West Virginia dental license renewal

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For dental license renewal in West Virginia, use the official board for filing forms, fees, deadlines, and final instructions. Dentovio summarizes the renewal CE signals: dentists need 35 hours / 2 years; dental hygienists need 20 hours / 2 years; dental assistants: No specific CE hour count published for dental assistants in the CE rule (W.Va. CSR 5-11); EDDA/expanded-duties credentials require board-approved coursework. Verify directly with the WV Board of Dentistry.. Renewal-cycle notes: BIENNIAL (W.Va. CSR §5-11-3). Dentist: not less than 35 hrs / 2 yrs; Hygienist: not less than 20 hrs / 2 yrs. Reporting due Feb 1 of even-numbered years. MANDATORY TOPICS (both): 2 hrs infection control each reporting period; a current healthcare-provider BLS/CPR certification (hands-on; counts toward CE; internet-only BLS not accepted unless it includes a skills exam with a certified instructor). DENTISTS additionally: 3 hrs on drug-diversion training + best-practice controlled-substance prescribing + prescribing/administering an opioid antagonist. SELF-STUDY CAPS: up to 80% of the requirement may be supervised self-instruction (online); non-supervised self-instruction is capped at 10% of the requirement. No dedicated law/ethics hour mandate found in the CE rule.