Michigan Dentists CE Requirements, Accreditations & Approvals
Michigan Dental Professionals
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imply acceptance by
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10/1/2021
to 9/30/2027
Provider ID #217994.
The Michigan Board of Dentistry accepts courses from any provider who is ADA or AGD approved.
Continuing Education
The Michigan Board of Dentistry accepts NetCE courses
Dentists are required 60 hours every three years, 30 hours of which may be completed asynchronously. Specific requirements include:
- Three (3) hours in pain and symptom management, every three years.
- One (1) hour in dental ethics and jurisprudence including delegation to allied dental personnel, every three years.
- One (1) hour in infection control, including sterilization of hand pieces, personal protective equipment, and CDC Guidelines, every three years.
- NEW Beginning June 1, 2022, an applicant for licensure or registration must have completed a minimum of two (2) hours of implicit bias training within the 5 years immediately preceding issuance of the license or registration. For every renewal thereafter, in addition to completing any continuing education required for renewal, reregistration, or relicensure, an applicant must have completed a minimum of one (1) hour of implicit bias training for each year of the applicant's license or registration cycle. Instruction must be synchronous/interactive or asynchronous teleconference or webinar. Unless prohibited by the code or rules, this training may be used to satisfy other training or continuing education requirements for license renewal. (Per MI Public Health Code R 338.7004 eff 5/16/2024.)
- NEW Beginning with applications and renewals on and after May 28, 2024, licensed prescribers or dispensers of controlled substances must complete training in opioids and controlled substances awareness, every renewal period. Delegatees (other than a physician's assistant), or those allowed by practice agreement, or order to prescribe or dispense a controlled substance by a licensed prescriber or dispenser must complete a controlled substances training one time during the applicable license cycle. Topics may be obtained from more than one program. (Per MI Board of Pharmacy R 338.3135 eff 5/28/2024)
- All licensees have a training requirement in identifying victims of human trafficking, one-time only. (Per MI R 338.11271)
Beginning with DEA initial registrations or renewals starting June 27, 2023, all DEA-registered practitioners (with the exception of DVM-only license holders) are required 8 hours on treating and managing patients with opioid or other substance use disorders, including the appropriate clinical use of all FDA-approved drugs for the treatment of a substance use disorder; or the safe pharmacological management of dental pain and screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment of patients with (or at risk of developing) opioid and other substance use disorders, one-time only.
Dental Hygienists and Dental Assistants are required 36 hours every three years, 18 hours of which may be completed asynchronously. Specific requirements include:
- Two (2) hours in pain and symptom management, every three years.
- One (1) hour in dental ethics and jurisprudence including delegation to allied dental personnel, every three years.
- One (1) hour in infection control, including sterilization of hand pieces, personal protective equipment, and CDC Guidelines, every three years.
- NEW Beginning June 1, 2022, an applicant for licensure or registration must have completed a minimum of two (2) hours of implicit bias training within the 5 years immediately preceding issuance of the license or registration. For every renewal thereafter, in addition to completing any continuing education required for renewal, reregistration, or relicensure, an applicant must have completed a minimum of one (1) hour of implicit bias training for each year of the applicant's license or registration cycle. Instruction must be synchronous/interactive or asynchronous teleconference or webinar. Unless prohibited by the code or rules, this training may be used to satisfy other training or continuing education requirements for license renewal. (Per MI Public Health Code R 338.7004 eff 5/16/2024.)
- All licensees have a training requirement in identifying victims of human trafficking, one-time only. (Per MI R 338.11271)
All Accreditations and Approvals
License Renewal Instructions
For More Information
Please contact the Michigan Bureau of Professional Licensing at (517) 241-0199, or visit the Board of Dentistry website at https://www.michigan.gov/lara/bureau-list/bpl/health/hp-lic-health-prof/dental for additional information regarding your continuing education.
Implicit Bias training: https://www.michigan.gov/-/media/Project/Websites/lara/bpl/Shared-Files/Implicit-Bias-Training-FAQs.pdf - All Licensees (multiple professions).