# Dentist CPD requirements: North Carolina (USA)

> Dentists in North Carolina (USA): 15 clock hours each calendar year. Cycle, details and official source. With the verbatim quote and date read.

Source: https://hajto.de/en/tools/cpd-requirements-by-country/north-carolina  
Last updated: 2026-10-17T16:10:36Z  
German version: https://hajto.de/fortbildungspflicht/north-carolina.md

- **Authority:** North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners
- **Applies to:** Dentists licensed in North Carolina
- **As of:** 17 October 2026

## Requirement

15 clock hours each calendar year

> "every dentist shall complete a minimum of 15 clock-hours of continuing education each calendar year."  
> Source: [21 NCAC 16R .0201 Continuing Education Required](http://reports.oah.state.nc.us/ncac/title%2021%20-%20occupational%20licensing%20boards%20and%20commissions/chapter%2016%20-%20dental%20examiners/subchapter%20r/21%20ncac%2016r%20.0201.pdf), 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"  
> Source: [21 NCAC 16R .0201 Continuing Education Required](http://reports.oah.state.nc.us/ncac/title%2021%20-%20occupational%20licensing%20boards%20and%20commissions/chapter%2016%20-%20dental%20examiners/subchapter%20r/21%20ncac%2016r%20.0201.pdf), 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"  
> Source: [21 NCAC 16R .0201 Continuing Education Required](http://reports.oah.state.nc.us/ncac/title%2021%20-%20occupational%20licensing%20boards%20and%20commissions/chapter%2016%20-%20dental%20examiners/subchapter%20r/21%20ncac%2016r%20.0201.pdf), North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings (NC Administrative Code), read on 17 October 2026

> "Courses taken to maintain CPR certification shall not count toward the mandatory continuing education hours"  
> Source: [21 NCAC 16R .0201 Continuing Education Required](http://reports.oah.state.nc.us/ncac/title%2021%20-%20occupational%20licensing%20boards%20and%20commissions/chapter%2016%20-%20dental%20examiners/subchapter%20r/21%20ncac%2016r%20.0201.pdf), North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings (NC Administrative Code), read on 17 October 2026

## Official sources

- [21 NCAC 16R .0201 Continuing Education Required](http://reports.oah.state.nc.us/ncac/title%2021%20-%20occupational%20licensing%20boards%20and%20commissions/chapter%2016%20-%20dental%20examiners/subchapter%20r/21%20ncac%2016r%20.0201.pdf), North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings (NC Administrative Code)

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