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South Dakota dental assistant online dental CE

Dental assistants in South Dakota: Registered Dental Assistants (RDAs): 60 hours / 5 years (if certified in dental radiography, minimum 5 hours radiography per 5-year period). No state CE requirement for non-registered/chairside dental assistants.. Online/live-course signal from Dentovio's sourced CE notes: Home study/self-study cap: maximum 30 hours per 5-year cycle for all license types. Confirm the current dental assistant live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the South Dakota dental board before enrolling.

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Dental assistant CE snapshot

Registered Dental Assistants (RDAs): 60 hours / 5 years (if certified in dental radiography, minimum 5 hours radiography per 5-year period). No state CE requirement for non-registered/chairside dental assistants.

Last verified 2026-07-08. Research confidence: medium.

Online and live-course signal

Home study/self-study cap: maximum 30 hours per 5-year cycle for all license types.

Before choosing a course

  1. Verify whether live webinar hours count differently from self-paced online CE.
  2. Check caps for correspondence, home-study, self-study, or asynchronous formats.
  3. Confirm provider approval for your role before enrolling.
  4. Keep completion certificates and audit records in the board-required format.

Source language to review

  • Home study/self-study cap: maximum 30 hours per 5-year cycle for all license types.

Full renewal-cycle note

5-year CE cycle. CPR: dentists, hygienists, and RDAs must maintain a current CPR card (AHA Healthcare Provider, ARC Professional Rescuer, or equivalent with hands-on skills assessment). Home study/self-study cap: maximum 30 hours per 5-year cycle for all license types. 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). Governing rules: SD Administrative Rule Article 20:43.

References

Last verified 2026-07-08 (research confidence: medium). Educational summary only, not compliance advice. Confirm current live, online, correspondence, webinar, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the South Dakota board before enrolling.