Planning CPR and BLS Training for a Dental Office
How should a dental office plan CPR and BLS training? Start with each person's written requirement: state dental board rules, any sedation or anesthesia permit conditions, and practice policy. The AHA designs BLS for healthcare professionals, so clinical staff usually take it. Then train around patient hours, keep a BLS-trained clinician available, and track every card's Renew By month.
What this guide is: a planning guide for the person who organizes CPR and BLS training in a dental practice, based on AHA course information, official Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey dental rules, and QKC Health's Terms of Service.
What it is not: legal advice, hands-on training, a certification, or a promise that a specific card will be accepted. Your state dental board or health department decides how its rules apply to each person. Confirm the course and card your employer, school or program, licensing board, or state rules require before you register.
Which Course Fits Each Role in a Dental Office
Typical AHA course choices for a practice team. Written rules and practice policy make the final call.
A dental practice usually has two kinds of roles. Dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants treat patients. Front desk, billing, and office staff usually do not. The AHA builds its CPR courses around that difference: it designs BLS for healthcare professionals who provide care to patients, and Heartsaver CPR AED for people with little or no medical training. Start with the role, then check the written rule for each person before you choose a course.
Dentists
Usually BLS Provider. The AHA designs its BLS course for healthcare professionals who need CPR and other basic life support skills in a wide variety of settings. Some states also set a CPR rule for dentists at license renewal; see the next chapter. See the BLS Provider Course.
Dentists With a Sedation Permit
BLS plus ACLS, a separate course and card. The Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey permit rules cited in this guide call for ACLS, and New York adds PALS for patients 12 years old and younger. See the ACLS Provider Course.
Dental Hygienists
Usually BLS Provider, because the AHA designs BLS for healthcare professionals who provide care to patients. Some states set a CPR rule for hygienists at every license renewal. Hygienists whose BLS card is current or recently expired may fit the BLS Renewal Course; confirm eligibility with QKC Health.
Dental Assistants
Usually BLS Provider for assistants who work chairside. Some rules apply only to registered assistants, so check the role and the registration, not just the job title. See BLS certification options.
Staff Who Care for Sedated Patients
BLS at a minimum. The permit rules cited in this guide name BLS for these staff, and New Jersey also accepts ACLS for staff who help monitor the patient. Ask the permit holder which staff the permit covers. See the BLS Provider Course.
Front Desk and Office Staff
BLS or Heartsaver CPR AED, depending on practice policy. For people with little or no medical training, the AHA designs Heartsaver CPR AED. Some practices put office staff in BLS so the whole team trains together. See Heartsaver CPR AED.
Confirm the course and card your employer, school or program, licensing board, or state rules require before you register.
For a side-by-side look at the two courses, read BLS vs CPR. Staff who completed HeartCode BLS online through the AHA can finish with a BLS Skills Session; our class page explains to bring the online completion certificate.
One Course for the Whole Team, or Two?
Some practices train everyone in BLS. Others split clinical and office staff. Either way, the written rule for each person comes first.
Training everyone in BLS Provider
One BLS class puts the whole office in the same room, practicing the same skills. The AHA's BLS course teaches each student to work as a team member during multirescuer CPR, so front desk and clinical staff rehearse a response together. You also track one card type and one renewal pattern.
The trade-off is that BLS is built for healthcare professionals. To earn the card, every student must pass an adult CPR and AED skills test and an infant CPR skills test and score at least 84% on the exam, according to the AHA. Office staff who have never taken a provider course should know that before the class.
Splitting clinical and office staff
Clinical staff take BLS Provider and office staff take Heartsaver CPR AED, so each group trains in the course the AHA designs for its role. In a small practice, a split can leave each course with very few people. Under QKC Health's Terms of Service, most courses require a minimum of three participants. For example, a practice with two clinical staff and one front desk person has three participants in a single BLS class, but fewer than three in each course if it splits. Ask us how the minimum applies before you decide.
Points to settle first
- Whether a board rule, permit condition, insurer, or practice policy names a course for any role
- Whether office staff have jobs in your emergency plan beyond calling 911
- Whether anyone needs ACLS, which is a separate course and card
- How many people would be in each course group
Neither choice makes a card acceptable for a specific requirement; the written rule decides. To sort a mixed team by role and requirement, use Which Course Does Your Team Need?
Role-to-course worksheet
A workbook from the team course selector guide for grouping a team by role and written requirement. Include every dentist, hygienist, assistant, and office staff member.
