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Dentists must renew their registration annually. BCCOHP’s registration year runs from April 1 each year until March 31 the following year.
The renewal period will open each February for the following year.
Annual renewal is now closed.
Have questions? Please contact us.
If you have not renewed your registration by April 1 each year, your certification will lapse and you must apply for reinstatement; you cannot practice until you reinstate.
Reinstatements completed within 60 days from the renewal deadline can be completed online by logging into your account, completing the online form, paying your annual fee as well as the reinstatement fee. The annual renewal and other relevant fees can be found on the annual renewal page.
To reinstate after your registration has lapsed for more than 60 days requires completion of a separate reinstatement application process and an increased reinstatement fee. You must meet the Quality Assurance requirements for continuing education and continuous practice.
More information about reinstating your registration and returning to practice can be found on this page.
Dentists must ensure the following is current:
Reminder: Dentists must keep their contact information up to date with BCCOHP.
Dentist login and payment
On the login page, click “Forgot password? Click here.” 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 mailbox.
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.
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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 debit cards are not. Interac for TD Bank, First Nations Bank of Canada and most BC Credit Unions are accepted.
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.
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 an online renewal before providing payment.
BCCOHP does not accept payments by telephone, in cash, or those delivered in person.
Accepted payment methods include cheque (by mail), Mastercard and Visa credit cards, and Interac for TD Bank, First Nations Bank of Canada and most BC Credit Unions. Mastercard/Visa debit cards are not accepted.
Additionally, BCCOHP does not accept payments by telephone, in cash, or those delivered in person.
There is a five-year mandatory re-check for criminal records. Every year, you are charged a fifth of the criminal record check fee. On the fifth year when your re-check is due, your criminal record check will be automatically resent to the government.
This year, you will be renewing your registration for 13 months instead of one year. This is due to the renewal deadline having changed from February 28 to March 31. This year, annual renewal will cover a period of 13 months rather than 12. The fee for the 13th month will be reflected in the online renewal form for March 2023.
Criminal record check
Criminal record checks cost $28. BCCOHP collects one fifth of the CRC fee ($5.60) each year at annual renewal.
This is the amount charged by the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, not BCCOHP, to complete a criminal record check.
For new applicants, a fee of $28 will need to be paid for your criminal record check. Existing registrants will pay $5.60 per year during annual renewal. BCCOHP collects the money and submits payment to the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General on an applicants’ behalf.
Although BCCOHP will be sending your criminal record check to the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General on your behalf, you will still be responsible for providing requested correspondence to the ministry, such as fingerprint requests and adjudication.
Dentist renewing as a different registration category or renewing their certification
For full dentist registrants 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 registration. You must select both boxes to proceed with renewing your certification as a certified specialist.
If you are not planning to practice effective April 1, you have two options:
Non-practising
As a non-practising dentist, you are not permitted to practise dentistry. You may apply to transfer back to a practising status any time. The transfer process does not require a new criminal record check. You can find the transfer application and requirements on our website here (see “Application for Transfer”). A dentist who holds non-practising status is not required to have active malpractice coverage.
Note: Dentists may hold non-practising registration indefinitely but must meet the Quality Assurance Program (QAP) requirements to transfer back to practising. Dentists will also need to reactivate malpractice insurance coverage. Certificates/Letters of Standing from all jurisdictions a dentist currently hold/previously held registration(s) in may be required.
Resigned from register
If you wish to resign from the register, please select the option “Resigned from register” under Registration Categories in the renewal form.
If you wish to practise in BC again, you must reinstate your registration by:
Reinstating after less than 60 days lapsed
To reinstate your registration after less than 60 days lapsed, you must complete a renewal form online and pay the renewal fee, reinstatement fee and criminal record check fee before June 1, 2023.
Reinstating after more than 60 days lapsed
To reinstate your registration after more than 60 days lapsed, 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 renewal fee, reinstatement fee and criminal record check fee.
If you have questions or require further information, please email registration@oralhealthbc.ca.
The non-practising registration category is for dentists who can hold a registration as a Full Dentist Registrant or Limited (Restricted-to-Specialty) Registrant but do not plan to practise for a period of time. Non-practising dentists are not permitted to practise dentistry.
