A dental hygienist's employer is responsible for maintaining the staff's continuing education requirements. - ANSWERFalse
Hygienists who are inactive must comply with CPR regulations while unactive. - ANSWERFalse.
Continuing education for dental hygienists is 20 hours per year. - ANSWERFalse.
Dental hygienists working in the office of a regularly licensed dentists shall be under general supervision of the dentist. - ANSWERFalse.
An applicant for licensure by examination as a dental hygienist must be of good moral character, be possessed of a high school education, and have attained the age of 21 years. - ANSWERFalse.
A dentist or dental hygiene member of the board may serve no more then 2 consecutive
terms. - ANSWERFalse.
MS dental hygienists may place subgingival periodontal treatment agents for patients. - ANSWERTrue.
For CE, a maximum of 25% of the required coursework may be computer based. - ANSWERTrue.
Dental auxiliaries must be certified in CPR within 90 days of employment. - ANSWERFalse.
CE records must be kept for 5 years. - ANSWERFalse.
Pharmacists are authorized to fill prescriptions of legally licensed and registered dentists of this state for any drugs to be used in the practice of dentistry. - ANSWERTrue.
A dentist must keep patient records for 10 years after seeing a patient. - ANSWERFalse.
Each license must notify the board within 14 days of any change in address of residence. - ANSWERFalse.