Dental hygienist CE snapshot
75 hours / 5 years (minimum 5 hours in dental radiography per 5-year period)
Last verified 2026-07-08. Research confidence: medium.
Role-specific online CE
South Dakota dental hygienist online dental CE
Dental hygienists in South Dakota: 75 hours / 5 years (minimum 5 hours in dental radiography per 5-year period). 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 hygienist live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the South Dakota dental board before enrolling.
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
- 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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- 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.