Download the role-to-course worksheet (Excel workbook, 23 KB)
Dental Board CPR and BLS Rules to Check in CT, NY, and NJ
What selected official texts say for the states QKC Health serves. The board or department decides how its rules apply.
State dental rules set CPR and BLS requirements for people, and a requirement can change with the license, the registration, and the work the person does. Find the written requirement for each licensee and registrant, read the current text, and keep a copy with your training records. The notes below cover selected rules only and are not legal advice. If you are unsure how a rule applies, ask the board or department that wrote it.
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| Who | Connecticut | New York | New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dentists | One listed topic covers medical emergencies, including current CPR training; dentists choose three of ten | CPR certification from an approved provider, kept current; in person only | Three hours of hands-on CPR each renewal period |
| Dental hygienists | AHA and Red Cross CPR programs count as qualifying continuing education | CPR required for hospital collaborative practice; CPR counts toward continuing education | Three hours of hands-on CPR each renewal period |
| Dental assistants | Not named in the assistant statute; BLS if they care for sedated patients in a permit office | Not named in the CPR rules cited here; BLS if required in the operatory during sedation | Registered assistants: three hours of hands-on CPR each renewal period |
| Permit holders | BLS-HCP and ACLS; personnel need BLS | ACLS, plus PALS for patients 12 and younger; operatory staff need BLS | BLS for healthcare professionals and ACLS; monitoring staff need BLS or ACLS |
| Online-only CPR | Not addressed in the texts cited; ask the Department of Public Health | Not acceptable for the dentist requirement | Webinars and distance learning do not count for the CPR hours |
Summary of the official texts listed under Sources, for planning only. It is not a complete list of requirements and not a ruling on what any board accepts.
Connecticut
- Dentists. A dentist renewing a license needs 25 contact hours of continuing education in the preceding 24 months, including at least one contact hour in "any three of the ten mandatory topics" set by the Commissioner of Public Health (General Statutes section 20-126c(b)). The Department of Public Health's dentist continuing education page lists one topic as "Medical emergencies in the dental office (including current training in CPR)".
- Dental hygienists. A hygienist renewing a license needs 16 contact hours in the preceding 24 months. Qualifying courses include those offered or approved by the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association "when sponsoring programs in cardiopulmonary resuscitation or cardiac life support" (section 20-126l(g)).
- Dental assistants. Section 20-112a, which sets out what a dentist may delegate to dental assistants and expanded function dental assistants, does not name a CPR or BLS course. Staff who provide direct patient care to sedated patients in a permit office can fall under the permit rules in the next section.
- Who decides. The Department of Public Health, working with the State Dental Commission. On its dentist continuing education page, the Department says it does not approve continuing education courses or pre-approve coursework for individual licensees.
New York
- Dentists. Each licensed and registered dentist must become certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation by a provider the State Education Department approves, which includes the American Heart Association, and "thereafter shall maintain current certification" (Commissioner's Regulations section 61.19). The regulation says online courses are not acceptable and courses must be taken in person. Dentists attest to the requirement when they renew their registration.
- Exemption. A dentist who is physically unable to perform CPR may apply for an exemption that verifies another certified person will be present in the office while the dentist treats patients (section 61.19).
- Dental hygienists. A registered dental hygienist working for a hospital under a collaborative arrangement with a dentist must hold and maintain CPR certification (section 61.9(f) and Education Law section 6611(10)). The Office of the Professions' continuing education questions and answers say dentists and dental hygienists may count CPR training toward continuing education, within set limits.
- Registered dental assistants. They are not named in the CPR rules cited here. The anesthesia rules in the next section and your practice policy can still apply.
- Who decides. The State Education Department's Office of the Professions and the State Board for Dentistry.
New Jersey
- Dentists, dental hygienists, and registered dental assistants. In each biennial renewal period, the rules as adopted in 2021 (53 N.J.R. 619(c)) require three hours of continuing education with "practical hands-on certification for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)" that meets "the American Heart Association certification standards for healthcare providers" and includes AED use, choking, and rescue breathing. Webinars and electronic media distance learning courses do not satisfy it (N.J.A.C. 13:30-5.1(e), 5.2(a), and 5.3(f)). The same rule covers limited registered dental assistants in orthodontics. The board readopted its rules without change in 2024.
- Course name. The AHA's CPR course for healthcare professionals is BLS Provider; see the BLS Provider Course. Confirm with the board that the card and proof of hours you plan to use meet the rule.
