Dental hygienist CE snapshot
20 hours / 2 years
Last verified 2026-07-08. Research confidence: high.
Role-specific online CE
Rhode Island dental hygienist online dental CE
Dental hygienists in Rhode Island: 20 hours / 2 years. Online/live-course signal from Dentovio's sourced CE notes: No explicit live-vs-self-study cap stated. Confirm the current dental hygienist live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the Rhode Island dental board before enrolling.
Online and live-course signal
No explicit live-vs-self-study cap stated.
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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Source language to review
- No explicit live-vs-self-study cap stated.
Full renewal-cycle note
2-year cycle; licenses expire June 30 of even-numbered years, renewal due by May 1 of even-numbered years. MANDATORY: minimum of 1 hour PER YEAR (i.e., part of each cycle) of training on the CDC Infection Control Guidelines for all dentists, hygienists, and assistants; current Basic Life Support (BLS/BCLS) Healthcare-Provider certificate with a hands-on component per American Heart Association guidelines; annual OSHA training for those in a dental setting. 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. No explicit live-vs-self-study cap stated. Records retained ~5 years; subject to random audit. Regulation: RI 216-RICR-40-05-2.