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Licensees must renew annually. BCCOHP’s registration year runs from April 1 each year until March 31 the following year.
Annual renewal is now closed.
Have questions? Please contact us online or call 672-202-0458 (toll-free: 1-866-329-7093).
Licensees must renew annually. BCCOHP’s licensing year runs from April 1 each year until March 31 the following year.
Annual renewal is now open. You will be able to renew your licence with the BC College of Oral Health Professionals and submit payment by logging in to your account.
Have questions? Please contact us online or call 672-202-0458 (toll-free: 1-866-329-7093)
If you have not renewed your licence by April 1 each year, your licence will expire and you must apply for reinstatement; you cannot practice until you reinstate.
Reinstatements completed within 60 days of the renewal deadline can be completed online by logging into your account, completing the online form and paying the applicable fees.
If your licence has been expired for more than 60 days, you must complete a separate reinstatement application and pay the applicable fees.
More information about reinstating your licence and returning to practice can be found on this page. Select the appropriate oral health professional type and then click “Resources.”
The BC Ministry of Health has passed new legislation to modernize the way health professions are regulated. On April 1, 2026, the Health Professions and Occupations Act (HPOA) is set to replace the current Health Professions Act (HPA) as the legislative framework governing health professions in British Columbia. In accordance with the HPOA, BC health regulators will move from a registration model to a licensure model.
The BCCOHP bylaws were updated in compliance with the requirements of the HPOA when it is fully brought into force.
For more information, please visit our Health and Professions and Occupations Act page >>
Effective April 1, 2026, the classes of registrations or certifications that are impacted are:
Information regarding these licence class changes was emailed to affected oral health professionals in December 2025 and January 2026. Learn more here >>
In accordance with the HPOA, BC health regulators are moving from a registration model to a licensure model. Under the HPOA, licence means a licence issued or renewed and licensee means a person who holds a licence. Registration and certification are no longer applicable, therefore those regulated by BCCOHP will be known as licensees and not registrants or certified.
On the BCCOHP Portal – Sign In click “Forgot password?” Fill out the form to receive an email with a temporary password. If you do not receive the email, please check your junk or spam folder.
It may take 15 minutes for a temporary password to be delivered to you via email. Please refrain from submitting additional temporary password requests. If you do not receive an email within 24 hours, please use the contact us page or call 672-202-0458 (toll-free: 1-866-329-7093) to get in touch.
For instructions on how to log in, you can view our instructional video here >>
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Still not working? Please call BCCOHP at 672-202-0458 (toll-free: 1-866-329-7093).
Mastercard and Visa credit cards are accepted, but Mastercard/Visa/Interac debit cards are not.
If you receive an error message while paying, please contact your bank to ensure there are no issues on their end before making another attempt with payment using the same credit card. If the issue is not banking-related, try another payment method or please use the contact us page to get in touch.
Yes, payment by cheque, money order or bank draft is acceptable. Please mail your cheque, money order or bank draft with the exact amount by March 31 to:
BCCOHP
110-1765 West 8th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6J 5C6
Note: You must complete and submit your online renewal before providing payment.
BCCOHP does not accept payments by telephone, in cash, or those delivered in person.
Accepted payment methods include cheque, money order or bank draft (by mail) as well as Mastercard and Visa credit cards. Mastercard/Visa/Interac debit cards are not accepted.
Additionally, BCCOHP does not accept payments by telephone, in cash, or those delivered in person.
The criminal record check fee is $28 and there is a mandatory re-check for criminal records every five years. This is the amount charged by the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, not BCCOHP, to complete a criminal record check. BCCOHP collects one fifth of the CRC fee ($5.60) each year at annual renewal. On the fifth year when your re-check is due, your criminal record check will be automatically resent to the government.
Although BCCOHP will be sending your criminal record check to the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General on your behalf, you are responsible for providing information requested by the Ministry, including fingerprints and adjudication.
If the Ministry requires additional information, they will contact you directly.
If you are not planning to practise effective April 1, you can choose the “resign from register” option. This will notify BCCOHP that you wish to stop holding practising licence effective April 1. As of April 1, you will become a former licensee.
If you are planning to resign and will not practise before the new fiscal year starts on April 1, please contact the Registration & Certification Department via the contact form.
Non-practising licensees can renew to practicing licensee at renewal by submitting your renewal application online. Once BCCOHP confirms your eligibility to reinstate to practising, you will receive an email notification for payment.
One of the reinstatement requirements is meeting BCCOHP’s Quality Assurance Program (QAP) requirements. Non-practising licensees whose QA cycle ended on or before December 31, 2025, must meet QAP requirements. For more information on QA requirements, please click here.
You can renew to Full Dentist licence at renewal by submitting your renewal application online. Once BCCOHP confirms your eligibility to change your status to Full Dentist licence, you will receive an email notification for payment.
