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Alaska dental CPR/BLS requirements

For dental CPR/BLS requirements in Alaska, Dentovio's sourced CE notes say: CPR certification required (per 12 AAC 28. Confirm current CPR, BLS, hands-on skills, provider, renewal-cycle, and audit rules with the Alaska dental board before renewing.

Official board sourceCE trackerState dental board

Dentist CE

32 contact hours / 2 years (biennial)

Hygienist CE

20 contact hours / 2 years (biennial)

Assistant CE

No state CE requirement for dental assistants for renewal (coronal-polishing certificate renews Dec 31 of even years; DANB-certified assistants follow separate DANB annual CE renewal).

CPR/BLS notes

  • CPR certification required (per 12 AAC 28.

Before renewing

  1. Confirm whether the board requires CPR, BLS, or healthcare-provider BLS.
  2. Check whether an in-person or hands-on skills assessment is required.
  3. Verify whether CPR/BLS counts toward CE hours or is separate from CE.
  4. Keep cards, certificates, and audit records in the board-required format.
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Full renewal-cycle note

Biennial cycle; licenses expire Feb 28 of odd-numbered years and are renewed every two years. Per 12 AAC 28.400: dentists complete >=32 contact hours; hygienists >=20 contact hours (one contact hour = min 50 minutes of instruction). CPR certification required (per 12 AAC 28.920). Opioid/controlled-substance: if the licensee holds a valid federal DEA registration number, at least 2 hours of CE in pain management and opioid use and addiction. The regulation (12 AAC 28.400) does not itself impose a home-study/self-study cap; secondary sources report all hours may be completed by home study and note content limits (e.g., ~3 hrs practice/risk-management, ~2 hrs volunteer charity care) that were not confirmed in the cited regulation text. No infection-control or law/ethics hour mandate found in the regulation.

References

Last verified 2026-07-08 (research confidence: high). Educational summary only, not compliance advice. Confirm current CPR/BLS provider, hands-on, online-only, renewal-cycle, and audit rules with the Alaska board before renewing.