Continuing education by subject

Anesthesia and Pain Management

Local anesthesia, sedation, and the safe management of pain, including opioid prescribing.

Hours in Anesthesia and Pain Management count toward your continuing education totals and toward the AGD FAGD and MAGD awards. For Fellowship, up to 150 hours in a single subject count toward the 500. See the FAGD requirements and MAGD requirements for the full picture.

State requirements in Anesthesia and Pain Management

These states mandate a topic that falls within Anesthesia and Pain Management, each attributed to the licensing board. Confirm the current requirement with your board before you rely on it.

• Alabama: 1 hrs prescribing of controlled substances (within the total)
• Alaska: 2 hrs pain management and opioid use and addiction (mandatory only for licensees holding a valid federal dea registration number) (within the total)
• Arizona: 36 hrs clinical / dental & medical health sciences (broad clinical category floor) (within the total) ; 3 hrs opioid education (within the total)
• California: 2 hrs responsibilities and requirements of prescribing schedule ii opioid drugs (effective jan 1, 2023) (within the total)
• Colorado: 1 hrs opioid / substance use prevention training (at least 1 hour per renewal period) (within the total)
• Connecticut: 1 hrs prescribing controlled substances and pain management (within the total)
• District of Columbia: 2 hrs abuse and misuse of controlled substances and opioid prescription practices (controlled-substance prescribers with dea and dc authority only) (within the total)
• Florida: 2 hrs safe and effective prescribing of controlled substances (within the total)
• Georgia: 1 hrs opioid abuse / prescription writing / use of opioids in dental practice (within the total)
• Illinois: 3 hrs safe opioid prescribing practices (controlled substances registration holders) (within the total) ; 9 hrs sedation/anesthesia ce (permit a or permit b holders) (within the total)
• Iowa: 1 hrs opioid prescribing (conditional: required only if the dentist prescribed opioids to a patient during the biennium) (within the total)
• Kentucky: 3 hrs kasper, pain management, or addiction disorders (required for dentists authorized to prescribe controlled substances); 1.5 hours per year or 3 hours per two-year cycle (within the total)
• Louisiana: 3 hrs opioid management course (drug diversion, best-practice controlled-substance prescribing, or addiction treatment) - one-time career requirement (within the total)
• Maine: 3 hrs opioid medication prescribing (condition of prescribing opioids) (within the total) ; 6 hrs sedation and/or anesthesia (condition of holding a board sedation permit) (within the total)
• Maryland: 2 hrs proper prescribing and disposal of prescription drugs; required every other renewal cycle, counts within the 30 when taken (within the total)
• Massachusetts: safe opioid prescribing / pain management training (m.g.l. c. 94c, § 18(e)) (required training, no set hours)
• Michigan: 3 hrs pain and symptom management (within the total)
• Mississippi: 3 hrs opioid / controlled-substance prescribing ce (required only for dentists who prescribe, administer, or dispense a controlled substance, or propose to) (within the total)
• Nebraska: 3 hrs prescribing opiates and prescription drug monitoring program, includes 0.5 hour pdmp (controlled-substance prescribers only) (within the total) ; 6 hrs anesthesia or sedation administration and management (sedation permit holders only) (within the total)
• Nevada: 2 hrs controlled substances misuse/abuse, opioid prescribing or addiction (conditional: only dentists registered to dispense controlled substances) (within the total)
• New Hampshire: 3 hrs pain management or addiction disorder (conditional: required only for licensees who must register with the pdmp and hold a valid dea number; an online examination may substitute for the 3 ceus) (within the total)
• New Jersey: 1 hrs prescription opioid drugs (within the total)
• New Mexico: 3 hrs controlled-substance / opioid prescribing ce (dea registrants only) (within the total)
• New York: 3 hrs nysdoh mandatory prescriber education - pain management, palliative care and addiction (in addition)
• North Carolina: 1 hrs controlled substance / opioid prescribing practices (incl. chronic pain management) (within the total)
• Ohio: 8 hrs one-time opioid / substance use disorder training (federal dea mate act - not an ohio state dental board ce mandate; disputed between extractors) (in addition)
• Oklahoma: 2 hrs opioid and scheduled drug prescribing class (within the total)
• Oregon: 1 hrs oregon pain management (oha pain management commission course) (within the total)
• Pennsylvania: 2 hrs pain management / opioid prescribing (act 124 / abc-map) (within the total)
• South Carolina: 2 hrs prescribing and monitoring controlled substances (licensees with prescribing authority only) (within the total)
• Tennessee: 2 hrs chemical dependency education (within the total)
• Texas: 4 hrs safe and effective pain management related to prescription of opioids and other controlled substances (within the total)
• Utah: 2 hrs controlled substance prescribing ce (dentists who prescribe or hold a controlled substance license only) (within the total)
• Vermont: 2 hrs opioid / controlled-substance prescribing ce (where applicable, i.e. dea registrants or dispensers of controlled substances) (within the total)
• Virginia: 4 hrs anesthesia/sedation administration and monitoring (within the total) ; 2 hrs pain management for schedule ii-iv controlled-substance prescribers (within the total)
• Washington: 3 hrs one-time opioid prescribing best-practices training (within the total)
• West Virginia: 3 hrs drug diversion training, best-practice prescribing of controlled substances, and prescribing/administration of an opioid antagonist (initial licensure only, within one year of first license; not a recurring renewal requirement) (within the total) ; 2 hrs two hours in any one or a combination of: drug diversion training, oral effects of tobacco use, or oral effects of substance abuse (each reporting period). a single 2-hour block satisfies any one option; the two subject slugs are alternatives, not additive hours. (within the total)
• Wisconsin: 2 hrs prescribing of controlled substances for the treatment of dental pain (within the total)
• Wyoming: 3 hrs responsible prescribing of controlled substances (within the total)

Anesthesia and Pain Management courses

We do not have verified Anesthesia and Pain Management courses in the directory yet. Browse the full CE course directory, and check back as it grows.

See also: all subjects · state CE requirements · FAGD/MAGD calculator · course directory

Common questions

Subject areas follow the AGD's published subject codes. CEChart does not accredit courses or certify compliance. Confirm requirements with the AGD and your state board.