C o ntin uin g Edu cat ion
Required CE – Act 124 and Act 31
Act 124 of 2016, requires dentists who have a current DEA registration or use another DEA number (as permitted by law) to prescribe controlled
substances, to obtain two hours of CE in pain management, identification of addiction or the practice of prescribing or dispensing opioids from
an approved program provider in the two-year period preceding licensure renewal. Initial licensees need four hours of education (two hours in pain
management or identification of addiction, and two hours in the practice of prescribing or dispensing opioids).
Under Act 31 of 2014, dentists, hygienists and EFDAs must complete 2 hours of approved continuing education in child abuse recognition and
reporting from an approved program provider in the two-year period preceding licensure renewal.
Several in-person courses have been scheduled to help member dentists comply with these CE requirements needed for relicensure in March 2019:
Greater Pittsburgh Central
Thursday, November 8
Act 31 – 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Act 124 – 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Offered by the Dental Society of Western PA at the 3Rivers Dental
Conference 2018, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort
Dentist (Child Abuse & Opioid Course Only) $200
Staff (Child Abuse & Infection Control Course Only) $175
Contact Marian at (412) 321-5810 or [email protected]
for registration information. Friday, September 28
Act 31 and Act 124 – 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
$95 for PDA member dentists; $75 for hygienists, EFDAs or non-licensed
office personnel
Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport
Register at www.padental.org/calendar
“Unhappy Patients:
A Look at Dental Patients Complaints
About Their Dental Care.”
(Based on the author’s
experience handling
dental insurance
company complaints)
A book by
Curtis F. Smith, DDS
(Washington State
Dental Association)
Available from Amazon.
$9.95 plus shipping.
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Northeast
Friday, November 9
Act 31 – 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.; OSHA – 10:45 to 11:45 a.m.;
Radiology – 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Mohegan Sun Pocono, Wilkes-Barre
Details to be determined.
Greater Philadelphia
Friday, November 2
Act 31 – 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. (3 hours needed for initial licensure)
Act 124 – 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. (4 hours needed for initial licensure)
Dentists - $175 per course or both for $290;
Auxiliaries - $75 per course or both for $125
New Venue: Holiday Inn Conference Center, Breinigsville (Allentown area)
Contact Patricia Atno at (610) 969-4839 or [email protected];
Contact Dr. Charles Kosteva at (610) 360-1060 or [email protected].
Friday, November 9
Act 124 – 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
$75 for PDA member dentists and hygienists, EFDAs or non-licensed
office personnel
Philadelphia Hilton City Avenue Hotel, Philadelphia
Register at www.padental.org/calendar
Friday, March 22, 2019
Act 31 – 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Offered at the Greater Philadelphia Valley Forge Dental Conference.
More information will be available in October.
Please visit www.vfdc.org