Which states mention ethics/law in Dentovio's sourced dental CE notes?

Dentovio isolated ethics/law signals for 38 jurisdictions in the current sourced CE notes. Use the table and official board links for planning, then confirm the current requirement with the board.

Dental ethics, law, and jurisprudence CE requirements by state

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Dental ethics, law, and jurisprudence CE requirements by state

Ethics, law, and jurisprudence CE is set state by state, and boards differ on whether it is a named requirement.

Last verified 2026-07-08. Educational planning reference only; each dental board controls final renewal, course, provider, audit, and role-specific rules.

State	Sourced note excerpt	CE page	Official source
Alabama	Dentists: no more than 1/2 of the 20 hours may be by self-study/analog or digital media, journals, internet/correspondence/distance courses; must maintain current BLS via LIVE training (2–4 hrs, AHA/ARC/equivalent), m...	CE guide	Board source
Alaska	No infection-control or law/ethics hour mandate found in the regulation.	CE guide	Board source
Arizona	Dentists: 63 hours per 3 years, of which up to 21 hours may be self-study/online (and charitable) activities; mandatory minimums of 3 hrs opioid education, 3 hrs infectious diseases/infection control, and 3 hrs in eth...	CE guide	Board source
Arkansas	No CPR or law/ethics hour mandate found in the CE rule.	CE guide	Board source
Colorado	No explicit standalone infection-control or law/ethics hour mandate found.	CE guide	Board source
District of Columbia	30 hours / 2 years Reported as 15 hours / 2 years by DC Dental Society summary; some CE-vendor sources state 20 hours / 2 years — value not confirmed against the official DCMR, treat as unconfirmed Dental assistants...	CE guide	Board source
Georgia	Mandatory each renewal: 1 hr legal ethics & professionalism (since Jan 1, 2022) and 2 hrs infection control (on/after Jan 1, 2024).	CE guide	Board source
Hawaii	Ethics: dentists 3 hrs/year (6 hrs/biennium), hygienists at least 2 hrs/biennium.	CE guide	Board source
Idaho	Idaho has a written jurisprudence exam at licensure (not a recurring CE item).	CE guide	Board source
Indiana	Mandatory 2 hrs covering Ethics, Professional Responsibility, and Indiana statutes/administrative rules per period for BOTH dentists and hygienists (828 IAC 1-5-6). Licensure also requires passing the Indiana dental l...	CE guide	Board source
Iowa	Mandatory (min 1 hr each unless noted): infection control; Iowa jurisprudence; CPR/BLS with hands-on clinical component (may claim up to 3 hrs); opioid training for dentists who prescribe; mandatory reporter (child &...	CE guide	Board source
Kansas	Dentists: min 2 hours in ethics; specialists must complete at least 40 of the 60 hours in their specialty. Hygienists: min 1 hour in ethics. No explicit infection control, jurisprudence, or opioid CE mandate found.	CE guide	Board source
Kentucky	No explicit infection control or jurisprudence CE mandate found.	CE guide	Board source
Louisiana	No explicit infection control or jurisprudence CE mandate found for renewal.	CE guide	Board source
Maine	No explicit infection control or jurisprudence CE mandate found.	CE guide	Board source
Maryland	Every OTHER cycle: 2-hr 'Abuse and Neglect as it Relates to Maryland Law' (dentists AND hygienists) and 2-hr 'Proper Prescribing and Disposal of Prescription Drugs' (dentists ONLY; optional for hygienists).	CE guide	Board source
Michigan	60 hours / 3 years 36 hours / 3 years Registered Dental Assistants (RDA): 36 hours / 3 years, same structure as hygienists — 2 hrs pain/symptom management, 1 hr ethics & jurisprudence (incl. Dentists (60 hrs): 3 hrs p...	CE guide	Board source
Minnesota	The rule does not itemize a standalone CPR/BLS, opioid, or ethics hour mandate beyond the infection-control + '2-from-the-list' structure.	CE guide	Board source
Mississippi	41 does NOT itemize a separate mandatory infection-control or ethics course (jurisprudence exam is required only for inactive-to-active or reinstatement).	CE guide	Board source
Missouri	240 does NOT mandate specific topic hours for infection control, jurisprudence, or opioids (beyond the BLS certification requirement).	CE guide	Board source
Montana	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 guide	Board source
New Jersey	NJ Prescription Monitoring Program), 1 hr prescription opioids, 1 hr professional ethics & NJ law/jurisprudence. Hygienist mandatory (6 of 20): 3 hrs CPR (in-person), 1 hr infection control, 1 hr professional ethics/N...	CE guide	Board source
New Mexico	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 o...	CE guide	Board source
New York	Mandatory topics — Dentists: one-time 3-hr dental jurisprudence & ethics course, one-time 2-hr tobacco/oral-health course (first applicable registration), continuous CPR certification, and a State-approved infection c...	CE guide	Board source
North Carolina	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).	CE guide	Board source
North Dakota	Mandatory topics for hygienists (per NDAC 20-04-01-08): min 2 hrs ethics and 2 hrs infection control within the 16.	CE guide	Board source
Ohio	NO separately mandated hour minimums for jurisprudence, ethics, or opioid/controlled-substance CE (infection control, pharmacology, etc.	CE guide	Board source
Oklahoma	MANDATORY for dentists & hygienists: an ethics course every 2 years, and a LIVE, in-person, hands-on CPR/BLS course every 2 years (full-online CPR is NOT accepted regardless of provider — the hands-on compression comp...	CE guide	Board source
South Carolina	No general jurisprudence CE mandate for renewal.	CE guide	Board source
Tennessee	No general jurisprudence CE for renewal (jurisprudence is an initial-licensure exam).	CE guide	Board source
Texas	For dentists and hygienists: minimum 16 of the 24 hours must be scientific/technical (clinical); up to 8 hours may be risk management (record-keeping/HIPAA/ethics). Jurisprudence: TSBDE Jurisprudence Assessment requir...	CE guide	Board source
Utah	No general infection-control or jurisprudence CE mandate in the dental rule.	CE guide	Board source
Vermont	No dedicated infection-control or law/ethics hour mandate found in the board CE rule.	CE guide	Board source
Virginia	No dedicated infection-control, opioid, or jurisprudence hour mandate is set in the CE regulation (VA satisfies jurisprudence via a required exam at initial licensure, not ongoing CE).	CE guide	Board source
Washington	Dental jurisprudence exam counts as 1 hr.	CE guide	Board source
West Virginia	No dedicated law/ethics hour mandate found in the CE rule.	CE guide	Board source
Wisconsin	No dedicated law/ethics hour mandate in the rule; no explicit blanket live-vs-self-study percentage cap found (governed by DE 13 approved-course criteria).	CE guide	Board source
Wyoming	No separate mandated hours found for infection control or law/ethics/jurisprudence (these are listed only as acceptable subject areas).	CE guide	Board source

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Alabama

Dentists: no more than 1/2 of the 20 hours may be by self-study/analog or digital media, journals, internet/correspondence/distance courses; must maintain current BLS via LIVE training (2–4 hrs, AHA/ARC/equivalent), m...

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