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Dental Hygienist License Renewal in Ohio

The Ohio State Dental Board sets the rules. Renewal: two-year period; deadline: a license expires on the date that is two years from the date of issuance (Ohio Revised Code 4715.24, effective January 1, 2025). Continuing education: 20 hours in the two-year period preceding renewal. 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

two-year period — a license expires on the date that is two years from the date of issuance (Ohio Revised Code 4715.24, effective January 1, 2025)

Source: codes.ohio.gov

Continuing education

20 hours in the two-year period preceding renewal.

  • Current basic life-support certification (the BLS course counts toward CE)

Source: codes.ohio.gov

CPR / BLS

Each renewal applicant must be currently certified in basic life-support procedures (American Red Cross, American Heart Association, or board-approved equivalent) and certify it on the renewal application.

Source: codes.ohio.gov

Late renewal and lapse

Failure to renew registration results in automatic suspension of the license to practice as a dental hygienist; reinstatement requires an application, the biennial registration fee plus a reinstatement charge. Failure to meet CE counts as failure to renew.

Source: codes.ohio.gov · codes.ohio.gov

Verify a license

The board's public lookup: elicense.ohio.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

  • “A license expires on the date that is two years from the date of issuance and may be registered for additional two-year periods” — codes.ohio.gov
  • “in the two-year period preceding the registration period for which renewal is sought the registrant completed a minimum of twenty hours” — codes.ohio.gov
  • “be currently certified to perform basic life-support procedures” — codes.ohio.gov
  • “The failure of a licensee to renew registration in accordance with this section shall result in the automatic suspension of the licensee's license” — codes.ohio.gov
  • “Failure to comply with the requirements of this section constitutes a failure to renew registration pursuant to section 4715.24” — codes.ohio.gov
  • “Verify a License” — dental.ohio.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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