Idaho State Board of Dentistry (Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses)

Idaho dentist CE requirements

The published continuing-education requirements for a Idaho dental license, laid out clearly so you can see the whole picture before your renewal.

What the board requires

• 30 hrsTotal per biennial cycle.
• RequiredCurrent Basic Life Support (BLS) certification must be maintained by practicing licensees; not counted as CE hours (does not count toward CE hours).

Common questions

Source: Idaho State Board of Dentistry (Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses) (https://dopl.idaho.gov/bod/). RECONCILIATION SUMMARY (Idaho dentist CE hours requirement). (a) FULL AGREEMENT. Extractor A and Extractor B agree on the entire numeric spine, both drawing the CE requirement from the same primary source (Idaho Administrative Code IDAPA 24.31.01, Section 100.06, effective 7-1-24, on the official adminrules.idaho.gov portal). Agreed values adopted verbatim: cycle 24 months / biennial; totalHours 30 verifiable oral-health/health-related CE credits per renewal (one credit equals one hour of instruction; may be satisfied by verifiable CE or by verified volunteer dental practice); topics empty; formatCaps empty; excludedFormats empty; provider accepts state_approved with strict=false; carryover maxHours 0; BLS as a required non-counting credential in requiredCredentials (not a CE topic). The only trivial field difference was the BLS credential type casing (A used "bls", B used "BLS"); adopted lowercase "bls". (b) WITHIN vs ADDITIVE. Not applicable. There are no mandated subject topics in the current codified rule, so topics is empty and no within/additive determination is required. The 7-1-24 zero-based-regulation rewrite reduced the entire codified CE requirement to Section 100.06, with Sections 101-199 RESERVED (empty). The current rule contains NO mandated subject topics, NO delivery-format caps or floors, NO excluded formats, and NO named accreditation body (no CERP/PACE/state-approved-provider language); it requires only that CE be verifiable and oral-health/health-related. Provider is recorded as state_approved / strict:false to reflect that the board accepts broad verifiable CE without a named accreditor. Board wording, Section 100.06 in full: "A licensee renewing an active status license shall report 30 oral health/health-related continuing education hour credits to the Board of verifiable CE or volunteer practice." (c) WHY FLAGGED (flagged_ambiguous). Three reasons. (1) CYCLE-BASIS CONFLICT: both extractors land on 24 months / biennial, but their supporting evidence conflicts. A cites Idaho Code 54-920 (via the ADA licensure summary, a SECONDARY compilation, not the primary statute portal) describing renewal "prior to September 30 of every even-numbered calendar year." B cites the DOPL Board of Dentistry page describing a mid-transition to BIRTHDAY-BASED biennial expiration effective August 1, 2026, with licenses issued for at least two years. As of today (2026-07-15) that transition is imminent, so the Sept-30-even-year deadline in A's citation may be stale. The lengthMonths (24) and label (biennial) are not in dispute; the renewal-timing detail is. (2) MIRROR-ONLY CYCLE SOURCE: the cycle citation quote is sourced to the ADA summary mirror, not fetched from the primary Idaho statute portal. (3) UNVERIFIED: all citations carry verified=false; no field has been operator-confirmed against a live primary fetch. reviewStatus cannot be extracted_agree while a cycle-basis conflict, a mirror-only cycle source, and unverified sourcing remain. Never verified_live: a human operator must sign off. (d) EXTRACTION FLAGS (human reviewer must check each): - FLAG 1 (cycle timing): Reconcile A's "September 30 of every even-numbered calendar year" (Idaho Code 54-920 via ADA mirror) against B's "birthday-based biennial expiration effective August 1, 2026" (DOPL board page). Determine which timing rule governs renewals occurring after Aug 1, 2026. Both agree on 24-month biennial length regardless. - FLAG 2 (cycle source quality): The cycle citation is a mirror (ADA compilation of Idaho Code 54-920), not the primary Idaho legislative portal. Confirm against primary statute if the renewal-timing detail matters for compliance. - FLAG 3 (stale third-party sources): Multiple CE vendor pages (NetCE, Elite Learning, toothnerd, dentalcenetwork) STILL list pre-2024 Idaho provisions that are NOT in the current IDAPA 24.31.01 (7-1-24) primary text: an 8-credit self-study cap, a 1-credit opioid-prescribing requirement, "CPR card" phrasing, and a volunteer-practice formula (1 credit per 2 volunteer hours, up to 10 credits). Both extractors independently confirmed these are absent from the current rule; DOPL/board material notes the opioid-prescribing CE credit is no longer required. These old caps/topics are intentionally omitted here. Reviewer should confirm none survive in an uncodified board policy. - FLAG 4 (volunteer-practice cap): The current rule permits the 30 credits to be met via "verifiable CE or volunteer practice" but states NO explicit numeric cap on volunteer credit (the old up-to-10 cap is not in the current text). Confirm whether any cap applies in practice. - FLAG 5 (verification): Every citation is verified=false. Primary IDAPA PDF was read via the official portal (which redirects to an Azure blob backend) but not operator-confirmed. Recommend a live primary fetch of IDAPA 24.31.01 Section 100.06 and Idaho Code 54-920 before go-live. This is a current hours requirement extraction, not a verified or complete legal determination. These are the published requirements as we read them, not legal or board advice, and CEChart does not certify compliance. Confirm your requirements with Idaho State Board of Dentistry (Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses) before you rely on them.