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2025 Tax Receipts Available

To download your tax receipt, please log in to the Self-Service Portal. Once logged in, click your name in the top-right corner, then click “Payments”, and then scroll to your receipt and click it. From this screen, you can print or save the receipt as a PDF. 

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Upcoming Professional Liability Insurance Audit

Under the law, RDHs with a General or Specialty Certificate of Registration must hold Professional Liability Insurance (PLI) at all times, even if they are not currently practising. Every year, as part of our responsibility to ensure RDHs do hold the required PLI, CDHO randomly selects 5% of RDHs to participate in an audit of their insurance. This audit will begin in April. If selected, you will receive an email notifying you of the audit…

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Changes to CPD Requirements

Registered Dental Hygienists in Ontario know that participation in a Quality Assurance Program that includes completing continuing professional development (CPD) activities is a responsibility (and requirement) of regulated health professionals. These activities support public confidence in the continuing competence of health professionals throughout their careers. CPD activities need to be meaningful and not overly taxing on the lives of busy health professionals (quality over quantity), support client safety, and be responsive to changing practice characteristics…

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Coming March 2: Registrant Engagement Survey

From March 2 – March 22, RDHs will be invited to complete the Registrant Engagement Survey. You may recall a similar survey being conducted in 2023. The survey will gather RDHs’ perspectives on: The renewal and QA processes Communications and interactions with CDHO The current state of the profession, including questions around equity and inclusion and AI Workplace environments This work is being conducted by our research partner, Pivotal Research Inc. On March 2, you…

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New Guideline: AI in Dental Hygiene Practice

Artificial Intelligence is changing the way healthcare is delivered, and that includes Dental Hygiene practice. CDHO developed a new Practice Guideline and checklist that: highlight the existing professional obligations for RDHs, identify potential risks with AI use, and provide risk mitigation strategies that protect the public’s interest. View the Practice Guideline and the checklist. If you have any questions, please get in touch with our Practice Advisor at advice@cdho.org or by calling 1-800-268-2346 (press 2).

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Ask the Practice Advisor: Socializing Outside of Work

You’ve been treating a client for over two years. The client, grateful for your care after several positive interactions, invites you to grab a coffee to “catch up”. Should you accept?   Professional boundaries help protect both clients and RDHs. While the interaction may seem casual or friendly, socializing with a client outside of the clinical setting can blur the therapeutic relationship and creates a dual relationship that can affect objectivity and alter how the client perceives the…

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