New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions - State Board for Dentistry

New York dentist CE requirements

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

What the board requires

• 60 hrsTotal per triennial cycle.
• 3 hrsDental jurisprudence and ethics course (one-time), counted within the total.
• 2 hrsOral health effects of tobacco / oral cancer course (one-time), counted within the total.
• 2 hrsIdentification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment (one-time), counted within the total.
• 0 hrsState-approved infection control / barrier precautions course (every 4 years), counted within the total.
• 12 hrsCPR coursework countable toward CE (12h CEILING, not a minimum), counted within the total.
• 3 hrsNYSDOH Mandatory Prescriber Education - pain management, palliative care and addiction, in addition to the total.
• Min 42 hrsMinimum live-course hours (at least seven-tenths / 70% of the total must be live).
• Up to 18 hrsMaximum self-instructional / self-study hours (18 of 60).
• RequiredCurrent CPR certification - live/in-person, continuously maintained, from an approved provider (e.g., AHA, ARC) (does not count toward CE hours).

Common questions

Source: New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions - State Board for Dentistry (https://www.op.nysed.gov/professions/dentists). PROPOSAL - not verified; for Brian's sign-off. Jurisdiction US-NY. Both blind extractors returned found:true, agree on the primary board identity (NYSED Office of the Professions, State Board for Dentistry), and agree on the core numeric spine: 60 contact hours per 36-month (triennial) registration period; at least seven-tenths (42h) live; maximum 18h self-instructional/self-study; no carryover; strict sponsor rule (ADA CERP, AGD PACE with national approval, NYSDA, NYSED, accredited colleges - sponsor must have ≥1 full-time employee working ≥30 hrs/week for post-2000 courses).\n\nWHY FLAGGED (not extracted_agree): (1) child_abuse counting disagreement (A=unclear vs B=within); (2) opioid/prescriber counting is 'unclear' in BOTH extractions - genuine within-vs-additive ambiguity, the #1-error field, modeled 'additive' conservatively; (3) excludedFormats disagreement over 'teaching'; (4) child_abuse subjects disagreement over implicit_bias; (5) several load-bearing statutory quotes are secondary-only (FindLaw mirror) because Justia/op.nysed Part 61 returned 403.\n\nCONDITIONAL TOPIC: opioid/prescriber education applies ONLY to dentists holding a DEA registration to prescribe controlled substances (triggerFlag=prescribesControlledSubstances). It is a distinct NYSDOH statute (Public Health Law 3309-a), not the NYSED dental CE law.\n\nRECURRING (non-annual) TRIGGERS: infection contro EXTRACTION FLAGS (why this is not yet verified): - CHILD_ABUSE COUNTING DISAGREEMENT: Extractor A set counting='unclear' (CE Q&A lists child-abuse reporting as an acceptable CE subject, but the Mandated Child Abuse Training page frames it as a separate one-time licensure requirement and does not state it counts toward the 60); Extractor B set counting='within'. Assembled as 'within' (best-supported) - REQUIRES human verification. - OPIOID/PRESCRIBER COUNTING UNRESOLVED: BOTH extractors set counting='unclear'. No primary source states whether the 3h NYSDOH prescriber education (Public Health Law 3309-a, DEA prescribers only) counts within the 60 dental CE hours or is additive. Topic-counting vocab allows only within/additive, so modeled 'additive' as the conservative (safe-from-under-compliance) choice - this is a GUESS pending human sign-off. - EXCLUDED FORMATS DISAGREEMENT: Extractor A excluded [teaching, publication]; Extractor B excluded only [publication]. The op.nysed exclusion text both cited names 'faculty teaching' AND 'writing for journals/making videos', so teaching is retained in the assembled doc, but the extractors did not agree on it. - CHILD_ABUSE SUBJECTS DISAGREEMENT: Extractor A tagged subjects=[child_abuse, implicit_bias] citing the updated curriculum (Chapter 56 of 2021 added implicit-bias/ACEs content, all licensees due ~April 1, 2025); Extractor B tagged only [child_abuse]. Assembled with [child_abuse] (agreed core); implicit_bias inclusion unresolved. - SECONDARY-ONLY SOURCE: Extractor B's statutory quotes for ethics (3h), oral-cancer/tobacco (2h), and the 18h self-study cap trace to a FindLaw mirror (codes.findlaw.com), NOT a live primary source - B reports Justia and the op.nysed Part 61 regulation page returned HTTP 403. These proof-of-'within' and self-study-cap quotes are secondary-only. - SELF-STUDY 18h CAP PROVENANCE: The 18h ceiling is verbatim in Education Law 6604-a per Extractor B (via FindLaw mirror); Extractor A treats 18 as merely derived (60 - 42) and not stated as a standalone verbatim board number. Numeric value agrees (18) but the primary-source verbatim is not confirmed on a live board/state-code page. - INFECTION CONTROL HOURS = 0 IS A PLACEHOLDER: Both extractors agree NY mandates the infection-control course every 4 years but assigns NO fixed contact-hour count (content-defined, length varies by provider). Do NOT read 0 as zero hours. - CPR MODELING DIFFERENCE: Extractor A modeled CPR as a topic (12h ceiling, within, medical_emergencies); Extractor B modeled CPR only as a required credential and noted CPR hours count within (up to 12/triennium). Assembled doc keeps BOTH representations (topic with 12h CAP + requiredCredentials entry). 12 is a ceiling, not a minimum. - CHILD_ABUSE HOUR COUNT MAY CHANGE: NY expanded the child-abuse coursework mandate effective ~April 1, 2025; the exact hour count of the expanded curriculum should be re-verified (currently 2h). - SOURCE REACHABILITY: Extractor A reports the direct op.nysed license-requirements/continuing-education URL returns 404; Extractor B reports the op.nysed Part 61 regulation page and Justia return 403. Authoritative live page relied upon is the op.nysed '.../dentists/continuing-education-q-a' Q&A. These are the published requirements as we read them, not legal or board advice, and CEChart does not certify compliance. Confirm your requirements with New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions - State Board for Dentistry before you rely on them.