- Records. The board's continuing education notice (PDF) says dentists and dental auxiliaries must retain proof of completion of their continuing education.
- Who decides. The New Jersey State Board of Dentistry.
Requirements outside the dental board
Board rules are not the only written source. Also check:
- Practice, group practice, or dental service organization policy and job descriptions
- Any training condition set by your professional liability insurer or in a contract
- Hospital medical staff or dental school rules for dentists who also work there
- Workplace safety rules; see Workplace CPR and First Aid Requirements: What to Verify
Questions to confirm with the board or department
- Whether a current BLS Provider card meets a rule written as CPR, Basic Cardiac Life Support, or BLS for healthcare providers
- Whether hours from a BLS class count toward continuing education, how many, and what proof to keep
- Which staff a sedation or anesthesia permit rule covers
- How long to keep each record
Sedation and Anesthesia Permits: ACLS and Staff BLS
If a dentist in your practice holds a sedation or anesthesia permit, the permit rules add training for the dentist and for staff.
Permit rules usually name two groups: the permit holder and the people who help care for sedated patients. Ask the permit holder for the current permit conditions, list every staff member they cover, and keep the conditions with your training records.
Connecticut
A dentist needs a Department of Public Health permit to use moderate sedation, deep sedation, or general anesthesia (General Statutes section 20-123b). Under the regulations as amended effective February 11, 2026, an applicant for a general anesthesia or moderate sedation permit needs "current certification in ACLS", and the on-site evaluation team verifies that the practitioner is "currently certified in BLS-HCP and ACLS" and that the practitioner's personnel "are currently certified in BLS" (Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies sections 20-123b-3, 20-123b-4, and 20-123b-6). The regulations define personnel as people qualified to provide direct patient care to a patient under any level of sedation or general anesthesia, and they define BLS, BLS-HCP, and ACLS as courses approved by the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association (section 20-123b-1).
The Department's posted personnel list for permit holders names dental assistants who provide that care and lists BLS for them. Its moderate sedation permit page says the applicant's entire staff must hold current Basic Cardiac Life Support certification. The wording differs, so ask the Department which staff it expects to see certified.
New York
A dentist needs a dental anesthesia certificate from the State Education Department to use conscious (moderate) sedation, deep sedation, or general anesthesia anywhere other than a general hospital (Education Law section 6605-a and Commissioner's Regulations section 61.10). Each certificate type requires current documentation of ACLS, or an equivalent the department accepts, and a dentist who uses these techniques for patients 12 years old or younger also needs current PALS documentation. During deep sedation or general anesthesia, the regulation requires two additional individuals in the operatory with current documentation of a BLS course; during moderate sedation by the enteral or parenteral route, it requires one. The dentist keeps the ACLS or PALS documentation, and the BLS documentation for those individuals, for six years.
New Jersey
The Board of Dentistry issues enteral sedation, parenteral conscious sedation, and general anesthesia permits. Under the rules as adopted in 2021 (53 N.J.R. 619(c)), each permit applicant must complete the AHA course in "Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professionals, or its equivalent" and a course in Advanced Cardiac Life Support or its equivalent, and keep both current. Staff who assist in monitoring the patient need that BLS course or an equivalent, or ACLS (N.J.A.C. 13:30-8.2, 8.3, and 8.4). The rule's course name differs from the AHA's current BLS course name, BLS Provider, so ask the board to confirm that a current BLS Provider card meets it.
Our courses for permit offices
We offer the ACLS Provider Course and the ACLS Renewal Course. Our ACLS Provider course requires current AHA BLS Provider certification. The AHA says ACLS is for healthcare professionals who direct or take part in managing cardiac arrest, stroke, and other cardiopulmonary emergencies, and that BLS is not included in its ACLS courses, so plan BLS and ACLS as separate cards with separate Renew By months. Under QKC Health's Terms of Service, ACLS is available to individual participants as well as groups.
Our website does not list PALS, the AHA course for healthcare professionals who respond to emergencies in infants and children. If a New York certificate requires PALS, ask us before you plan. For more on combining BLS and ACLS in one plan, see Planning BLS and ACLS Group Training for Healthcare Teams.
Scheduling Training Around Patient Appointments
Protect the date, keep patient care covered, and spread renewals across the year. We confirm every date in writing.
Choose how the office trains
- Close the schedule for one session. Block every chair for a time you can protect, such as a slow morning or a day the office does not usually see patients. The whole team trains together, and nobody leaves a patient.
