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Dental Hygienist License Renewal in Alabama

The Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama sets the rules. Renewal: every year (annual registration; certificate valid October 1 through September 30); deadline: No later than September 30 of each year. Continuing education: 12 hours of continuing education every year. Each fact below is quoted from an official state source, linked beside it, and was checked on 2026-10-12. Confirm with the board before you rely on it: rules change.

For the office manager

The renewal is the hygienist's to complete, but a lapsed license is the practice's problem on the schedule. Keep each hygienist's expiry date where an alert reaches both of you well before it, long enough for any CE still owed. The free renewal calendar makes reminders for your own calendar; LVL Up Performance keeps the dates on each staff record and alerts ahead. Neither tracks CE hours or checks anything with the board.

Sources, quoted

• “Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama” — dentalboard.org
• “shall be exactly one year, commencing on October 1 and ending on September 30 of the following calendar year” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us
• “No later than September 30 of each year, every dental hygienist licensed and registered to practice in the State of Alabama shall transmit” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us
• “Dental hygienists shall complete twelve (12) hours of continuing education every year as a condition of licensure renewal.” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us
• “A minimum of six(6) hours shall be live training.” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us
• “A dental hygienist shall complete a minimum of one (1) hour of training in infectious disease control annually.” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us
• “A dental hygienist shall complete a minimum of one (1) hour of ethical considerations in the practice of dental hygiene training annually.” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us
• “A dental hygienist shall maintain a current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS)training through the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or an equivalent program.” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us
• “This program shall be completed through live training and certified for a minimum of two (2) hours and a maximum of four (4) hours.” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us
• “All continuing education hours earned shall be completed and submitted within the renewal period in which they were earned.” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us
• “A dental hygienist may earn up to a maximum of four (4) hours for pro bono charitable work performed within the state of Alabama.” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us
• “licensed in the State of Alabama but practicing outside the State of Alabama is excused from the requirements of 2(a) or 2(b).” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us
• “no later than September 1st of the annual continuing education cycle in which the waiver or extension is to apply” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us
• “On October 1 of each year, the license of any dental hygienist who shall have failed to complete the annual registration process” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us
• “shall be converted to expired status.” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us
• “may reinstate his or her license to active status by meeting all applicable requirements for renewal, and by paying the prescribed annual registration fee” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us
• “the licenses of all dental hygienists who shall have failed to complete the annual registration process shall automatically be suspended” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us
• “paying the statutory maximum reinstatement penalty as prescribed by Ala. Code §34-9-16” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us
• “In no case shall a dental hygienist be permitted to complete the annual license registration process unless he or she demonstrates” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us
• “Licensee Lookup” — dentalboard.org
• “Any such service must be completed under the direct supervision of a dentist actively licensed in the state of Alabama.” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us
• “submit proof of continuing education for the number of years they practiced outside the State of Alabama” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us
• “has remained suspended for less than five years may reinstate his or her license by completing all of the following” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us
• “paying the prescribed annual registration fee for all intervening years up to a maximum of five years” — admincode.legislature.state.al.us

Checked 2026-10-12. Something out of date? Write to mauricio@lvlupperformance.com and we will fix it. This page is information, not legal advice.

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