§ 6608-b. Requirements for certification as a certified dental assistant. To qualify for certification as a certified dental assistant, an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements: (1) Application: file an application with the department; (2) Age: be at least seventeen 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; and (5) Examination: pass an examination given by an organization which administers examinations for certifying dental assistants and which is acceptable to the department.