# Minnesota dental CPR/BLS requirements

> CPR, BLS, Basic Life Support, hands-on skills, and renewal-cycle signals for Minnesota dental professionals.

URL: https://dentovio.com/dental-cpr-requirements/minnesota

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 Minnesota dental board before renewing.

## Direct answer

For dental CPR/BLS requirements in Minnesota, Dentovio's sourced CE notes say: The rule does not itemize a standalone CPR/BLS, opioid, or ethics hour mandate beyond the infection-control + '2-from-the-list' structure. Confirm current CPR, BLS, hands-on skills, provider, renewal-cycle, and audit rules with the Minnesota dental board before renewing.

## CPR/BLS notes

The rule does not itemize a standalone CPR/BLS, opioid, or ethics hour mandate beyond the infection-control + '2-from-the-list' structure.

## Renewal CE snapshot

- Dentists: 50 hours / 2 years
- Dental hygienists: 25 hours / 2 years
- Dental assistants: Licensed Dental Assistants: 25 hours / 2 years (min 15 fundamental, max 10 elective) — same as hygienists. Dental therapists follow the 50-hr dentist track.

## Full renewal-cycle note

Biennial (24-month) cycle ending on the last day of the licensee's birth month in an even- or odd-numbered year (MN Rules 3100.5100). Dentists & dental therapists: 50 hrs (min 30 fundamental, max 20 elective). Hygienists & licensed dental assistants: 25 hrs (min 15 fundamental, max 10 elective). Mandatory: an infection control course every cycle (must primarily address patient safety/health per 3100.6300 & ch. 6950), PLUS each licensee must complete at least 2 courses from a specified mandatory-topic list each cycle. Dentists holding anesthesia/sedation permits owe an additional 15 hrs in anesthesia topics. No carryover of excess hours. The rule does not itemize a standalone CPR/BLS, opioid, or ethics hour mandate beyond the infection-control + '2-from-the-list' structure.

## Official board source

- <https://mn.gov/boards/dentistry/>

## References

- <https://mn.gov/boards/dentistry/>
- <https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/3100.5100/>

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