Continuing Education for the North Dakota Board of Dental Examiners

All dentists, hygienists, and assistants must submit continuing education! CPR and Infection Control are also required every 2 years. Please see the Continuing education guidelines for information about the continuing education you are required to submit. All continuing education must be submitted on a Continuing Education Registry Reporting Form . The form must be complete including signature and date

North Dakota Dental Association Calendar

Nitrous Oxide

The Board often receives requests for information regarding training of assistants in monitoring nitrous oxide. Nitrous oxide requirements are stated in the Administrative Code 20-02-01-03. To be in compliance with the administrative code, dentists who have assistants monitoring nitrous oxide must ensure they are trained to do so. To assist dentists in providing the necessary training of their assistants, the Board has recommended a DVD course. The course outlines and order forms are available. The Board still accepts courses from NDSCS or MSCTC or other ADA-approved programs. Upon completion of the course, the dentist must complete the Nitrous Oxide course completion form. Dentist must document training in their office as required by Administrative Code 20-02-01-03.

All Continuing Education must be reported to the Board office on the NDSBDE Continuing Education Reporting Form. The form must be complete including signature and date.

Dentists and Hygienists ONLY: DO NOT THROW AWAY YOUR CE CERTIFICATES!! After all the renewal applications have been received, you may be selected for a random audit of your continuing education. Please keep materials that are pertinent to your CE coursework as “proof” in the event of an audit. Examples of items to save are receipts, registration materials, certificates, or cancelled check

Provider Approval for CE Credits:
Please be advised the ND Dental Board does not (at this time) have a formal application process or fee for CE provider approval. Typically if the group providing the CE is approved or has provisional status with the ADA, AGD or several state dental societies, North Dakota will accept the credits. We do not have a board CE committee and all letters for approval are reviewed as appropriate. The credit is on an hour-for-hour basis. Should you have any further questions, please contact the Board office.

Useful Sites:

Requirements: (Starts January 1, 2004)

Dentists: 32 hours per 2 year licensure cycle: 2 hrs of infection control C.E. and CPR per 2 year licensure cycle with a maximum non-clinical hours: 6 and maximum home study: 10 hours

Hygienists: 16 credits per 2 year cycle 2 hrs of infection control C.E. and CPR per prior 24 months with a maximum non-clinical hours: 3 and maximum home study: 5 hours

Registered/Qualified Assistants: 8 credits per calendar year, 2 hours of infection control and CPR every 2 years with a maximum non-clinical hours: 3 and maximum home study: 2

If you were registered late in the year, you will be given until the following renewal period to meet your 8 hour CE requirement; however, you must renew on an annual basis regardless of when you registered.

The board will not provide a certificate of renewal to any licensee who has failed to satisfy the statutory requirements for licensure or registration because of a lack of professional continuing education (North Dakota Administrative Code 20-02-01-06)

Important CE Info:

	Continuing education that is specific to the field of dentistry is considered clinical. Continuing education courses such as self improvement courses, stress management, risk management, meetings etc are considered non-clinical.
	The maximum hours that can be claimed for CPR is 2 hours.
	The infection control requirement can be met by in office training or by formal classroom training.

CE Opportunities:

You may contact any of the Associations listed on the Resources page for upcoming CE Opportunities.

Purchase Licensee List:

The request must be made in writing to the board. Payment must be made at the time of the request. The fee is $100 per list/disk/labels. There is a separate fee for each profession. The fee is $300 for all three professions. There is a separate fee for each profession. The request must indicate specifically what is required (list, disk, or mailing labels). If a disk is required you must be specific as to what file type. (ASCII, dbf, .xls, etc.) We do not provide sensitive information such as SS#, home phone # etc. We will provide date licensed, licensed number, etc.