# North Carolina dental CPR/BLS requirements > CPR, BLS, Basic Life Support, hands-on skills, and renewal-cycle signals for North Carolina dental professionals. URL: https://dentovio.com/dental-cpr-requirements/north-carolina Last verified: 2026-07-08 Research confidence: medium Educational summary only, not compliance advice. CPR/BLS provider, hands-on skills, online-only, and renewal rules can change. Confirm current instructions with the North Carolina dental board before renewing. ## Direct answer For dental CPR/BLS requirements in North Carolina, Dentovio's sourced CE notes say: 15 hours / year (annual; ~30 per 2 years) 6 hours / year (annual; ~12 per 2 years) No general CE requirement for basic dental assistants; DA II must maintain CPR and complete CE as needed to retain expanded functions Annual renewal (license year ends March 31; CE measured per calendar year). 0102 ALL 6 hrs may be self-study if a post-course test and certificate are obtained, and courses must relate to clinical patient care from a Board-approved sponsor; current CPR certification required IN ADDITION to the 6 hrs (CPR hours do NOT count toward the 6). Hygienists administering local anesthetics: maintain CPR plus 2 hrs/year covering local-anesthetic technique, contraindications, complications, and dental office emergencies. Confirm current CPR, BLS, hands-on skills, provider, renewal-cycle, and audit rules with the North Carolina dental board before renewing. ## CPR/BLS notes 15 hours / year (annual; ~30 per 2 years) 6 hours / year (annual; ~12 per 2 years) No general CE requirement for basic dental assistants; DA II must maintain CPR and complete CE as needed to retain expanded functions Annual renewal (license year ends March 31; CE measured per calendar year). 0102 ALL 6 hrs may be self-study if a post-course test and certificate are obtained, and courses must relate to clinical patient care from a Board-approved sponsor; current CPR certification required IN ADDITION to the 6 hrs (CPR hours do NOT count toward the 6). Hygienists administering local anesthetics: maintain CPR plus 2 hrs/year covering local-anesthetic technique, contraindications, complications, and dental office emergencies. ## Renewal CE snapshot - Dentists: 15 hours / year (annual; ~30 per 2 years) - Dental hygienists: 6 hours / year (annual; ~12 per 2 years) - Dental assistants: No general CE requirement for basic dental assistants; DA II must maintain CPR and complete CE as needed to retain expanded functions ## Full renewal-cycle note Annual renewal (license year ends March 31; CE measured per calendar year). Hygienists: 6 clock hrs/year; per rule 21 NCAC 16I .0102 ALL 6 hrs may be self-study if a post-course test and certificate are obtained, and courses must relate to clinical patient care from a Board-approved sponsor; current CPR certification required IN ADDITION to the 6 hrs (CPR hours do NOT count toward the 6). Hygienists administering local anesthetics: maintain CPR plus 2 hrs/year covering local-anesthetic technique, contraindications, complications, and dental office emergencies. Dentists: 15 hrs/year (secondary sources indicate at least ~8 must be live/interactive and cite a ~1 hr jurisprudence and opioid-prescribing component for DEA registrants). Dentist-specific self-study cap and mandatory-topic detail are set in dentist rule 21 NCAC 16B .0102, which could not be retrieved from a primary source in this pass (board/OAH PDFs returned TLS/connection errors) — hence medium confidence on dentist caps and mandatory topics; hour totals are high-confidence. ## Official board source - ## References - - - - ## Related - [North Carolina dental CE requirements](https://dentovio.com/ce-requirements/north-carolina/index.html.md) - [North Carolina online dental CE](https://dentovio.com/online-dental-ce/north-carolina/index.html.md) - [North Carolina dental license renewal](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-renewal/north-carolina/index.html.md) - [North Carolina dental board](https://dentovio.com/dental-boards/north-carolina/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)