License renewal · Virginia

Dental Hygienist License Renewal in Virginia

The Virginia Board of Dentistry (Department of Health Professions) sets the rules. Renewal: annually (each year); deadline: in the licensee's birth month each year. Continuing education: 15 hours of approved continuing education per annual renewal. 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

annually (each year) — in the licensee's birth month each year

Source: law.lis.virginia.gov · law.lis.virginia.gov · law.lis.virginia.gov

Continuing education

15 hours of approved continuing education per annual renewal.

Current hands-on course in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation for health care providers (evidence to be maintained)
If the hygienist monitors patients under general anesthesia, deep sedation, or moderate sedation: four hours every two years directly related to monitoring of such anesthesia or sedation, as part of the required hours

Courses not acceptable: estate planning, financial planning, investments, and personal health. Up to three of the 15 hours may be satisfied by uncompensated delivery of dental hygiene services to low-income individuals through a local health department or free clinic.

Source: law.lis.virginia.gov · law.lis.virginia.gov

CPR / BLS

A dental hygienist shall be required to maintain evidence of successful completion of a current hands-on course in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation for health care providers.

Source: law.lis.virginia.gov

Late renewal and lapse

A license not renewed by the deadline automatically expires and becomes invalid; a $25 late fee applies, and the board may renew if the renewal form, renewal fee and late fee are received within one year of the deadline. After more than one year expired, reinstatement requires an application, the $200 reinstatement fee, CE (up to 45 hours) and evidence of continuing clinical competence.

Source: law.lis.virginia.gov · law.lis.virginia.gov · law.lis.virginia.gov

Verify a license

The board's public lookup: dhp.virginiainteractive.org

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

“An active or inactive dental hygiene license shall be renewed in the licensee's birth month each year.” — law.lis.virginia.gov
“shall automatically expire and become invalid” — law.lis.virginia.gov
“The board may renew a license if the renewal form, renewal fee, and late fee are received within one year of the deadline” — law.lis.virginia.gov
“a dental hygienist shall complete a minimum of 15 hours of approved continuing education” — law.lis.virginia.gov
“may be transferred or credited to the next renewal year for a total of not more than 15 hours” — law.lis.virginia.gov
“A dental hygienist shall be required to maintain evidence of successful completion of a current hands-on course in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation for health care providers.” — law.lis.virginia.gov
“who monitors patients under general anesthesia, deep sedation, or moderate sedation shall complete four hours every two years” — law.lis.virginia.gov
“Courses not acceptable for the purpose of this subsection include estate planning, financial planning, investments, and personal health.” — law.lis.virginia.gov
“Up to three hours of the 15 hours required for annual renewal may be satisfied through delivery of dental hygiene services” — law.lis.virginia.gov
“B. Renewal fees. 1. Active license $75” — law.lis.virginia.gov
“C. Late fees. 1. Active license $25” — law.lis.virginia.gov
“D. Reinstatement fees. 1. Expired license $200” — law.lis.virginia.gov
“Any person whose license has been expired for more than one year and who wishes to reinstate such license shall submit to the board” — law.lis.virginia.gov
“not to exceed a total of 45 hours” — law.lis.virginia.gov
“A licensee is exempt from completing continuing education requirements and considered in compliance on the first renewal date” — law.lis.virginia.gov
“Documentation shall be maintained for a period of four years following renewal.” — law.lis.virginia.gov
“An applicant for reinstatement shall also provide evidence of continuing clinical competence” — law.lis.virginia.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.