Note: As a dentist, you may hold a non-practising status indefinitely. However, if you want to regain your practising status, you must meet BCCOHP’s Quality Assurance requirements
You must contact BCCOHP before you complete the renewal process online. Non-practising registrants must meet BCCOHP’s quality assurance (QA) requirements to transfer and renew to a practising status. Please see the quality assurance for dentists webpage for more information on requirements.
If you were practising in another jurisdiction as a healthcare provider, BCCOHP will require a Certificate of Standing from that jurisdiction prior to completing renewal.
Please contact our office using our contact form to first confirm eligibility.
You will also need to contact CDSPI to reactivate your malpractice insurance coverage. Please have CDSPI send a confirmation document to our office using our contact form so that coverage can be reactivated upon transfer completion.
If you are resigning your dentist registration, please select “resigned from register” from the options on your renewal form.
You can read more about the steps to resign here.
Note: You cannot practice until you have reinstated.
If your registration has lapsed and you wish to regain practising status, you must:
Reinstating after less than 60 days lapsed
To reinstate your registration after less than 60 days lapsed, you must complete a renewal form online and pay the renewal fee, reinstatement fee and criminal record check fee before June 1, 2023.
Reinstating after more than 60 days lapsed
To reinstate your registration after more than 60 days lapsed, 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 renewal fee, reinstatement fee and criminal record check fee.
If you are planning to resign and will not practise in March 2023, you may apply to resign from the register on or before March 1, 2023. Please complete the Resignation Form and email it to registration@oralhealthbc.ca.
Your status will be updated to “resigned from register” and you will not pay the additional one-month fee.
You can find the form on our website (see “Steps for Retiring/Resigning Dentists”).
Dentist quality assurance
To renew, reinstate or transfer to registration as a full dentist registrant, limited (restricted-to specialty) registrant or limited (academic) registrant, you must meet BCCOHP’s Quality Assurance requirements including:
The minimum continuous practice requirement for dentists is 900 hours in the preceding three calendar years. If you do not meet this requirement and wish to hold practising registration, please submit a letter to the Registration Committee outlining your specific circumstance, and requesting information on what options are available to you. You can submit this using our contact form.
The minimum continuing education requirement for dentists is 90 credits per QAP cycle. Log in to view your CE transcript. If you do not meet this requirement, you must renew as “non-practising” while you complete your CE credit requirements.
Note: If your CE requirement is incomplete and your cycle has expired, you will need to contact the Quality Assurance Department via our contact form for next steps.
If the CE credits you submitted 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 and audit process is available online. For the information about CE statuses, please review our CE transcript terminology.
Dentists renewing as the same registration category
Registration expiry dates have changed to reflect BCCOHP’s fiscal year beginning on April 1. This means that regardless of when you registered, you must renew by March 31, 2023 to continue holding registration.
If your registration has lapsed and you wish to regain practising status, you must meet BCCOHP’s Quality Assurance (QA) requirements.
Reinstating after less than 60 days lapsed
To reinstate your registration after less than 60 days lapsed, you must complete a renewal form online and pay the renewal fee, reinstatement fee and criminal record check fee before June 1, 2023.
Reinstating after more than 60 days lapsed
To reinstate your registration after more than 60 days lapsed, 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 renewal fee, reinstatement fee and criminal record check fee.
Please get in touch using our contact form for further information.
Sedation
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.
Registration of dentist and facility are not required for 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 are must inform BCCOHP if they provide moderate sedation services in their facility. Presently, dentists may provide moderate sedation as long as they are in full compliance with the Minimal and Moderate Sedation Services in Dentistry Standards & Guidelines.
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 get in touch with us using our contact form.
Please get in touch with us using our contact form with all relevant details.
Please get in touch with us using our contact form.
Corporations
No, you do not need to advise BCCOHP of changes prior to completing renewal. To update information about your corporation(s) and/or practice, please get in touch with us using our contact form after completing your renewal.
As of September 1, 2022 – the College of Dental Hygienists of BC, College of Dental Surgeons of BC, College of Dental Technicians of BC, College of Denturists of BC becomes…