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Comprehensive 2025 California RDH Laws and Ethics exam with 150 verified questions and correct answers. Covers legal responsibilities, ethical principles, scope of practice, reporting requirements, and disciplinary actions relevant to dental hygienists.

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CARLIFORNIA RDH LAWS AND ETHICS
ACTUAL 2025 EXAM I1 WITH 150
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A|
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This term affirms the doctor-patient relationship and affirms the foundation for
informed consent, protecting patient confidentiality and upholding veracity -
ANSWER- autonomy


this term is often cited as a fundamental principle of ethics, is the obligation to
benefit others and seek their good. ANSWER- beneficence


what is the punishment for willfully failing to report abuse which results in death
or great bodily injury - ANSWER- up to a year in county jail, $5000 fine or both


is emotional damage such as severe anxiety, depression, or aggressive behavior
reportable? - ANSWER- yes, such case must be reported by a mandated reporter

,physical abuse, abandonment, abduction, isolation, financial abuse or neglect -
ANSWER- elder abuse


what is the process of reporting elder abuse - ANSWER- report by telephone or by
confidential internet tool and write follow up report withing 2 working days


what is the punishment for failing to report elder abuse - ANSWER- its a
misdemeanor crime and its punishable by up to 6 months of county jail or up to
$1000 fine or both


what is the punishment for failing to report elder abuse that results in death or great
bodily injury - ANSWER- up to a year in county jail or up to$5000 fine or both


what is the punishment for excessive administration of drugs or treatment or
excessive use of facility which is considered unprofessional conduct? - ANSWER-
it's considered a misdemeanor, fined by no less than $100 or more than $600
and/or imprisonment not less than 60 days but no more than 180 days


true or false? its unprofessional to discourage needed treatment, permit excessive
treatment, incompetent, unnecessary, gross negligent treatment or repeated
negligent acts - ANSWER- true


what is the punishment for assuming titles of DH, RDHEF or RDHAP? -
ANSWER- it's a misdemeanor crime and its punishable by no less than$100 but no
more than $1500 and/or no less than 10 days or more than 1 year of county jail


name the violations that can suspend, revoke, reprimend or place a licensee on
probation - ANSWER- unprofessional conduct, incompetence, gross negligence,
repeated acts of negligence, violation of section 123, receiving a license by mistake

,or article 1949 and conviction of a crime, plea of guilty, nolo contendere, granting
probation instead of verdict


what type of crime is a violation of BPC 123 or 123.5 - ANSWER- misdemeanor


what is the monetary fine for violating BPC 123 or 123.5? - ANSWER- up to $10k
plus cost of litigation


what type of crime is committed when failing to report child abuse and what is the
penalty? - ANSWER- it's a misdemeanor crime and its punishable by up to 6
months of county jail or up to $1000 fine or both


name the process of reporting child abuse - ANSWER- file report via telefone and
withing 36 hours write a follow up report


what is the punishment for willfully failing to report abuse which results in death
or great bodily injury - ANSWER- up to a year in county jail, $5000 fine or both


is emotional damage such as severe anxiety, depression, or aggressive behavior
reportable? - ANSWER- yes, such case must be reported by mandated reporter


the dentist refrains from harming the patient by referring to those with specialized
expertise when clinician skills are insufficient - ANSWER- beneficence


this term requires caring and the ability to identify with the patient's well-being,
relieving pain and suffering and other acts of kindness and sympathetic ear -
ANSWER- compassion

, this term requires continual self-assessment about the outcome of patient care and
involves a commitment to lifelong learning, it is expected from the provider -
ANSWER- competence


this term dictates the provider to behave with honor and decency, it affirms when
words, actions or intentions are in conflict with one's own values and conscience, it
commits providers to to uphold code of ethics, it safeguards, influences and
promotes the highest professional standards - ANSWER- integrity


this term is associated with fairness or giving to each his or her own due, it deals
with issues such as who recieves treatment first or at all - ANSWER- justice


this term deals with balancing the distribution of benefits and burdens in practice -
ANSWER- justice


this term deals with self-governance and its the hallmark of a profession, it works
for the collective best interest of society - ANSWER- professionalism


this term challenges providers to practice with an increasingly complex cultural
and ethnically diverse community, conventional attitudes regarding pain,
appropriate function and esthetics, it requires that the provider realize these
diferences may affect patient choices and treatment - ANSWER- tolerance


honesty or truth telling, it's the bedrock of a trusting doctor-patient relationship, it's
required the provider be honest to the patient for a true informed consent -
ANSWER- veracity


the obligation to act in a manner that maintains or elevates the esteem of the
profession - ANSWER- professional esteem

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