Continuing Education

This is an online, self-study continuing education course to be taken at the time & place of Your choice!

This course will fulfill dental hygiene licensee’s prospective NJSBOD requirement to complete one hour of continuing education concerning professional ethics for licensure renewal, next to occur by 12.31.23.

Within one week, you will receive via email, your CEU and the answer key for your post-test.

Complete the evaluation and post-test, and at the end, click on "finish" to submit. A proof of meeting this requirement will be emailed to you.

At the end, click on the link for the evaluation and post-test

Study the material in the online PowerPoint

You will receive a confirmation with a link to the course

Take this 1 CEU course from the convenience of home – one CEU in Ethics. Low cost - $10 for members, $20 for nonmembers.

Press the button below to register and pay via credit card.

Newly Relaunched for 2023 NJDHA's Online Self Study Ethics Course

Continuing Education course approval is available through NJDHA. Contact CentralOffice@njdha.org  for details. To download an application for approval click the button below.

Course Approval

NJDHA Component CE

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ADHA Continuing Education

ADHA offers members not only online CE courses in self-paced modules, but webinars as well!

To see the topics covered, click the button below.

New 2023 Biannual CE Requirement 

Registered Dental Hygienists in NJ will need to complete the following:

  • A minimum of 20 CE's: No more than one-half of the required continuing education hours in the two-year period may be obtained through written or electronic media distance learning courses. Webinars shall not be considered electronic media distance learning courses if they are live (not previously recorded) and synchronous (the instructor and licensee interact with each other in real time).
  • Those 20 CE's must include:
    • 3 hours of CPR continuing education with practical hands-on certification for
      cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that meets the American Heart Association
      certification standards for healthcare providers
    • 1 hour of Infection Control continuing education in preventing and controlling infectious diseases and managing personnel health and safety concerns related to
      infection control in dental settings
    • 1 hour of Ethics continuing education in professional ethics and New Jersey law
      concerning the practice of dental hygiene
    • 1 hour of Prescription Opioid Drugs continuing education in topics concerning
      prescription opioid drugs, including the risks and signs of opioid abuse,
      addiction, and diversion


To learn more please click on the link below, RDH's requirements begin at the bottom of page 54.