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Texas Dental CE

Texas State Board of Dental Examiners Required Dental Continuing Education. AGD PACE (National) Approved.

Dental Continuing Education, AGD PACE, Dental CE

Texas State Board of Dental Examiners CE Requirements:

Texas State Board of Dental Examiners Continuing Education Requirements (Click Here):

All Texas Dental licensees holding an active license to practice in Texas must biennially collect a minimum of twenty four (24) hours of appropriate continuing education, as required by the Occupations Code at Section 257.005, and the Rules and Regulations at TSBDE Chapter 104 after your first biennial renewal and before each subsequent renewal.  

Click here for the list of approved continuing education course providers.

The following conditions and restrictions shall apply (As per Rule 104.1):

At least 16 hours of coursework must be either technical or scientific as related to clinical care. The terms “technical” and “scientific” as applied to continuing education shall mean that courses have significant intellectual or practical content and are designed to directly enhance the practitioner’s knowledge and skill in providing clinical care to the individual patient.

Up to 8 hours of coursework may be in risk-management courses. Acceptable “risk management” courses include courses in risk management, record-keeping, and ethics.

Up to 8 hours of coursework may be self-study. These self-study hours must be provided by those entities cited in Rule 104.2 of this title (relating to Providers). Examples of self-study courses include correspondence courses, video courses, audio courses, and reading courses. Hours of coursework in the standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) or in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may not be considered in the 24-hour requirement.

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training may be used towards continuing education hours.

Hours of coursework in practice finance may not be considered in the 24-hour requirement.

Each licensee shall complete the jurisprudence assessment every four (4) years. Completion of the Jurisprudence Assessment may not be considered in the 24-hour requirement.

Each dentist who is permitted by the Drug Enforcement Agency to prescribe controlled substances shall complete every three years a minimum of two hours of continuing education in the abuse and misuse of controlled substances, opioid prescription practices, and/or pharmacology. This continuing education may be utilized to fill the continuing education requirements of annual renewal.

Controlled Substances - Effective January 1, 2021

Effective January 1, 2021, a licensed dentist whose practice includes direct patient care must complete at least four (4) CE hours for each biennial renewal, regarding safe and effective pain management related to the prescription of opioids and other controlled substances. The courses taken to satisfy the safe and effective pain management requirement must include education regarding the following:

  • Reasonable standards of care
  • The identification of drug-seeking behavior in patients, and 
  • Effectively communicating with patients regarding the prescription of an opioid or other controlled substance

 

These four (4) hours may be used to satisfy the technical and scientific requirement.

NEW- Prescribing and Monitoring Controlled Substances (111.1)

Each Dentist who is permitted by DEA to prescribe controlled substances shall conduct at least one self-query through the PMP of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy. https://www.pharmacy.texas.gov/PMP/

Effective March 1, 2020, prior to prescribing or dispensing opioids, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, or carisoprodol, a dentist shall access the patient’s prescription drug history report through the Texas State Board of Pharmacy’s Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP). https://www.pharmacy.texas.gov/PMP/

Beginning September 1, 2020, each dentist who is permitted by DEA to prescribe controlled substances must complete two (2) CE hours related to approved procedures of prescribing and monitoring controlled substances; 

  • For dentists authorized to prescribe controlled substances before 09/01/2020, the two (2) hours must be completed by 09/01/2021
  • For dentists who are authorized to prescribe controlled substances on or after 09/01/2020, the two (2) CE hours must be completed by the first anniversary of obtaining the DEA permit.

 

Once a DEA permit holder has taken the two (2) hour course, they are not required to take the course again. The two (2) hours may be taken to satisfy the recordkeeping CE requirement. 

Human Trafficking Prevention Training for Health Care Practitioners

Beginning September 1, 2020, certain health care practitioners who provide direct patient care must complete an approved human trafficking prevention training course in order to renew their license. In order to satisfy the training requirement, the course must be approved by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

Health care practitioners are in a unique position to intervene in human trafficking, one of the most insidious and seemingly invisible public health challenges. This includes both labor and sex trafficking, and may involve people of any age, gender, race/ethnicity, nationality, immigration status, or sexual orientation. Victims and survivors of human trafficking may be seen at local clinics, emergency departments, or other medical settings and the health care team’s actions at that moment can make a life-saving difference. This training is meant to provide you with a variety of resources to inform and support planning for that critical response.

All Dental Health Care Personnel, including Dentists, Hygienists and Dental Assistants.

Training courses must be approved by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC). You can find more information on HHSC’s Health Care Practitioner Human Trafficking Training webpage.

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