Dentist CE
60 hours / 3 years (triennial)
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State CPR/BLS
New Mexico's dental renewal rules cover CPR and BLS. The board's exact wording, who it applies to, and whether it counts toward CE hours are below.
Dentist CE
60 hours / 3 years (triennial)
Hygienist CE
45 hours / 3 years (triennial)
Assistant CE
30 hours / 3 years (triennial)
Triennial renewal, July 1–June 30 of every third year. Self-study cap: up to 30 hrs may be self-study for dentists (30 live), up to ~22.5 self-study for hygienists; max 8 CE hours creditable in a single day. Mandatory topics: CPR/BLS current at all times; infection control; NM jurisprudence (law/ethics) ~1 hr per cycle; and licensees with an active DEA registration must complete 3 hrs of CE on pharmacology and the risks of controlled substances (opioid/controlled-substance training) per renewal period. Hour totals (60/45/30) confirmed via the NM Regulation & Licensing Dept (RLD) board source; exact mandatory-topic hour allocations per profession are set in NMAC 16.5.10 (dentists), 16.5.23 (hygienists), 16.5.36 (assistants) — some topic-level specifics not individually verified from primary NMAC text, hence medium confidence.