RDA Part 2 Law and Ethics Exam with Complete Solutions for the new updates

1. Any licentiate (licensee or permit holder) may have his or her license revoked or suspended or be reprimanded or be placed on probation by the Dental Board for what reason(s)? - Unprofessional conduct, incompetence, and gross negligence 2. The Board has the authority to discipline a licentiate for what reason(s)? - Repeated act of negligence in his or her profession 3. If the dentist or dental assistant is convicted of a crime substantially to the qualifications, functions, or duties of a dentist or dental assistant, the Board may take what action(s)? - Revoke, suspended or be reprimanded or be placed on probation 4. If a practitioner should lose a license to revocation, the Board will take what public action? - Place the revocation in the Board records and show the license as being cancelled 5. The Board has the authority to hold proceedings to consider actions against a licentiate whose conviction of a misdemeanor or felony that is deemed substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of a dentist or dental assistant? - True 6. Any proceeding initiated by the Board against a licensee for the violation of any provision of the regulations shall be filed within three years after the Board discovers the action or within seven years after the alleged act - True 7. The Board may discipline a licentiate by placing him or her on probation with additional terms and conditions but may not require him or her to obtain additional training or pass an examination, or both - False 8. The Board may discipline a licentiate by placing him or her on probation with additional terms and conditions such as restricting or limiting the extent, scope or type of practice of the licentiate - True 9. The Board may, as a term of probation, require community service in cases involving violations relating to quality of care - False 10. When the Board disciplines a licensee by placing him or her on probation, the Board may require the licensee to pay the monetary cost associated with monitoring the licensee's probation - True 11. The Board shall may reinstate a license to a practitioner who has failed to pay the costs he or she was order to pay - False 12. According to the California Dental Practice Act, Section 1680, acts constituting unprofessional conduct include, but not limited to, which of the following - *The advertising to guarantee any dental operation painlessly 13. *The aiding or abetting of any unlicensed person to practice dentistry 14. *The aiding or abetting of a licensed person to practice dentistry unlawfully 15. *The alteration of a patient's record with intent to deceive 16. *The aiding or abetting of a licensed dentist, dental assistant, RDA, RDAEF, DSAP, OAP, RDH, in alternative practice, RDHEF to practice dentistry in a negligent or incompetent manner 17. *Obtain or possess any controlled substance or any dangerous drugs 18. Every dentist or dental health professional who performs a service on a patient in a dental office should identify himself or herself in the patient record by? - Signing his or her name or using an identification number with initials and date those treatment entries in the record 19. Within how many days does a dental licensee have to comply with a request from the Board for the dental records of a patient - 30 days 20. The daily civil penalty (charge) for non-compliance of a request for pati