# Louisiana dental CPR/BLS requirements > CPR, BLS, Basic Life Support, hands-on skills, and renewal-cycle signals for Louisiana dental professionals. URL: https://dentovio.com/dental-cpr-requirements/louisiana Last verified: 2026-07-08 Research confidence: high Educational summary only, not compliance advice. CPR/BLS provider, hands-on skills, online-only, and renewal rules can change. Confirm current instructions with the Louisiana dental board before renewing. ## Direct answer For dental CPR/BLS requirements in Louisiana, Dentovio's sourced CE notes say: 30 hours / 2 years 20 hours / 2 years 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) 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. 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. Confirm current CPR, BLS, hands-on skills, provider, renewal-cycle, and audit rules with the Louisiana dental board before renewing. ## CPR/BLS notes 30 hours / 2 years 20 hours / 2 years 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) 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. 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. ## Renewal CE snapshot - Dentists: 30 hours / 2 years - Dental hygienists: 20 hours / 2 years - Dental assistants: 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) ## Full renewal-cycle note 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). ## Official board source - ## References - - - - ## Related - [Louisiana dental CE requirements](https://dentovio.com/ce-requirements/louisiana/index.html.md) - [Louisiana online dental CE](https://dentovio.com/online-dental-ce/louisiana/index.html.md) - [Louisiana dental license renewal](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-renewal/louisiana/index.html.md) - [Louisiana dental board](https://dentovio.com/dental-boards/louisiana/index.html.md) - [All dental CPR/BLS requirement pages](https://dentovio.com/dental-cpr-requirements/index.html.md) - [Dental CE hours tracker](https://dentovio.com/tools/ce-tracker/index.html.md)