- Split the team. Train in two groups so the office stays open. Each group needs its own coverage plan, and you should ask us how the course minimum applies to each group.
- Train outside patient hours. If your team agrees, ask us which times we can confirm. Do not plan around a time until it is confirmed in writing.
Keep a BLS-trained clinician with patients
If patients are in the office while some staff train, keep at least one clinician with a current BLS card treating patients, plus someone who can call 911 and bring the AED, if the practice has one, and the emergency equipment. Do not put every BLS-trained clinician in the same session while patients are being seen. If the dentist trains while hygiene patients are scheduled, check that the care booked during the session fits your state's supervision rules.
Permit offices need extra care. Connecticut's regulations require a permit holder to maintain the listed personnel during each instance of sedation, and New York's require staff with current BLS documentation in the operatory during sedation. Do not book sedation cases in a window that takes those staff away. In New York, a dentist with a CPR exemption relies on another certified person being present while the dentist treats patients, so schedule that person's class when the dentist is not seeing patients.
Spread renewals so they do not all land in a busy month
AHA course completion cards are valid for two years, through the end of the month in which the card was issued. Everyone who passes the same class usually gets the same Renew By month, so a whole-team class means a whole-team renewal two years later. If that month falls in a season when your schedule is full, every renewal competes with patient demand.
- Choose a training month that should also work for the practice two years from now.
- Or train in two groups in different seasons, so one missed renewal never leaves the office without a current BLS clinician.
- Check each licensee's renewal date and continuing education period, and plan the class so the card is current when they renew. Connecticut dentist licenses renew annually, New York registrations run for three years, and New Jersey licenses renew every two years.
- Plan renewal groups around individual deadlines so nobody lapses while waiting for a group date. See How to Track Employee CPR, BLS and ACLS Renewals.
Protect the date and the room
A form submission or call is a request, not a booking; we confirm the course, date, time, and location in writing. Under QKC Health's Terms of Service, a confirmed booking can be canceled or rescheduled at no charge seven or more days before the class, and a change fewer than seven days before may be charged up to the full course fee. Pick a date you can keep clear, and tell the front desk not to book patients into it.
For on-site training, the Terms ask you to provide a room large enough for participants to work on the floor during skills practice, with access to power, and to tell us in advance about site access restrictions. Operatories are built around the chair, so look at a break room, the reception area outside patient hours, or a nearby meeting room. We bring the training equipment, such as manikins and AED trainers.
When you request group training, include the courses and how many people need each, anyone who needs ACLS, whether the office will stay open during training, and the dates you could protect. For room setup, reminders, and attendance, see Hosting a Group Class: Setup and Participant Preparation. A practice with more than one location can use Scheduling Group Training Across Shifts and Locations, and the group CPR training planner builds a planning summary you can copy or download.
Participant message templates
Templates from the hosting guide for messages to participants. For a renewal class, ask staff to bring their current or most recent card, as QKC Health's renewal class pages ask.
Download the participant message templates (Word document, 19 KB)
Shift and location planning worksheet
A workbook from the scheduling guide for building participant groups by shift and site, useful when a practice has more than one office.
Download the shift and location planning worksheet (Excel workbook, 36 KB)
Coordinating Training With Your Office Emergency Plan
A class teaches CPR and AED skills. Your practice decides who does what in your own office.
Training works best when it matches your office's own plan for a medical emergency. Before the class, write down who does each job. After the class, walk the team through the plan in your own space while the skills are fresh. This guide does not cover clinical protocols or emergency medications; those belong to the dentist and the practice's own clinical references.
Jobs to assign in a dental office
- Who calls 911, from which phone, and which address and entrance to give
- Who brings the AED, if the practice has one, and the emergency equipment the practice keeps
- Who starts CPR, and who takes turns with compressions
- Who meets EMS at the door and leads them to the operatory
- Who looks after other patients and the waiting room, and who pauses the schedule
- Who notes the times and events, and who contacts the person's emergency contact
- A backup for each job, for days when someone is out
What the dental rules say about office readiness
- New Jersey. According to the rule as adopted in 2016 and amended in 2021 (New Jersey Register notices listed under Sources; readopted without change in 2024), N.J.A.C. 13:30-8.26 requires each dental office with patient contact to have a written protocol for managing medical or dental emergencies, an AED, and other equipment, and to make sure all staff are trained to carry out the protocol upon hire and at least annually after that. This summary is not the official current text; confirm it with the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry.
