Florida Dental Hygiene Laws & Rules Exam Questions Fully Solved & Updated

FLORIDA DENTAL HYGIENE LAWS & RULES EXAM QUESTIONS FULLY SOLVED & UPDATED Dentistry - answer The healing art which is concerned with the exam, diagnosis, treatment planning, and care of conditions within the oral cavity and adjacent tissues and structures Dental Hygiene - answer The rendering of educational, preventive, and therapeutic dental services and any related extra-oral procedure required in the performance of services 11 members- 7 dentists 2 hygienists 2 consumers - answer How many members on the BOD? 5 years of experience - answer At least how many years of clinical experience must a dental hygienist on the BOD have? 4 years - answer How many term years does an RDH board member serve? 10 years - answer What is the maximum number of years a board member may serve? DR ERIC DR ERIC DR ERIC DR ERIC DR ERIC DR ERIC The Governor of FL - answer Who appoints the BOD members? 60 yrs old - answer One member of the board must be at least how old? The BOD - answer Who designates remediable and delegable tasks? Irremediable tasks - answer Intraoral treatment task that are IRREVERSIBLE and create UNALTERABLE changes? (Risk to pt) Remediable tasks - answer Intraoral treatment tasks that are REVERSIBLE and DO NOT create unalterable changes? (No risk to pt) Yes, but the DDS must examine the patient within 3 days - answer If the DDS is out of town and the patient comes into the office with an emergency, can the RDH recement a temp crown w/ temp cement? Dental hygienists & dental assistants - answer Who may perform emergency remediable tasks under conditions specified by the law? Every biennium (2 years) - answer How often must a CPR certification be renewed? Every 3rd biennium (6 years) - answer How often must CE on domestic violence be renewed? DR ERIC DR ERIC DR ERIC DR ERIC DR ERIC DR ERIC HIV and AIDS - answer What Board approved CE course must an RDH have before first licensure renewal? At least 2 hrs on medical errors prevention - answer Each licensure renewal, an RDH must have how many hours on what kind of CE? Yes - answer Can an RDH be excused from CE requirement due to a hardship? 24 credits biannually - answer How many CE hrs are required for RDHs? 30 credits biannually - answer How many CE hrs are required for dentists? 50 minutes - answer How many minutes are equivalent to 1 hr of CE? In the first biennium of licensure - answer When are licensees excused from CE? 4 years - answer How long should you keep documentation of completion of CE courses? A dentist or DH teaching in an educational facility - answer Who is exempt from CE requirements? No - answer Can CE credit hours be transferred from one biennium to another? DR ERIC DR ERIC DR ERIC DR ERIC DR ERIC DR ERIC No, a DH can only recommend - answer Can an RDH prescribe chlorhexidine or fluoride to a patient? 24 months (2 years) - answer How long is a dental hygiene prescription good for? Analgesia - answer Absence of pain w/o loss of conciousness Anesthesia - answer Loss of feeling or sensation, especially pain Conscious sedation - answer A depressed level of consciousness produced by the administration of pharmacologic substances. Patient can still breathe on their own and respond. CPR certification, renewed every 2 yrs - answer What is required of a dental hygienist and dentist if they are to administer or employ the use of anesthesia? 30 hrs of didactic education and 30 hrs of clinical experience, CPR certification, $35 permit fee, copy of diploma - answer What is required of an RDH if they are to receive a certification in administration of local anesthesia? Anticonvulsants - answer The dentist and staff must be properly trained in what before anesthesia is used in the office?