Which states mention opioid/controlled substance in Dentovio's sourced dental CE notes?

Dentovio isolated opioid/controlled substance signals for 47 jurisdictions in the current sourced CE notes. Use the table and official board links for planning, then confirm the current requirement with the board.

Mandatory CE topic

Dental opioid and controlled-substance CE requirements by state

Dentovio's mandatory dental CE hub flags state renewal notes that mention opioid, controlled-substance, pain-management, DEA, or MATE Act training. Requirements can depend on prescribing status or DEA registration, so confirm the current rule with the state board and federal DEA guidance before relying on a course.

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

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Jurisdictions with signal

Absence from this table does not prove the state lacks this rule; it means Dentovio did not isolate the signal in the sourced CE note excerpt.

State	Sourced note excerpt	CE page	Official source
Alabama	No opioid/controlled-substance CE mandate found in the rule.	CE guide	Board source
Alaska	Opioid/controlled-substance: if the licensee holds a valid federal DEA registration number, at least 2 hours of CE in pain management and opioid use and addiction.	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	Opioid/controlled-substance: DEA-registered practitioners must complete an 8-hour one-time training on treating/managing patients with opioid or other substance use disorders (federal MATE Act requirement, effective f...	CE guide	Board source
California	Dentists (Dental Board of California): 50 units per 2 years including mandatory 2-unit Infection Control, 2-unit California Dental Practice Act, 2-unit course on Responsibilities and Requirements of Prescribing Schedu...	CE guide	Board source
Colorado	OPIOID/CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: dentists must complete at least 1 hour each cycle on best practices for opioid/benzodiazepine prescribing, substance-use-disorder recognition/referral, and PDMP use.	CE guide	Board source
Connecticut	DENTISTS (25 hrs): must include at least 1 contact hour in each of (A) any three of ten Commissioner-designated topics, (B) infection control in a dental setting, and (C) prescribing controlled substances and pain man...	CE guide	Board source
Delaware	OPIOID/CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: not specified as a CE topic on the board CE page (DE controlled-substance-prescriber CE is handled separately).	CE guide	Board source
District of Columbia	OPIOID/CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: DEA/controlled-substance-registered dentists must complete 2 hrs on abuse/misuse of controlled substances and opioid prescribing.	CE guide	Board source
Florida	Mandatory courses (count toward totals unless noted): 2-hr Prevention of Medical Errors every biennium; 2-hr HIV/AIDS at first renewal; 2-hr Domestic Violence every THIRD biennium; 2-hr safe/effective prescribing of C...	CE guide	Board source
Georgia	Dentist rule also requires 1 hr covering opioid abuse/prescribing. DEA-registered practitioners separately owe the federal MATE Act 8-hr one-time opioid/substance-use-disorder training.	CE guide	Board source
Hawaii	No explicit opioid/controlled-substance CE mandate found in board rules (federal DEA MATE Act may apply to registrants).	CE guide	Board source
Illinois	Opioid: 3 hrs safe-opioid-prescribing for Illinois Controlled Substances registrants; separately, DEA registrants owe the federal MATE Act 8-hr training.	CE guide	Board source
Indiana	Opioid: DEA-registered dentists owe the federal MATE Act 8-hr one-time training.	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	No explicit infection control, jurisprudence, or opioid CE mandate found.	CE guide	Board source
Kentucky	Dentists who prescribe controlled substances: 3 hours in KASPER, pain management, or addiction disorders (counts within the 30).	CE guide	Board source
Louisiana	Dentists: one-time-in-career 3-hour opioid management course (drug diversion, best-practice prescribing of controlled substances, or addiction treatment).	CE guide	Board source
Maine	Dentists who prescribe opioids: 3 of the 40 hours in opioid prescribing training; sedation permit holders: 6 of the 40 hours in sedation/anesthesia.	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
Massachusetts	Mandatory: opioid/safe-prescribing & pain-management CE each licensure cycle for anyone holding a current MCSR and/or DEA registration.	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	Opioid: dentists who prescribe/administer/dispense controlled substances (or propose to) must complete 3 hrs opioid-prescribing CDE each cycle.	CE guide	Board source
Missouri	Biennial (2-year) cycle; reporting deadline Dec 31 of renewal year. 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
Nebraska	Controlled-substance-prescribing dentists: at least 3 hrs biennially on prescribing opiates, including 0. 5 hr on the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) — this opioid/PDMP mandate is cited in secondary/board...	CE guide	Board source
Nevada	Controlled-substance registrants: at least 2 hrs per licensure period on controlled-substance misuse/abuse/opioid prescribing/addiction.	CE guide	Board source
New Hampshire	DEA-registered licensees: 3 CEUs pain management/addiction (or pass an approved online exam).	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	Both dentists and hygienists are mandated reporters and must complete NYSED-approved child abuse identification/reporting training (2 hrs; updated protocol deadline Nov 17, 2026). No specific opioid/controlled-substan...	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
Ohio	NO separately mandated hour minimums for jurisprudence, ethics, or opioid/controlled-substance CE (infection control, pharmacology, etc.	CE guide	Board source
Oklahoma	Dentists must also complete 2 hours of opioid/controlled-substance education.	CE guide	Board source
Oregon	MANDATORY topics (within the totals): at least 3 hours medical emergencies in a dental office; at least 2 hours infection control; at least 2 hours cultural competency; dentists must also complete the 1-hour Oregon-sp...	CE guide	Board source
Pennsylvania	Prescribers of opioids/controlled substances must complete 2 hours of approved education in pain management, identification of addiction, or safe prescribing (Act 124) — required of DEA-registered dentists.	CE guide	Board source
Rhode Island	Controlled-substance (21 CFR) and OSHA (29 CFR 1910) standards are incorporated by reference but no separate opioid/controlled-substance CE hour minimum is itemized in the dental CE rule.	CE guide	Board source
South Carolina	Controlled-substance prescribers must complete at least 2 hours of controlled-substance prescribing/monitoring CE every 2 years (SC Code 40-15-145).	CE guide	Board source
South Dakota	No specific mandated infection-control or opioid/controlled-substance CE topic was found in the board's published overview (beyond CPR and, for hygienists/RDAs, radiography).	CE guide	Board source
Tennessee	05; note the statutory topic is worded 'chemical dependency' — some CE vendors describe it as controlled-substance/opioid prescribing).	CE guide	Board source
Texas	Opioids/controlled substances: dentists with direct patient care must complete at least 4 hours per biennium on safe/effective pain management related to prescribing opioids/controlled substances (a 2-hour DEA-related...	CE guide	Board source
Utah	Opioids/controlled substances: handled under the separate Utah Controlled Substances Act — dentist controlled-substance prescribers must complete at least 2 CE hours on controlled-substance prescribing per licensing p...	CE guide	Board source
Vermont	CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES: dentists who prescribe/dispense controlled substances must complete 2 hrs on controlled substances every 2 yrs — this derives from VT's separate opioid/OPR prescriber rule, NOT from the Board of...	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
West Virginia	DENTISTS additionally: 3 hrs on drug-diversion training + best-practice controlled-substance prescribing + prescribing/administering an opioid antagonist.	CE guide	Board source
Wisconsin	DENTIST: 30 credit hrs / 2 yrs, of which not less than 25 must be clinical dentistry/medicine, and 2 hrs must cover prescribing of controlled substances for the treatment of dental pain.	CE guide	Board source
Wyoming	Biennial (2-year) renewal cycle for dentists and hygienists; renewal deadline December 31 with a grace period Jan 1–Mar 31. Of the 16 dentist hours, 3 hours MUST be on responsible prescribing of controlled substances...	CE guide	Board source