- New York. Education Law section 6611(10) says all dental facilities "shall have an automatic external defibrillator or other defibrillator". Ask the State Board for Dentistry how it applies to your practice.
- Connecticut permit offices. The on-site evaluation for a sedation or anesthesia permit includes a simulated medical emergency managed by the dentist with full participation of the personnel (Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies section 20-123b-6(b)).
Training staff on your own protocol is the practice's responsibility, and a CPR or BLS class does not replace it. You can schedule your own walk-through right after a class.
Equipment and drills
If the practice has an AED, assign someone to check it on a regular schedule, and after class show every staff member where it and the emergency equipment are kept. The AED inspection checklist and readiness toolkit has an AED inspection checklist and log, Cardiac Emergency Response Plan worksheets for team roles, AED locations, and 911 communication, a drill log, and a training roster you can adapt for a practice. Short, regular drills help the front desk and clinical staff practice their jobs together.
Keeping BLS Records for License Renewal and Audits
Record the Renew By month for every licensee and staff member, verify each card, and keep the proof each rule asks for.
What to record for each person
- Name and role
- For licensees and registrants, the license or registration type and its renewal date
- The course on the card, such as BLS Provider, ACLS Provider, or Heartsaver CPR AED
- The Renew By month and year, copied from the card or eCard
- Any permit condition the card supports, such as staff BLS for a sedation permit
- Where the copy of the card is filed
AHA course completion cards are valid for two years, through the end of the month in which the card was issued, so the Renew By month on each card is the date to track. Copy it from the card itself; never estimate it. The team renewal tracker below and the CPR and BLS renewal planner both work from that month.
Team renewal tracker
A workbook from the renewal tracking guide that flags upcoming renewals. Add every licensee and staff member, and give anyone who holds both BLS and ACLS a line for each card.
Verify each card
AHA eCards can be looked up on the AHA's eCard search page, which has a separate employer section, and the AHA says employers can scan the QR code on an eCard to check that it is authentic. To check the validity of an AHA card, the AHA says to contact the Training Center that issued it. Training Centers have up to 20 business days to issue eCards. We offer same-day eCards; if a license renewal depends on the date, confirm the timing with QKC Health in writing.
Records the boards ask licensees to keep
- Connecticut. Dentists keep continuing education attendance records or certificates for at least three years after the year the activities were completed, and hygienists for at least three years after completion or renewal. Both must send them to the Department of Public Health within 45 days of a request (General Statutes sections 20-126c(c) and 20-126l(h)). The moderate sedation permit page asks for notarized copies of the applicant's ACLS certification and of staff certifications.
- New York. The Office of the Professions' questions and answers say to keep verification of attendance for each continuing education course for six years. Dentists also keep records of compliance with the CPR requirement, including the CPR card, for review by the State Education Department, and dentists with anesthesia certificates keep ACLS or PALS documentation, and the BLS documentation of the required operatory staff, for six years (sections 61.10 and 61.19).
- New Jersey. Dentists and dental auxiliaries must retain proof of completion of their continuing education, according to the board's continuing education notice.
Keep records private and ready to hand off
Keep only what each rule and your practice need, store records where only the people who manage them can see them, and leave license numbers and personal contact details out of shared files unless they are needed. For handing records to whoever manages licensing or HR, see After the Class: Course Cards and Team Training Records.
Dental Office Training Planning Checklist
Tick each item as you plan, then print it for the practice file.
Checklist: CPR and BLS training for a dental office
Work through it with the dentist or practice owner. Ticks are not saved; print the page to keep a copy.
Dental Office CPR and BLS Training: Frequently Asked Questions
It depends on the state, the role, and the practice. In New Jersey, the Board of Dentistry's rules as adopted in 2021 require registered dental assistants to complete three hours of hands-on CPR training that meets American Heart Association healthcare provider standards in each renewal period. In Connecticut and New York, the sedation and anesthesia permit rules require BLS for staff who care for, or are required in the room with, sedated patients. Practice policy can require more. Check the written rule for each assistant before you choose a course.
BLS certification belongs to people, not to an office. Dental board rules set CPR or BLS requirements for dentists, hygienists, assistants, and staff who work with sedated patients, and they differ by state. Some rules also address the office itself. Under N.J.A.C. 13:30-8.26 as amended in 2021, New Jersey requires each dental office with patient contact to have a written emergency protocol and an AED and to train all staff on the protocol; confirm the current text with the Board. New York law says all dental facilities shall have a defibrillator. Check what applies to your practice with your state board.
