Requirement
15 clock hours each calendar year
every dentist shall complete a minimum of 15 clock-hours of continuing education each calendar year.
21 NCAC 16R .0201 Continuing Education Required · North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings (NC Administrative Code) · read on 17 October 2026
Period / cycle
Calendar year.
a minimum of 15 clock-hours of continuing education each calendar year
21 NCAC 16R .0201 Continuing Education Required · North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings (NC Administrative Code) · read on 17 October 2026
Details
Prescribers of controlled substances: 1 of the required hours on prescribing practices. CPR courses do not count.
one hour of the total required continuing education hours shall consist of a course designed to address prescribing practices
21 NCAC 16R .0201 Continuing Education Required · North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings (NC Administrative Code) · read on 17 October 2026Courses taken to maintain CPR certification shall not count toward the mandatory continuing education hours
21 NCAC 16R .0201 Continuing Education Required · North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings (NC Administrative Code) · read on 17 October 2026