<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0-000004 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:43:03:07"><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0-000000">20:43:03:07</span></a><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0-000001">.  Continuing education requirements -- Dentists.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0"> A dentist </span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">shall complete at least</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0"> 100 hours of board</span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">approved continuing education in each five-year licensure cycle. </span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">One hour of continuing education may be earned for each hour of attendance at a board-approved continuing education course.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">    Fifty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0"> hours of the required </span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">100</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0"> hours must be </span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">academic</span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">. Academic hours must directly relate to the provision</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0"> </span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">of clinical dental services and meet one of the following criteria:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">    (1)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">  </span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">The course must be taken physically at a dental school accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation</span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">    (2)  The</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0"> course presenter </span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">shall</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0"> be affiliated with a dental school accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation</span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">    (3)  The provider organization shall be approved by the American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">    (4)  The provider organization shall be approved by the Academy of General Dentistry Program Approval For Continuing Education</span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">    Credit for nutrition</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0"> continuing education</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0"> is limited to 15 hours per five-year licensure cycle. Credit for practice management</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0"> continuing education</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0"> is limited to </span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">ten</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0"> hours per five-year licensure cycle. Credit for home study </span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">continuing education</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0"> is limited to 30 hours per five-year licensure cycle. Credit for cardiopulmonary resuscitation continuing education is limited to 15 hours per five-year licensure cycle.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0"> Credit for clinical continuing education is unlimited per five-year licensure cycle. Up to five hours of clinical continuing education may be earned for attendance at exhibits at a state, regional, or national dental conference.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">    Dentists holding a general anesthesia and deep sedation</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">, </span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">moderate sedation</span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">, or host</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0"> permit must complete an additional 25 hours of continuing education in anesthesia</span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">-</span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">related topics per five-year licensure cycle.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">    The board's continuing education guidelines shall be reviewed annually.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">    </span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 5 SDR 68, effective February 13, 1979; 6 SDR 87, effective March 2, 1980; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 13 SDR 23, effective September 3, 1986; 18 SDR 132, effective February 17, 1992; 20 SDR 166, effective April 11, 1994; 26 SDR 37, effective September 20, 1999; 35 SDR 67, effective September 25, 2008; 37 SDR 131, effective January 6, 2011; 38 SDR 172, effective April 25, 2012; 45 SDR 35, effective September 19, 2018</span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">; 48 SDR 62, effective December 13, 2021</span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">    </span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-6A-14"><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0-000003">36-6A-14</span></a><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">(</span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">20)</span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">    </span><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-6A-14"><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0-000003">36-6A-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">(1)(3)(11)(13)(22), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-6A-55"><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0-000003">36-6A-55</span></a><span class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207P0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scd532ab0-add0-4583-86b0-ccf3620e4207000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>