Dental hygienist CE snapshot
30 hours / 2 years
Last verified 2026-07-08. Research confidence: high.
Role-specific online CE
Iowa dental hygienist online dental CE
Dental hygienists in Iowa: 30 hours / 2 years. Online/live-course signal from Dentovio's sourced CE notes: Self-study capped at 12 hours per renewal period for all licensees/registrants. Confirm the current dental hygienist live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the Iowa dental board before enrolling.
Online and live-course signal
Self-study capped at 12 hours per renewal period for all licensees/registrants.
Before choosing a course
- Verify whether live webinar hours count differently from self-paced online CE.
- Check caps for correspondence, home-study, self-study, or asynchronous formats.
- Confirm provider approval for your role before enrolling.
- Keep completion certificates and audit records in the board-required format.
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- Self-study capped at 12 hours per renewal period for all licensees/registrants.
Full renewal-cycle note
Biennial. 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 & dependent adult abuse) training, renewed every 3 years; sedation permit holders 6 hrs; RDAs with radiography 2 hrs radiography. Self-study capped at 12 hours per renewal period for all licensees/registrants. Carryover from prior period: up to 15 hrs (dentists/hygienists/faculty), up to 10 hrs (RDAs); carryover cannot apply to CPR, infection control, jurisprudence, radiography, or opioid categories. Governed by IAC 481-Chapter 573.