Section 631.342 - Continuing education: Required courses and training; regulations1. The Board shall adopt regulations concerning continuing education in dentistry, dental hygiene, dental therapy and expanded function dental assistance. The regulations must include: (a) Except as provided in NRS 631.3425, the number of hours of credit required annually;(b) The criteria used to accredit each course, including, without limitation, specific criteria used to accredit a course in teledentistry; and(c) The requirements for submission of proof of attendance at courses.2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, as part of continuing education, each licensee must complete a course of instruction, within 2 years after initial licensure, relating to the medical consequences of an act of terrorism that involves the use of a weapon of mass destruction. The course must provide at least 4 hours of instruction that includes instruction in the following subjects: (a) An overview of acts of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction;(b) Personal protective equipment required for acts of terrorism;(c) Common symptoms and methods of treatment associated with exposure to, or injuries caused by, chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear agents;(d) Syndromic surveillance and reporting procedures for acts of terrorism that involve biological agents; and(e) An overview of the information available on, and the use of, the Health Alert Network.3. Instead of the course described in subsection 2, a licensee may complete: (a) A course in Basic Disaster Life Support or a course in Core Disaster Life Support if the course is offered by a provider of continuing education accredited by the National Disaster Life Support Foundation; or(b) Any other course that the Board determines to be the equivalent of a course specified in paragraph (a).4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 2 and 3, the Board may determine whether to include in a program of continuing education additional courses of instruction relating to the medical consequences of an act of terrorism that involves the use of a weapon of mass destruction.5. Each licensee must complete, as part of continuing education, at least 2 hours of training in the screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment approach to substance use disorder within 2 years after initial licensure.6. In addition to any other continuing education required pursuant to this section, a licensee who holds a special endorsement issued pursuant to NRS 631.285 must biennially complete: (a) At least 2 hours of continuing education concerning the life cycle of diseases, drugs and the administration of immunizations;(b) A course offered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human Services concerning the epidemiology and prevention of diseases that are preventable by immunization;(c) A course of training in the administration of immunizations offered by Immunize Nevada or its successor organization or, if that organization ceases to exist, another organization prescribed by regulation of the Board; or(d) Another course of instruction relating to immunizations that is approved by:(2) The American Dental Association, or its successor organization, or the societies which are a part of it;(3) The American Dental Hygienists' Association, or its successor organization, or the societies which are a part of it;(4) The Academy of General Dentistry, or its successor organization;(5) Any nationally recognized association of dental or medical specialists;(6) Any university, college or community college located inside or outside this State; or(7) Any hospital accredited by The Joint Commission.7. As used in this section: (a) "Act of terrorism" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.4415.(b) "Biological agent" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.442.(c) "Chemical agent" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.4425.(d) "Radioactive agent" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.4437.(e) "Weapon of mass destruction" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.4445.Added to NRS by 1985, 379; A 2003, 2956; 2009, 301; 2019, 3215; 2021, 389; 2023, 3329, 3418Amended by 2023, Ch. 523,§25, eff. 1/1/2024.Amended by 2023, Ch. 513,§24, eff. 1/1/2024.Amended by 2021, Ch. 94,§18.5, eff. 5/25/2021.Amended by 2019, Ch. 532,§87, eff. 1/1/2020.Added to NRS by 1985, 379; A 2003, 2956; 2009, 301