Arizona Dental Hygienist CE

• Arizona Dental Hygienist Standard Renewal Requirements: Arizona hygienists must complete 45 hours of Board-recognized continuing education every three years and file renewal by the end of their birth-month, 30 days before automatic expiration. At least 30 hours must be live or interactive, as self-study is capped at 15 hours. Required content includes infection-control, CPR/BLS (with hands-on component) and a trio of hours in

  Ethics
  , risk management, AZ jurisprudence or chemical-dependency-related topics. Clinical subjects must total at least 25 hours, while practice-management is limited to 11; additional credit is available for teaching, publications, volunteer charitable care and similar activities that meet R4-11-1209 standards.
  Arizona Legislature
  Arizona Secretary of State
  Arizona Secretary of State

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• Live / “In-Person” Hour Minimum: The rules don’t mandate a “live” minimum, but no more than 15 hours may come from self-study/teaching/volunteer/board-service activities listed in R4-11-1209(A)(4). ⇒ Practically, at least 30 hours must be interactive courses (live, live webinar or similar).

  Justia Regulations

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• General / Elective Hours:

  • ≥ 25 clinical hours (dental/medical health, hygiene services, radiology, pain management, etc.)

  • ≤ 11 hours in practice-management, patient-management or delivery-systems topics.

    Justia Regulations

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• Mandatory Topic Hours information: One 3-hour course devoted to any one of those topics (e.g., a 3-hour ethics class), or Several shorter courses across those topics that add up to 3 hours (e.g., 1 hr ethics + 2 hrs Arizona jurisprudence).

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• First-time renewal: Hygienists who received their initial Arizona license within the 12 months before the first expiration date file the renewal but are exempt from the CE affidavit for that first cycle.

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• Certification alternative: The Board offers no blanket CE waiver—all hygienists must meet the 45-hour rule, though hours earned for an affiliated-practice agreement (R4-11-609) may be applied.