Continuing dental education for dentists.

20-02-01-06. Continuing dental education for dentists. Each dentist shall maintain documentation of attendance or participation in continuing clinical dental education in accordance with the following conditions: 1. Continuing education activities include publications, seminars, symposiums, lectures, college courses, and online education. 2. The continuing dental education hours accumulate on the basis of one hour of credit for each hour spent in education. Subject matter directly related to clinical dentistry will be accepted by the board without limit. 3. The minimum number of hours required within a two-year cycle for dentists is thirty-two. Of these hours, a dentist may earn no more than sixteen hours from self-study. Self-study is an educational process designed to permit a participant to learn a given subject without involvement of a proctor or without the opportunity to interact in real-time with the proctor. A qualified professional may act as a proctor who oversees a clinical continuing education course which may be used for classroom style continuing education credits. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation courses must provide hands-on training. All other continuing education requirements may be satisfied from online education that allows for real-time interaction between attendees and the proctor. The continuing education must include: a. At least two hours of ethics or jurisprudence. Passing the laws and rules examination is the equivalent of two hours of ethics or jurisprudence. b. At least two hours of infection control. This requirement may be met by attending a federal occupational safety and health course for dental providers. c. A cardiopulmonary resuscitation course. d. For sedation and anesthesia permitholders: (1) At least six hours related to sedation or anesthesia; and (2) At least two hours related to anesthesia emergencies based on actual adverse anesthesia events or actual closed insurance claims. Content offered by insurance providers or licensees of the board, including content offered by dentists who hold sedation permits issued by the board, may be approved by the board. e. No more than two hours related to practice management or administrative aspects of dentistry. 4. Mere registration at a dental convention without specific attendance at continuing education presentations is not creditable toward the continuing dental education requirement. Certificates awarded for continuing education must indicate the name of the continuing education provider, date, and number of hours of continuing education. Certificates obtained from webinar courses must indicate the course was a live webinar. 5. All dentists shall hold a current cardiopulmonary resuscitation certificate. General anesthesia, deep sedation, and moderate sedation providers shall maintain current advanced cardiac life support or pediatric advanced life support certification as determined by the age of the patients treated. A dentist who utilizes minimal sedation shall maintain basic life support certification. 6. Effective January 1, 2028, all dentists who administer general anesthesia, deep sedation, or moderate sedation shall complete successfully an approved anesthesia simulation training course within one year prior to or after this date and complete anesthesia simulation training 20 successfully every five years thereafter. Proof of completion of this requirement must be submitted to the anesthesia site evaluator as required in subsection 5 of section 20-02-01-05. 7. The board may audit the continuing education credits of a dentist. Each licensee shall maintain certificates or records of continuing education activities from the previous renewal cycle. Upon receiving notice of an audit from the board, a licensee shall provide satisfactory documentation of attendance at, or participation in the continuing education activities. Failure to comply with the audit is grounds for nonrenewal of or disciplinary action against the license. 8. A dentist who maintains a license on inactive status is not subject to continuing education requirements. History: Effective October 1, 1993; amended effective May 1, 1996; August 1, 1998; June 1, 2002; April 1, 2006; October 1, 2007; January 1, 2011; April 1, 2015; July 1, 2017; July 1, 2022; October 1, 2024; April 1, 2026. General Authority: NDCC 43-28-06 Law Implemented: NDCC 43-28-06, 43-28-16.2, 43-51.1-03