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Dental Hygienist License Renewal in New York

The New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions (State Board for Dentistry) sets the rules. Renewal: three-year registration period; deadline: registration periods are adjusted so that renewals occur during the licensee's birth month. Continuing education: 24 contact hours per three-year registration period. Each fact below is quoted from an official state source, linked beside it, and was checked on 2026-10-09. Confirm with the board before you rely on it: rules change.

Renewal cycle and deadline

three-year registration period — registration periods are adjusted so that renewals occur during the licensee's birth month

Source: op.nysed.gov

Continuing education

24 contact hours per three-year registration period.

  • State-approved infection control course every 4 years
  • At least 14 of the 24 hours via live courses

Source: op.nysed.gov

CPR / BLS

The hygienist CE Q&A says hygienists may count CPR training toward CE (max 12 hours per triennial period); the CPR certification mandate quoted on the page is stated for dentists only.

Source: op.nysed.gov

Late renewal and lapse

To practice any profession in New York, a licensee must be currently registered; late registration carries a $10 late fee for each month delayed; failure to register can in certain circumstances be deemed professional misconduct.

Source: op.nysed.gov

Verify a license

The board's public lookup: eservices.nysed.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

  • “Dental hygienists are required to complete 24 contact hours of continuing education during each three-year registration period.” — op.nysed.gov
  • “Registration periods are adjusted so that renewals occur during the licensee's birth month.” — op.nysed.gov
  • “Dentists and dental hygienists must also complete a State approved infection control course every 4 years.” — op.nysed.gov
  • “dental hygienists are required to complete at least seven-twelfths of their hours via live courses (14 of the 24 contact hours” — op.nysed.gov
  • “Dentists and dental hygienists may count CPR training toward their continuing education requirement.” — op.nysed.gov
  • “To practice any profession in New York, a licensee must be currently registered.” — op.nysed.gov
  • “shall be required to pay an additional fee for late filing of $10 for each month that registration has been delayed.” — op.nysed.gov
  • “in certain circumstances, failure to register a license can be deemed professional misconduct.” — op.nysed.gov
  • “how to obtain, register, and verify a professional license” — op.nysed.gov

Checked 2026-10-09. 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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