La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XXXIII-1611

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 12, December 20, 2024

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:

1. 20 hours of personally attended clinical courses pertaining to the actual delivery of dental services to patients;

2. 10 hours of clinical courses pertaining to the actual delivery of dental services to patients that may be done in person, online or via correspondence; if done online or via correspondence the courses must require the successful completion of a written examination at the conclusion of the course;

3. 3 of the 30 hours listed in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Subsection must include an opioid management course which includes training on drug diversion, best practice prescribing of controlled substances or appropriate treatment for addiction. Successful completion of this three-hour requirement once during a dentists career shall satisfy this requirement in full. A dentist can become exempt from this requirement by submitting to the board a certification form attesting that he has not prescribed, administered, or dispensed a controlled dangerous substance during the entire renewal period.

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.

G.

1. Dentists who successfully complete certification courses in advanced cardiac life support continuing education will be awarded up to 16 hours of clinical continuing dental education. However, dentists completing the shorter recertification course in advanced cardiac life support will be awarded 3 hours of clinical continuing dental education.

2. Dentists who successfully complete the certification courses in pediatric advanced cardiac life support continuing education will be awarded up to 14 hours of clinical continuing dental education. However, dentists completing the shorter recertification course in PALS will be awarded 6 hours of clinical continuing dental education.

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.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XXXIII-1611

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Dentistry, LR 20:661 (June 1994), amended LR 21:569 (June 1995), LR 22:24 (January 1996), LR 22:1216 (December 1996), LR 23:1526 (November 1997), LR 24:1117 (June 1998), LR 25:510 (March 1999), LR 26:489 (March 2000), LR 30:2307 (October 2004), LR 32:244 (February 2006), LR 35:1237 (July 2009), LR 36:2038 (September 2010), LR 37:2151 (July 2011), LR 37:3515 (December 2011), repromulgated LR 38:356 (February 2012), amended LR 38:817 (March 2012), LR 38:1959 (August 2012), LR 39:1282 (May 2013), Amended LR 43956 (5/1/2017), Amended by the Department of Health, Board of Dentistry, LR 4447 (1/1/2018), Amended LR 50210 (2/1/2024).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:760(8) and (13).