RDA LAW AND ETHICS STUDY EXAM GUIDE 2026 (
CALIFORNIA): QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED PASS!!
Abandonment
ANS: Discontinued of patient/provider relationship once it had been established;
discontinuing treatment once begun without cause or notification to the patient.
Harassment
ANS: The act of annoying or threatening a person; the act of repeatedly
tormenting or persistently irritating.
Impaired Professional
ANS: A professional healthcare provider who is no longer able to perform fiction
in a professional capacity and with competence; may be impaired by drugs or
alcohol.
Implied
ANS: A term used when data or knowledge is not specifically stated verbally or in
writing; and inferred statement
Implied consent
ANS: By nature of being present in the treatment facility, it is implied that the
patient is seeking treatment; a dentist may not communicate the full details of the
treatment plan - therfore treatment may being with implied consent without
agreeing in writing or verbally.
Nonmaleficence
ANS: The principle of "doing no harm" a state of non-injury to a patient during
the provision of dental care services.
Professionalism
ANS: A quality set in standards and methods of performance demonstrating skill,
knowledge and professional ability demonstrated consistently.
Regulation
ANS: A principle, rule or law designed to control or govern conduct; a set of
, standards, established by the dental board of California when if violated may result
in citation and fine against the dental healthcare worker.
Revocation
ANS: The act of recall or annulment; to nullify; the reversal of an act, the recalling
of a grant, making something void.
Scope of practice
ANS: The range of duties and functions legally allowable under the defined area's
of providership such as type of license, permit or certificate held; set forth by the
state of dental practice act and the laws of the state.
Standard of care
ANS: Otherwise known as the customary standards and practice of the dental
profession; a set of professional standards that are not in law or regulation but
established by the professional within the profession such as code of ethics; the
standard of care is often defined as what a reasonable person would do in the same
or similar circumstance.
Informed consent
ANS: The act of providing information, verbally or in writing, to and ensuring the
understanding of the patient, as to the nature of proposed treatment, financial
responsibilities, potential risks, options for treatment, potential outcomes, and
impact on the patients physical and oral health.
Aiding and abetting
ANS: To help, to assist with or allow abused the law and regulation of the dental
profession; to aide and individual to preform duties and functions outside their
prescribed scope of practice against the law and regulations not the state; to
delegate duties leading to the performance of illegal functions.
Amoral
ANS: To be without moral; lacking moral sensitivity; not caring about right and
wrong.
CALIFORNIA): QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED PASS!!
Abandonment
ANS: Discontinued of patient/provider relationship once it had been established;
discontinuing treatment once begun without cause or notification to the patient.
Harassment
ANS: The act of annoying or threatening a person; the act of repeatedly
tormenting or persistently irritating.
Impaired Professional
ANS: A professional healthcare provider who is no longer able to perform fiction
in a professional capacity and with competence; may be impaired by drugs or
alcohol.
Implied
ANS: A term used when data or knowledge is not specifically stated verbally or in
writing; and inferred statement
Implied consent
ANS: By nature of being present in the treatment facility, it is implied that the
patient is seeking treatment; a dentist may not communicate the full details of the
treatment plan - therfore treatment may being with implied consent without
agreeing in writing or verbally.
Nonmaleficence
ANS: The principle of "doing no harm" a state of non-injury to a patient during
the provision of dental care services.
Professionalism
ANS: A quality set in standards and methods of performance demonstrating skill,
knowledge and professional ability demonstrated consistently.
Regulation
ANS: A principle, rule or law designed to control or govern conduct; a set of
, standards, established by the dental board of California when if violated may result
in citation and fine against the dental healthcare worker.
Revocation
ANS: The act of recall or annulment; to nullify; the reversal of an act, the recalling
of a grant, making something void.
Scope of practice
ANS: The range of duties and functions legally allowable under the defined area's
of providership such as type of license, permit or certificate held; set forth by the
state of dental practice act and the laws of the state.
Standard of care
ANS: Otherwise known as the customary standards and practice of the dental
profession; a set of professional standards that are not in law or regulation but
established by the professional within the profession such as code of ethics; the
standard of care is often defined as what a reasonable person would do in the same
or similar circumstance.
Informed consent
ANS: The act of providing information, verbally or in writing, to and ensuring the
understanding of the patient, as to the nature of proposed treatment, financial
responsibilities, potential risks, options for treatment, potential outcomes, and
impact on the patients physical and oral health.
Aiding and abetting
ANS: To help, to assist with or allow abused the law and regulation of the dental
profession; to aide and individual to preform duties and functions outside their
prescribed scope of practice against the law and regulations not the state; to
delegate duties leading to the performance of illegal functions.
Amoral
ANS: To be without moral; lacking moral sensitivity; not caring about right and
wrong.
