Renewing Your Dental Assisting Permit

Annual renewal opens in October. The renewal deadline is November 30th.

An illustration showing the permit renewal requirements for dental assistants. They include professional liability insurance, practice hours, patient relations learning, completing competence requirements, updating personal and employment information, and paying fees. They must renew by November 30, 2024.

Get Ready

To help you prepare for renewing your permit, follow the 2024 Checklist. Taking care of things on the Checklist before you begin your renewal application will make it faster and easier.

In October, we will send you an email when the renewal application is available in the CADA Portal.

Watch this video for information about renewing your permit. You can also sign up for our Renewal Workshop for live question and answer time with our Regulatory Compliance Advisors.

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What to Expect

Here’s a brief overview of what’s in your renewal application. Reviewing it will help you prepare for a quick and easy renewal.

Professional Liability Insurance

Ensure you have professional liability insurance (PLI) coverage for December 1, 2024, through December 1, 2025, before you renew. Have your Dec 2024- Dec 2025 PLI certificate ready to upload.

Check our PLI Questions & Answers for information about the kind and amount of professional liability insurance you need, and what you can use as proof if you don’t have a PLI certificate.

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Patient Relations Module

You must have completed the Patient Relations Learning Module before you renew. If you haven’t done it yet, you can access it in the Professional Practice Learning Centre (PPLC). Check the PPLC if you’re not sure.

Not completing the Patient Relations Learning Module may result in cancellation or suspension of your Registration and/or Practice Permit.

Complete your competence (CCP) requirements

  • You will need to have your learning objectives for the current year completed before you apply to renew your permit.
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  • Calculate your practice hours. You need to have at least 300 practice hours that are no more than 3 years old when you apply to renew.*

*If you have less than 300 practice hours, you also meet the current practice requirement if you:

  • graduated from a dental assisting education program within the last three years, or
  • complete a Clinical Refresher Course, or
  • complete the National Dental Assisting Examining Board Clinical Practice Evaluation, or
  • have current dental assisting practice rights in another regulated province
  • Plan your learning for next year. You will need to record 2 proposed learning objectives before you renew.

To learn more about the CCP requirements and how to complete them, watch our CCP videos.

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Profile updates

Check that all your contact information is current in your profile (for example, name, email, mailing address and phone number). If you need to change your name, have verification ready to upload.

You must keep the information in your Profile up to date. It’s required by the Health Professions Act, our Bylaws and Standards of Practice.

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Employment information updates

Check that all your employment information is current (for example, employer name and contact information, your start and end dates, hours, role).

You must keep your employment information up to date. It’s required by the Health Professions Act, our Bylaws and Standards of Practice.

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Applicant’s Statement, Terms and Conditions

The declarations you make about your eligibility to renew and the information you provide in your renewal application are important. Read carefully and respond accurately.

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Fee and Payment

The renewal fee is $225.00. Have your credit card ready to pay your fee in the renewal application form.

After You Renew

Remember to:

  • print your Practice Permit
  • print your receipt

Not Practicing

If you won’t be practicing as a dental assistant in the upcoming registration year, you may renew your Permit if you meet the requirements or you may choose to cancel your Permit and registration. You can learn more at Cancel Permit and Registration.

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