Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 2301 - Regulations Adopted by the Mississippi State Board of Dental Examiners › Chapter 1 › Rule 30-2301-1.41 - BOARD REGULATION NUMBER 41-CONTINUING EDUCATION

Current through June 25, 2024
Purpose: To Establish Continuing Education
				  Requirements of Dentists and Dental Hygienists.
1. Continuing Dental Education (CDE)
				requirements will be effective on July 1, 1993 immediately following adoption
				of this regulation by the Mississippi State Board of Dental Examiners, and the
				continuing education period shall be from January 1 through December 31 of each
				year effective January 1, 2014.
2.
				Every licensed dentist shall be required to have forty (40) hours documented,
				approved continuing education. Every year thereafter, each licensed dentist
				shall have forty (40) hours of continuing education for the previous two (2)
				consecutive years. Approved CDE shall consist of courses approved by the
				American Dental Association (ADA), Academy of General Dentistry (AGD),
				Mississippi Dental Association (MDA), Mississippi Dental Society (MDS),
				National Dental Association (NDA), or other courses or activities specifically
				approved by the Board for CDE credit. No more than four (4) hours per year on
				the subject of CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) shall be allowed toward the
				two-year, forty-hour requirement, and dentists successfully completing an
				eight-hour, two-year CPR certification course are allowed to use four (4) hours
				each year, of the total eight (8) hours, toward fulfilling the two-year,
				forty-hour CDE requirement. Furthermore, licensees successfully completing a
				16-hour Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) course may use eight (8) hours
				each year, of the total sixteen (16) hours, toward fulfilling the two-year,
				forty-hour CDE requirement, and licensees successfully completing an 8 hour
				ACLS course, a Board-approved general anesthesia review course, or an
				equivalent Board-approved course, may use four (4) hours each year, of the
				total eight (8) hours, toward fulfilling the two-year, forty-hour CDE
				requirement. Finally, dentists may attend courses offered and approved by any
				of the additional organizations listed in Section 3 of this Regulation and use
				such attendance as a means of fulfilling continuing education requirements.
3. Every licensed dental hygienist
				shall be required to have twenty (20) hours documented, approved continuing
				education. Every year thereafter, each licensed dental hygienist shall have
				twenty (20) hours of continuing education for the previous two (2) consecutive
				years. Approved CDE for dental hygienists shall consist of courses approved by
				the Mississippi Dental Hygienists' Association (MDHA), American Dental
				Hygienists' Association (ADHA), MDA, MDS, AGD, ADA, NDA, or other courses or
				activities specifically approved by the Board for CDE credit. No more than four
				(4) hours per year on the subject of CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) shall
				be allowed toward the two-year, twenty-hour requirement, and dental hygienists
				successfully completing an eight-hour, two-year CPR certification course are
				allowed to use four (4) hours each year, of the total eight (8) hours, toward
				fulfilling the two-year, twenty-hour CDE requirement. Furthermore, licensees
				successfully completing a 16-hour Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) course
				may use eight (8) hours each year, of the total sixteen (16) hours, toward
				fulfilling the two-year, twenty-hour CDE requirement, and licensees
				successfully completing an 8-hour ACLS course, a Board-approved general
				anesthesia review course, or an equivalent Board-approved course, may use four
				(4) hours each year, of the total eight (8) hours, toward fulfilling the
				two-year, twenty-hour CDE requirement.
4. To fulfill the forty (40) required
				continuing education hours during the two-year reporting period, licensed
				dentists shall obtain a minimum of twenty (20) hours of clinical continuing
				education. To fulfill the twenty (20) required continuing education hours
				during the two-year reporting period, licensed dental hygienists shall obtain a
				minimum of ten (10) hours of clinical continuing education. Clinical continuing
				education is defined as personal attendance at clinical courses pertaining to
				the actual delivery of dental services to patients.
5. Every dentist who prescribes, administers,
				or dispenses any controlled substance within the State of Mississippi, or who
				proposes to engage in the prescribing, administering, or dispensing of any
				controlled substance within the State of Mississippi, shall be required to
				obtain three (3) hours of continuing education every two (2) years regarding
				the prescription of opioids. Such continuing education shall be considered
				clinical continuing education and shall be exempt from the personal attendance
				requirement as heretofore required for clinical continuing education courses.
				In other words, as an alternative to personally attending courses regarding the
				prescription of opioids, dentists also may obtain this required clinical
				continuing education through Internet webinars and computer-based, video,
				audio, reading and/or correspondence/home study courses, and dentists must
				ensure compliance with the post-study examination requirements set forth in
				Section 7.
