Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part XXXIII - Dental Health Profession
Chapter 16 - Continuing Education Requirements
Section XXXIII-1611 - Continuing Education Requirements for Relicensure of Dentists

A. Unless exempted under §1607, each dentist shall complete a minimum of 30 hours of continuing education during each renewal period for the renewal of his/her license to practice dentistry by taking courses approved as set forth in §1615 in the following amounts:

B. Continuing education ordered as a result of disciplinary matters shall not serve as credit for mandatory continuing education unless specifically authorized in a consent decree or in an order issued by the board.

C. Past and present dentist members of the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry are allowed four hours of continuing dental education credit for each meeting of the American Association of Dental Examiners attended by said past or present dentist member.

D. No credit will be given for activities directed primarily to persons preparing for licensure in Louisiana.

E. Dentists who are on staffs of hospitals accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations may receive continuing education credit for those continuing education courses provided by said hospital.

F. Dentists will be awarded three clinical credit hours for successful completion of cardiopulmonary resuscitation course "C", basic life support for healthcare providers as defined by the American Heart Association or the Red Cross professional rescue course. When being audited for compliance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation course completion, a photocopy of the CPR card evidencing successful completion of the course for each year shall be appended to the form.

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H. In order to renew permits for the administration of general anesthesia or moderate sedation, each full licensee shall complete an in person adult sedation course of a minimum of 6 hours pertinent to the level of their sedation permit no less than once every license period, with this requirement only beginning in the second renewal period after the permit is issued. If the permit has a pediatric certification, then the aforementioned 6 hours must address pediatric sedation. If the permit holder has a pediatric certification, the permit holder must take both the adult and the pediatric sedation courses for a total of 12 in-person hours. If the permit holder has a pediatric certification and sedates only persons below the age of 13, and signs a certification to that effect, then only the 6 hour in-person pediatric sedation course is necessary. These hours will count towards the requirement of §1611.A.1 The CPR, ACLS, and PALS courses required in §1503 do not count toward the requirements set forth in this Section. Recertification for deep sedation or general anesthesia as required by the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons every five years shall satisfy this requirement.

I. Dentists successfully completing the calibration training for the administration of the clinical licensing examination administered by a testing agency approved of by the board may be awarded up to 20 hours of clinical continuing education per each renewal period.

J. Louisiana licensed dentists shall be eligible for three hours of clinical continuing education for treating a donated dental service patient (pro bono) from a Louisiana State Board of Dentistry approved agency. The maximum number of hours will be no more than six in any two-year biennial renewal period, and verification of treatment from the agency is mandatory in order to obtain these continuing education credits.