# Montana dental CPR/BLS requirements

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

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

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 Montana dental board before renewing.

## Direct answer

For dental CPR/BLS requirements in Montana, Dentovio's sourced CE notes say: All licensees must maintain current CPR, ACLS, or PALS. Confirm current CPR, BLS, hands-on skills, provider, renewal-cycle, and audit rules with the Montana dental board before renewing.

## CPR/BLS notes

All licensees must maintain current CPR, ACLS, or PALS.

## Renewal CE snapshot

- Dentists: 60 hours / 3 years
- Dental hygienists: 36 hours / 3 years
- Dental assistants: No state CE requirement for dental assistants (ARM 24.138.2110 addresses dentists, hygienists, and denturists only).

## Full renewal-cycle note

Three-year cycle (baseline start 2015), per ARM 24.138.2110. Dentists 60 hrs (if holding anesthesia permit: 20 hrs must be anesthesia-specific for deep sedation/GA, or 12 hrs for moderate sedation, counted within the 60). Hygienists 36 hrs (LPA hygienists +3 hrs on fluoride/topical anesthetics/antimicrobials; limited-access-permit hygienists +12 hrs). Denturists 36 hrs. ALL hours may be completed by home study (no self-study cap). Board does NOT pre-approve courses. All licensees must maintain current CPR, ACLS, or PALS. Infection control is listed as an acceptable clinical subject but no fixed mandatory hour count for infection control, jurisprudence, or opioids in the CE rule. CE does not apply until first full year of licensure.

## Official board source

- <https://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/dentistry/>

## References

- <https://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/dentistry/>
- <https://rules.mt.gov/gateway/RuleNo.asp?RN=24.138.2110>
- <https://www.ada.org/~/media/Project/ADA%20Organization/ADA/ADA-org/Files/Education/Licensure%20by%20State/Montana_Licensure>

## Related

- [Montana dental CE requirements](https://dentovio.com/ce-requirements/montana/index.html.md)
- [Montana online dental CE](https://dentovio.com/online-dental-ce/montana/index.html.md)
- [Montana dental license renewal](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-renewal/montana/index.html.md)
- [Montana dental board](https://dentovio.com/dental-boards/montana/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)