An online-only course does not satisfy New York's in-person dentist CPR requirement or New Jersey's hands-on CPR hours. AHA blended BLS includes online learning followed by an in-person skills session. Confirm with your board whether that pathway and its documented hours meet your specific license or permit requirement before enrolling. For Connecticut sedation permits, also confirm the Department of Public Health's course and staff requirements.
AHA BLS Provider cards are valid for two years, through the end of the month in which the card was issued, so most staff renew every two years. Dental board rules add their own timing: New Jersey requires hands-on CPR hours in each biennial renewal period, and New York requires dentists to maintain current CPR certification. Track each card's Renew By month, check each licensee's renewal date, and plan the renewal class before the card runs out.
Dental board CPR rules mostly name licensees, registrants, and staff who work with sedated patients, so front desk training is usually a practice decision. Front desk staff may still have jobs in your emergency plan, such as calling 911, bringing the AED, and meeting EMS. The AHA designs Heartsaver CPR AED for people with little or no medical training, and some practices put the front desk in BLS so the whole team trains together. In New Jersey, the emergency protocol rule, N.J.A.C. 13:30-8.26 as amended in 2021, calls for training all staff on the office protocol; confirm the current text with the Board.
Often, within limits set by each state. New Jersey makes three hours of hands-on CPR part of the required continuing education for dentists, hygienists, and registered dental assistants. New York lets dentists and dental hygienists count up to 12 hours of CPR coursework, including ACLS and PALS, in each three-year registration period. Connecticut counts courses offered or approved by the American Heart Association in CPR or cardiac life support toward hygienist continuing education. Ask your board which proof it accepts, and keep the card with your records.
Under the permit rules cited in this guide for Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey, a dentist who holds a sedation or general anesthesia permit or certificate needs current ACLS, and staff who help care for sedated patients need current BLS or another credential the rule accepts. New York also requires PALS for dentists who sedate or anesthetize patients 12 years old or younger. The permit type and the agency's current text decide, so check the conditions with the issuing agency before you plan training.
Sources
This guide summarizes the following official sources, QKC Health's class pages, and its Terms of Service. They were checked on October 17, 2026.
- General Statutes Chapter 379, Dentistry (Sections 20-112a, 20-113a, 20-123b, and 20-126c), Connecticut General Assembly
- General Statutes Chapter 379a, Dental Hygienists (Section 20-126l), Connecticut General Assembly
- Dentist Continuing Education Information, Connecticut Department of Public Health
- Permit to Administer Dental Moderate Sedation, Connecticut Department of Public Health
- Requirements for Dental Anesthesia and Sedation Permittees, January 2025 (PDF), Connecticut Department of Public Health
- Regulations Section 20-123b-1, Definitions, Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
- Regulations Section 20-123b-3, Qualifications for a General Anesthesia Permit, Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
- Regulations Section 20-123b-4, Qualifications for a Moderate Sedation Permit, Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
- Regulations Section 20-123b-6, On-Site Evaluation, Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
- Regulations Section 20-123b-9, Office Equipment, Emergency Drugs, and Record Requirements, Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
- Education Law Article 133, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene, and Registered Dental Assisting, New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions
- Education Law Section 6611, Special Provisions, New York State Senate
- Commissioner's Regulations Part 61, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene, and Registered Dental Assisting, New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions
- Continuing Education for Dentists: Questions and Answers, New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions
- New Jersey State Board of Dentistry, New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
- Continuing Education Requirements for Dentists and Dental Auxiliaries (PDF), New Jersey State Board of Dentistry
- Board of Dentistry Rules, 53 N.J.R. 619(c), April 19, 2021 (PDF), New Jersey Register
- Dental Hygienists Scope of Practice; Emergency Protocol, July 18, 2016 (PDF), New Jersey Register
- Notice of Readoption, Rules of the Board of Dentistry, 56 N.J.R. 1879(a) (PDF), New Jersey Register
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Training, American Heart Association
- 2025 Guidelines FAQ: BLS Instructor-Led Training (PDF), American Heart Association
- Heartsaver CPR AED Training, American Heart Association
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), American Heart Association
- PALS Course Options, American Heart Association
- Course FAQs, American Heart Association
- Course Card Information, American Heart Association
- AHA eCards Search, American Heart Association
- BLS Provider Course, QKC Health
- BLS Renewal Course, QKC Health
- BLS Skills Session, QKC Health
- ACLS Provider Course, QKC Health
- Terms of Service, QKC Health
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