully completed, in accordance with the commissioner's regulations, (i) an approved one-year course of study in dental assisting in a degree-granting institution or a board of cooperative educational services program which includes at least two hundred hours of clinical experience, or an equivalent approved course of study in dental assisting in a non-degree granting institution which shall not be a professional association or professional organization or (ii) an alternate course of study in dental assisting acceptable to the department which shall be provided by a degree-granting institution or a board of cooperative educational services program which includes at least one thousand hours of relevant work experience;

(5) Examination:  pass an examination in dental assisting given by an organization which administers such examinations and which is acceptable to the department;  and

(6) Character:  be of good moral character as determined by the department.