Practice Resources

As an oral health professional registered with BCCOHP, you are expected to meet standards for clinical and ethical practice. You will also need to meet quality assurance requirements that support your continuing competence throughout your career.

There are three main ways that the BC College of Oral Health Professionals protects the public:

Oral health professionals are reminded that they are ultimately accountable and responsible for understanding and interpreting any limits or conditions that might appear in Ministry Regulations and BCCOHP Bylaws regarding restricted titles and scope of practice. Please reach out to BCCOHP’s Professional Practice team if you have any questions regarding the provision of any aspect of practice or defined restricted activities.

BCCOHP Standards Project Update

BCCOHP is working to create new standards for all regulated oral health professionals.

All standards and guidance documents and other practice resources previously ported over to BCCOHP from the legacy oral health colleges upon amalgamation on September 1, 2022, are currently under review by the Standards and Guidance Committee. Where there are questions of currency, relevance, and/or statutory alignment with current Ministry of Health regulations and BCCOHP Bylaws, those documents have not been rescinded but are being removed from BCCOHP’s public website to allow further consideration by the Board. A list of documents under review can be found here.

Learn more about the standards development project >>

Have your say about the draft Professional Standards for the Oral Health Team. Consultation will remain open until January 20, 2025. >>

Practice standards and guidance

Oral health professionals must meet clinical and ethical expectations for practice

Quality assurance

This program ensures that oral health professionals stay up to date and are able to practise safely

Sedation program

There are specific requirements for the administration of sedation and general anesthesia in dentistry

Learning opportunities

BCCOHP has a growing base of options that allow you to earn continuing education (CE) credits anywhere and at your own pace

Critical Incident Report

Cases resulting in the need for patient resuscitation, emergency transfer, referral and/or admittance to hospital, or death, must immediately be reported to BCCOHP’s Registrar by phone (672-202-0448, toll-free within Canada: 1-888-202-0448).

You must also submit a Critical Incident Report to the Registrar’s office.

This report is essential as it provides immediate and accurate information for all concerned parties.

To request a paper copy, please contact us.

Critical Incident Report Form