6. In addition to the
				providers listed in Sections 2 and 3 above, ADA-accredited dental, dental
				hygiene, and dental assisting teaching institutions may offer programs,
				seminars, or courses for dentists and dental hygienists as a means of
				fulfilling continuing education requirements. Prior to offering dental and
				dental hygiene continuing education programs, seminars, or courses, these
				institutions must request approval or sponsorship from the providers listed in
				Sections 2 and 3 above, or from the Board on a course-by-course basis. Approval
				or sponsorship of these programs, seminars, or courses must be clearly noted on
				seminar, program, or course brochures and all certificates of completion.
7. Continuing education credit
				will be given for computer-based courses, video courses, audio courses,
				reading, and/or correspondence/home study courses on a limited basis. All such
				above-enumerated courses shall be sponsored/approved by any one or more of
				those organizations listed in Sections 2 and 3 above, or licensed dentists and
				dental hygienists may obtain prior Board approval of any such courses on a
				course-by-course basis. In fulfilling the required continuing education hours
				set forth in Sections 2 and 3 for licensed dentists and dental hygienists, a
				maximum of twenty-five percent (25%) of the required coursework may be
				computer-based, video, audio, reading and/or correspondence/home study courses
				per two-year continuing education reporting period. Furthermore, a post-study
				examination must be a part of any of the above-enumerated courses, and licensed
				dentists and dental hygienists shall ensure they successfully complete and
				retain a copy of such post-study examination and any other documentation
				stipulated by Section 10. Provided the course directly relates to the practices
				of dentistry or dental hygiene, attendance at approved Continuing Medical
				Education (CME) courses may be used to satisfy the minimum continuing education
				requirements of Sections 2 and 3 above. Continuing education credit will be
				given for attendance at the business sessions of state and district meetings
				for those providers listed in Sections 2 and 3 above.
8. Instructors of Continuing Education
				Courses only shall receive one-time credit for a course, and shall receive the
				same credit for the course as participants.
9. Unless otherwise ordered by the Board,
				continuing education hours required by disciplinary order shall not be used to
				satisfy the continuing education requirements for license renewal.
10. A record of courses taken, the date,
				location, number of hours for such course, and certificates of
				attendance/successful course completion shall be kept by the dentist or
				hygienist for a minimum of three (3) years from the date of attendance and
				shall be made available for review at any time by any member of the Board or by
				any designated agent of the Board. Further, when a Board member or any
				designated agent thereof shall conduct any authorized investigation, any and
				all continuing education records will be reviewed and/or audited by such Board
				member or authorized agent during the course of the investigation. Finally,
				when any licensee is noticed to appear before the Board to show cause why that
				licensee's dental or dental hygiene license should not be suspended, revoked,
				or have other action taken against it, that licensee is required to present
				proof of compliance with this Regulation.
11. Each dentist or dental hygienist shall
				certify on the annual renewal form his or her compliance with the continuing
				education requirements stipulated herein.
12. False certification of the number of
				hours completed, or the failure to attend and complete the required amount of
				CDE shall subject the dentist or hygienist to disciplinary action, including
				revocation of license.
13. The
				following disciplinary actions will be taken against dentists and dental
				hygienists not meeting the requirements set forth in item number 11 above:
First Offense: Five Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($500.00)
				  fine.
Second Offense: One Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($1,000.00)
				  fine plus a thirty (30) day suspension of license.
Third Offense: Five Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($5,000.00)
				  fine plus a six (6) month suspension of license.
14. Any dentist or dental hygienist
				requesting a change from inactive to active status is not required to meet the
				continuing education or cardiopulmonary resuscitation requirements for the
				reporting period during which that dentist or dental hygienist was inactive.
				However, any dentist or dental hygienist requesting active status must, within
				the previous twelve (12) months prior to requesting active status, be current
				in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and have acquired twenty (20) and ten (10)
				hours of continuing education, respectively.
15. Any dentist or dental hygienist
				requesting reinstatement of a license which was voided for a failure to
				re-register or which was revoked must, within the previous twelve (12) months
				prior to requesting licensure reinstatement, be current in cardiopulmonary
				resuscitation and have acquired twenty (20) and ten (10) hours of continuing
				education, respectively.
16. The
				continuing education requirements outlined herein do not pertain to radiology
				courses/seminars or the mandatory radiologic safety courses and continuing
				education as required by Miss Code Ann. §§
									41-58-1,
				41-58-3,
				and
				41-58-5,
				and all radiology course offerings require such prior approval as that
				delineated in Rule
				1.25 --Board Regulation 25.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										73-9-19.