Law and Ethics RDH
Oral Prophylaxis
preventive and therapeutic procedures including bacterial debridement with complete removal of
sub and supragingival calculus, soft deposits, plaque and stains.
OBJECTIVE: maintain healthy hard and soft tissue
Hygienists licensed before December 31, 2005 may perform all RDA functions.
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All hygienists licensed on or after January 1, 2006 must apply for a RDA license separately in
order to perform RDA functions.
True
The practice of dental hygiene includes:
-dental hygiene assessment
-development
-planning
-implementation
of a dental hygiene care plan
Also includes:
-health education
-counseling
-health screenings
True
,Dental hygiene practice does NOT include:
-Diagnosis
-Comprehensive treatment planning
-Placing, condensing, carving or removal of permanent restorations
-Surgery or cutting of hard or soft tissue
-Prescribing medication
-Administering local/general/oral or parenteral conscious sedation EXCEPT for the
administration of N2O2 whether alone or in combination with each other
A RDH is authorized to perform the following procedures under DIRECT supervision
*Soft tissue curettage
*Administration of local anesthesia
*Administration of N2O2, whether alone or in combination with each other
Duties that an RDH is authorized to perform under GENERAL supervision
-Preventive and therapeutic interventions including oral prophylaxis, scaling, and root planing
-taking impressions for bleach trays and application and activation of agents with nonlaser light
curing devices
-taking impressions for bleach trays and placements of in-office, tooth whitening devices
Procedures a RDH may provide without supervision
-educational services, oral health training programs, oral health screenings
-refer any screened patients with possible oral abnormalities to a DDS for comprehensive tx,
diagnosis, and tx plan
-application of fluorides
How many days after a licensee changes his or her address shall they notify the committee of
the change?
within 30 days
A licensee who changes his or her legal name shall provide the committee with documentation
of change within ________ days.
10
, If not renewed, a license issued under the provisions, unless specifically excepted expires at
___________________ on the ___________ day of the month of the legal birth date of the
licensee during the ______________ year of a two-year term.
12 midnight, last, second
A licensee may have his or her license revoked or suspended, or may be reprimanded or placed
on probation by the committee for __________________________, incompetence,
___________________________, repeated acts of negligence in his or her profession,
receiving a license by mistake, or for any other cause applicable to the licentiate provided.
unprofessional conduct, gross negligence
The committee may reprimand a licensee or order a license suspended or revoked, or placed
on probation or may decline to issue a license, when any of the following occur:
1. The time for appeal has elapsed
2. The judgment of conviction has been affirmed on appeal
3. An order granting probation is made suspending the imposition of sentence, irrespective of a
subsequent order under any provision of the Penal code allowing them to withdraw his/her guilty
plea.
a group of infection prevention practices that apply to all patients, regardless of suspected or
confirmed infection status, in any setting in which healthcare is delivered
Standard precautions
hand hygiene, use of gloves, mask, eye protection, face shield, safe handling of sharps
Standard precautions
DHCP
Dental Healthcare Personnel
paid and non-paid personnel in the dental healthcare setting who might be occupationally
exposed to infectious material
DHCP
Cal/OSHA
California Division of Occupational Safety and Health
Oral Prophylaxis
preventive and therapeutic procedures including bacterial debridement with complete removal of
sub and supragingival calculus, soft deposits, plaque and stains.
OBJECTIVE: maintain healthy hard and soft tissue
Hygienists licensed before December 31, 2005 may perform all RDA functions.
True
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All hygienists licensed on or after January 1, 2006 must apply for a RDA license separately in
order to perform RDA functions.
True
The practice of dental hygiene includes:
-dental hygiene assessment
-development
-planning
-implementation
of a dental hygiene care plan
Also includes:
-health education
-counseling
-health screenings
True
,Dental hygiene practice does NOT include:
-Diagnosis
-Comprehensive treatment planning
-Placing, condensing, carving or removal of permanent restorations
-Surgery or cutting of hard or soft tissue
-Prescribing medication
-Administering local/general/oral or parenteral conscious sedation EXCEPT for the
administration of N2O2 whether alone or in combination with each other
A RDH is authorized to perform the following procedures under DIRECT supervision
*Soft tissue curettage
*Administration of local anesthesia
*Administration of N2O2, whether alone or in combination with each other
Duties that an RDH is authorized to perform under GENERAL supervision
-Preventive and therapeutic interventions including oral prophylaxis, scaling, and root planing
-taking impressions for bleach trays and application and activation of agents with nonlaser light
curing devices
-taking impressions for bleach trays and placements of in-office, tooth whitening devices
Procedures a RDH may provide without supervision
-educational services, oral health training programs, oral health screenings
-refer any screened patients with possible oral abnormalities to a DDS for comprehensive tx,
diagnosis, and tx plan
-application of fluorides
How many days after a licensee changes his or her address shall they notify the committee of
the change?
within 30 days
A licensee who changes his or her legal name shall provide the committee with documentation
of change within ________ days.
10
, If not renewed, a license issued under the provisions, unless specifically excepted expires at
___________________ on the ___________ day of the month of the legal birth date of the
licensee during the ______________ year of a two-year term.
12 midnight, last, second
A licensee may have his or her license revoked or suspended, or may be reprimanded or placed
on probation by the committee for __________________________, incompetence,
___________________________, repeated acts of negligence in his or her profession,
receiving a license by mistake, or for any other cause applicable to the licentiate provided.
unprofessional conduct, gross negligence
The committee may reprimand a licensee or order a license suspended or revoked, or placed
on probation or may decline to issue a license, when any of the following occur:
1. The time for appeal has elapsed
2. The judgment of conviction has been affirmed on appeal
3. An order granting probation is made suspending the imposition of sentence, irrespective of a
subsequent order under any provision of the Penal code allowing them to withdraw his/her guilty
plea.
a group of infection prevention practices that apply to all patients, regardless of suspected or
confirmed infection status, in any setting in which healthcare is delivered
Standard precautions
hand hygiene, use of gloves, mask, eye protection, face shield, safe handling of sharps
Standard precautions
DHCP
Dental Healthcare Personnel
paid and non-paid personnel in the dental healthcare setting who might be occupationally
exposed to infectious material
DHCP
Cal/OSHA
California Division of Occupational Safety and Health
