NYS Requirements for dentists

NYS Requirements for Dental Hygienists

Dentists holding a New York State license, are required to fulfill the following continuing education requirements under New York State Law:.

• 60 continuing education credit hours every 3 year registration period. 18 out of the 60 credits can be home study.
• NYS Mandated Ethics and Jurisprudence course (once in your lifetime).
• NYS Mandated Tobacco Cessation/Oral Cancer course (once in your lifetime).
• NYS Mandated Child abuse course (once in your lifetime).
• NYS Mandated Infection Control course (once every 4 years).
• CPR course: you must maintain a current certification (varies 1-3 years)  CPR must be taken in person.  

Practice Management courses are not accepted by the NYS Department of Education and can not count toward the 60 credits needed for licensing renewal.

Dental hygienists holding a New York State license are required to fulfill the following continuing education requirements under New York State Law:

• 24 continuing education credit hours every 3 year registration period. 10 out of the 24 credits can be home study.
  
• NYS Mandated Child Abuse course (once in your lifetime).
  
• NYS Mandated Infection Control course (once every 4 years).

When are my renewal dates?

For dentists and dental hygienists, the start of the dental renewal dates are 3 years before your license expires. For example if your license expires on September 30, 2014, you go back 3 years to October 1, 2011 to begin counting your continuing education credits for your license renewal. You can find your license expiration date on the license itself or here through the New York State Department of Education's website.