License renewal · Nebraska

Dental Hygienist License Renewal in Nebraska

The Nebraska Board of Dentistry (licensing administered by the Nebraska DHHS Licensure Unit) sets the rules. Renewal: every 2 years (odd-numbered years); deadline: March 1 of each odd-numbered year. Continuing education: 30 hours of acceptable continuing education during the preceding 24-month period. 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.

Renewal cycle and deadline

every 2 years (odd-numbered years) — March 1 of each odd-numbered year

Source: rules.nebraska.gov · dhhs.ne.gov

Continuing education

30 hours of acceptable continuing education during the preceding 24-month period.

minimum of 2 hours in infection control continuing education in the renewal period

Hours above 30 do not carry over. Caps per renewal period: 10 hours each for home study or initial CPR certification; 4 hours each for CPR re-certification or practice management; 2 hours each for table clinician/lecturer or direct clinical observation; 5 hours each for faculty overseeing student clinics, dental public health, well-being/substance abuse, ethics and professionalism, or volunteer activity. A minimum of 2 hours is required in each area where the licensee holds an expanded-function permit. The Board does not pre-approve CE.

Source: rules.nebraska.gov

CPR / BLS

Not stated in the official sources we checked.

Source: rules.nebraska.gov

Late renewal and lapse

A license not renewed by the deadline is expired and the hygienist cannot practice until it is reissued or reinstated; licensees who practice after expiration owe DHHS an administrative penalty of $10 per day up to $1,000, and other disciplinary action may follow. Reinstatement requires a Dental Hygienist Reinstatement Application with required documentation and fee.

Source: dhhs.ne.gov · dhhs.ne.gov

Verify a license

The board's public lookup: dhhs.ne.gov

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

“The Nebraska Board of Dentistry is currently developing regulations” — dhhs.ne.gov
“All dental hygiene licenses and permits expire on March 1 of each odd-numbered year.” — rules.nebraska.gov
“Licenses and Public Health Authorizations are renewable March 1 of odd-numbered years.” — dhhs.ne.gov
“each dental hygienist holding an active license must complete at least 30 hours of acceptable continuing education hours during the preceding 24-month period” — rules.nebraska.gov
“A minimum of 2 hours in a renewal period must be obtained in infection control continuing education” — rules.nebraska.gov
“Credits earned in excess of thirty hours in a 24-month renewal period do not carry over into the following period.” — rules.nebraska.gov
“A maximum of 10 hours each in a renewal period may be obtained through home study or for initial cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification” — rules.nebraska.gov
“A maximum of 4 hours each in a renewal period may be obtained for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) re-certification or practice management continuing education” — rules.nebraska.gov
“The Board of Dentistry does not pre-approve continuing education programs or activities.” — rules.nebraska.gov
“Initial cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification or cardiopulmonary resuscitation recertification;” — rules.nebraska.gov
“You cannot practice until it is reissued or reinstated.” — dhhs.ne.gov
“Licensees who practice after the expiration of their licenses will owe DHHS an administrative penalty of $10 per day up to $1,000.” — dhhs.ne.gov
“Licensees can place their licenses on inactive status at no charge” — dhhs.ne.gov
“please go to dhhs.ne.gov/lookup” — dhhs.ne.gov
“A maximum of 2 hours each in a renewal period may be obtained as a table clinician or lecturer or for direct clinical observation” — rules.nebraska.gov
“A maximum of 5 hours each in a renewal period may be obtained for faculty overseeing student dental hygiene or expanded function dental hygiene clinics” — rules.nebraska.gov
“dental public health continuing education activities, well-being or substance abuse continuing education activities or ethics and professionalism continuing education” — rules.nebraska.gov
“A minimum of 2 hours in a renewal period must be obtained in each area for which a licensee holds an expanded function permit” — rules.nebraska.gov
“A maximum of 5 hours in a renewal period for participating in a volunteer activity such as Mission of Mercy or equivalent.” — rules.nebraska.gov
“Other disciplinary action may be taken specific to your license type.” — dhhs.ne.gov
“Dental Hygienist Reinstatement Application” — dhhs.ne.gov
“any additional documentation required, and a check or money order for the fee” — dhhs.ne.gov

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.