Louisiana dental CE requirements
Continuing education for license renewal in Louisiana, by role. Confirm current rules with the board before you rely on them.
Dental assistant
No state CE requirement (Expanded Duty Dental Assistants are certified via an approved EDDA course, radiology training, and current CPR, but no ongoing CE mandate is specified)
Role pageRenewal cycle & mandatory topics
Biennial; licenses valid for two years, staggered by last name (A-L renew odd years, M-Z even years), expiring Dec 31; CE reported via CE Broker by Dec 31. Dentists: 30 hrs, of which 20 must be personally-attended clinical courses (remaining 10 may be online/correspondence with a written exam). Hygienists: 20 hrs, of which 12 must be personally-attended clinical (remaining 8 may be online/correspondence). All licensees must maintain current BLS certification at all times (counts as 3 personally-attended clinical hours); sedation/anesthesia permit holders must also hold ACLS or PALS. Dentists: one-time-in-career 3-hour opioid management course (drug diversion, best-practice prescribing of controlled substances, or addiction treatment). No explicit infection control or jurisprudence CE mandate found for renewal. Per La. Admin. Code tit. 46, Part XXXIII, Ch. 16 (Section 1611 dentists, 1613 hygienists).
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Dentist requirement — Louisiana
30 hours / 2 years
30 hours to go
0 of 30 toward this cycle (best-effort parse — confirm exact rules with the board).
Cycle & mandatory topics
Biennial; licenses valid for two years, staggered by last name (A-L renew odd years, M-Z even years), expiring Dec 31; CE reported via CE Broker by Dec 31. Dentists: 30 hrs, of which 20 must be personally-attended clinical courses (remaining 10 may be online/correspondence with a written exam). Hygienists: 20 hrs, of which 12 must be personally-attended clinical (remaining 8 may be online/correspondence). All licensees must maintain current BLS certification at all times (counts as 3 personally-attended clinical hours); sedation/anesthesia permit holders must also hold ACLS or PALS. Dentists: one-time-in-career 3-hour opioid management course (drug diversion, best-practice prescribing of controlled substances, or addiction treatment). No explicit infection control or jurisprudence CE mandate found for renewal. Per La. Admin. Code tit. 46, Part XXXIII, Ch. 16 (Section 1611 dentists, 1613 hygienists).