Washington State dental hygienists are required to have proof of 15 hours of CE per year for re-license. The courses must relate to dental hygiene. No specifications are made that limit on-line courses. The clinical dental team must also have BLS for health care providers certification by the American Heart Association.
For New Graduates: An initial license is issued with an expiration date of the hygienist’s upcoming birthday. If that birth date is within 90 days of initial license issue date, then the expiration date will be the following birth date, with CE requirements to be met prior to that reissue date. If your birth date for renewal is over one year from the license issue date, then the CE requirement must be met prior to the renewal at your birth date the following year.
December 2, 2011: Joint UW/WSDHA CE Event: Shoreline Conference Center, 18560 1st Ave NE, Shoreline 98155
A. Morning Session: Kathy S. Forbes, RDH, BS: Periodontal Disease: Dental Hygiene Treatment & Management
B. Afternoon Session: John C. Versnell, III, JD: Legal Issues in Dentistry
8:00 am Registration, Class 8:30 - 4:30 (7 CEUs)
- $100 for ADHA members;
- $100 for SADHA Students;
- $260 for Dentists:
- $120 for non member hygienists and staff members.
Administration of Local Anesthesia for Dental Hygiene Practitioners Course: January 19-21, 2012 at Idaho State University at the Pocatello Campus. Click here for more information.
ADHA provides on-line CE courses: $15 for members; $30 for non-members. 2 CE credits. Go to adha.org
Free Web Course on Cross-Cultural Communication
UMDNJ in collaboration with the NY/NJ Public Health Training Center invites you to participate in a free web-based interactive learning experience. Communicate to Make a Difference: Exploring Cross-Cultural Communication. This course, in three modules, introduces many facets of culture and communication in a real-world public health scenario. Learners must make decisions while discovering communication strategies they can employ in their daily work. The course is designed for public health professionals and may be completed at one’s own pace within a 30-day period. Completion requires approximately six hours. For more information go to the web site: www.nynj-phtc.org/cc or call Robyn Shumer at (732) 235-9451.
New CE options available on-line: www.dentaltown.com.
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New On-Line CE Course on oral health for people with special needs.
Approved by the California Dental Board to satisfy the 150 hour requirement for the RDH in Alternative Practice license in