One of the requirements is meeting BCCOHP’s Quality Assurance Program requirements. If your QA cycle ended on or before December 31, 2025 you must meet BCCOHP’s Quality Assurance Program (QAP) requirements to reinstate to Full Dentist licence. For more information on QA requirements, please click here.
You cannot practise until you have reinstated your practising licence.
If your licence has expired and you wish to regain practising status, you must:
Reinstating within 60 days
To reinstate your licence within 60 days of expiration, you must complete a reinstatement form online and pay the applicable fees before June 1.
Reinstating after 60 days
To reinstate your licence after 60 days of expiration, you must complete and submit a paper reinstatement application, available on the reinstatement page. You must also undergo a new criminal record check and submit payment for the applicable fees.
BCCOHP’s fiscal year runs from April 1 to March 31 of the following year. This means that regardless of when you registered, your registration/certification expires March 31, and you must renew by March 31 to continue holding a licence in the next fiscal period.
For Full Dentist licensees who hold certification as a Certified Specialist, a box will appear on your renewal form to ask you to renew your certification along with your Full Dentist Licence. You must select both boxes to proceed with renewing your certification as a Certified Specialist.
For dental hygienists with certification to administer local anesthesia, a box will appear on your renewal form to ask you to renew your certification along with your licence. If your QA cycle ended on December 31, 2025, you must have completed the LA module in order to renew your certification.
Pre-existing (legacy) QA program requirements and assessments have concluded as of December 31, 2025. Oral health professionals whose QA cycles ended on December 31, 2025, are the final group required to complete the previous program requirements.
Information on profession-specific requirements are available here.
If you do not meet this requirement, please get in touch using our contact form.
Log in to the BCCOHP Portal – Sign In to view and update your QA requirements. If you need support, please get in touch with the QA Department using our contact form.
Note: If you are not able to complete your remaining QA requirements by March 31, 2026, you will not be eligible to renew your licence and you will no longer be able to practice as of April 1. If you wish to practice, a reinstatement is required. Please see reinstatement information above or get in touch using our contact form.
If you are a CDA, dental technician, dental therapist, dentist or denturist who submitted CE credits that are not selected for audit, your submission status will remain as “submitted” at the end of the submission day, and the credits will be added to your total CE credits for that cycle.
Information about the CE submission, CE statuses and audit process is available online.
Ensure you have marked both required learning plans and activities in your OLP as “complete”. For instructions on how to mark an activity as complete, please reference pages 42-45 in the QAP Information Guide. Should you need further assistance, please contact the QA Department using our contact form.
If your Online Learning Plan (OLP) is under review and you have not implemented the necessary changes identified during the audit to meet QA requirements, please contact the QA Department using our contact form to work with a QAP coordinator to resolve this as soon as possible.
You must attest that you have the required professional liability insurance to renew your licence. This can be done on the online renewal application. Proof of liability insurance is not required unless requested or if you are changing licensure to a Full Dentist or Restricted to Specialty licence. If you changed your insurance provider, please contact our office using our contact form.
Yes, the use of oral lorazepam (e.g., Ativan) is considered minimal sedation. Minimal sedation is defined as a single oral sedative (within MRD) with or without nitrous oxide/oxygen or nitrous oxide/oxygen alone.
This question refers specifically to dentists. If you do not personally provide sedation services, please select “no” in response to this question.
Dentists are not required to apply for a separate licence and facility permit to administer minimal sedation. Currently, dentists may provide minimal sedation as long as they are in full compliance with the Minimal and Moderate Sedation Services in Dentistry Standards & Guidelines.
Facility owners must inform BCCOHP and complete initial compliance assessment if they provide moderate sedation services in their facility. While assessment is ongoing, dentists may provide moderate sedation as long as they are in full compliance with the Minimal and Moderate Sedation Services in Dentistry Standards & Guidelines, unless directed otherwise.
If you intend to provide moderate sedation in your facility, please get in touch with us using our contact form with the following information:
To update your facility information, please email Sedation & GA Program using our contact form.
Please contact the Sedation & GA Program using our contact form.
Please contact the Sedation & GA Program using our contact form.
Oral health professionals including dentists, denturists and dental hygienists who own a Health Profession Corporation, should renew their permit every year to ensure their permit is active. Corporation renewal also ensures that BCCOHP has up-to-date information about oral health professionals who are practising through a health profession corporation.
Dentists holding Full Dentist or Limited (Restricted to Specialty) licences can be owners of a corporation, as stipulated under BCCOHP Bylaws 14.04 (1).
Please contact the Corporations team using our contact form.
Yes, you need to provide information and updates regarding changes in your corporation at the time of the change by contacting us.
You need to double check the information at the time of the renewal and provide any updates that are not showing on your account.
To avoid payment for the renewal of inactive corporations, you need to inform the corporation team before the renewal period by contacting us.