California RDH (Registered Dental Hygienist)
Law and Ethics Exam Comprehensive Study
Guide Questions with 100% Correct Verified
Answers 2025
Introduction:
This document is a complete study guide for the California
Registered Dental Hygienist (RDH) Law and Ethics Exam for 2025.
It contains a broad collection of multiple-choice and true/false
questions with 100% correct, verified answers, covering topics
such as the California Dental Practice Act, CDA Code of Ethics
principles, scope of practice, supervision levels, unprofessional
conduct, infection control, patient rights, and reporting
requirements. It also includes ethical scenario questions and legal
compliance guidelines to help candidates prepare effectively for the
official licensing exam.
Exam Question and Answer:
Self-governance is included under this California Dental Association
code of ethics principle
-Beneficence
,-Autonomy
-Tolerance
-Veracity
-Professionalism --- correct answer ---Professionalism
Acts of kindness and a sympathetic ear for the patient are included
in the California Dental Association code of ethics principle
______________
-Compassion
-Integrity
-Professionalism
-Beneficence
-Competence --- correct answer ---Compassion
An RDH who performs a service on a patient in a dental office shall
identify himself or herself in the patient record by signing his or
her name or identification number and initials next to the service
performed, and shall date those treatment entries in the record
-True
-False --- correct answer ---true
,In the interest of preserving the patients continuity of care, a
dentist who treats a patient, not of record, is not obligated to
recommend the patient continue treatment with the original
treating dentist in all cases
-True
-False --- correct answer ---false
Use of the name of a dentist no longer actively associated with the
practice may be continued for a period not to exceed ________
-120 days
-Six months
-one year
-Two years --- correct answer ---one year
A licensee must comply with a request for a patient's dental
hygiene records that is accompanied by that patient's written
authorization for release of the records to the DHCC, within
________ days of receiving the request and authorization.
-15 days
-90 days
, -60 days
-30 days --- correct answer ---15 days
This principle expresses the concept that professionals have a duty
to be fair in their dealings with patients, colleagues and society
-Nonmaleficence
-Justice
-Autonomy
-Veracity
-Beneficence --- correct answer ---Justice
Dental hygienists are not obliged to report suspected child abuse
cases to the proper authorities
-True
-False --- correct answer ---False
Dentists with first-hand knowledge that a colleague is practicing
dentistry when chemically impaired have an ethical responsibility
to report such evidence to the professional assistance
committee/drug diversion committee of a dental society
Law and Ethics Exam Comprehensive Study
Guide Questions with 100% Correct Verified
Answers 2025
Introduction:
This document is a complete study guide for the California
Registered Dental Hygienist (RDH) Law and Ethics Exam for 2025.
It contains a broad collection of multiple-choice and true/false
questions with 100% correct, verified answers, covering topics
such as the California Dental Practice Act, CDA Code of Ethics
principles, scope of practice, supervision levels, unprofessional
conduct, infection control, patient rights, and reporting
requirements. It also includes ethical scenario questions and legal
compliance guidelines to help candidates prepare effectively for the
official licensing exam.
Exam Question and Answer:
Self-governance is included under this California Dental Association
code of ethics principle
-Beneficence
,-Autonomy
-Tolerance
-Veracity
-Professionalism --- correct answer ---Professionalism
Acts of kindness and a sympathetic ear for the patient are included
in the California Dental Association code of ethics principle
______________
-Compassion
-Integrity
-Professionalism
-Beneficence
-Competence --- correct answer ---Compassion
An RDH who performs a service on a patient in a dental office shall
identify himself or herself in the patient record by signing his or
her name or identification number and initials next to the service
performed, and shall date those treatment entries in the record
-True
-False --- correct answer ---true
,In the interest of preserving the patients continuity of care, a
dentist who treats a patient, not of record, is not obligated to
recommend the patient continue treatment with the original
treating dentist in all cases
-True
-False --- correct answer ---false
Use of the name of a dentist no longer actively associated with the
practice may be continued for a period not to exceed ________
-120 days
-Six months
-one year
-Two years --- correct answer ---one year
A licensee must comply with a request for a patient's dental
hygiene records that is accompanied by that patient's written
authorization for release of the records to the DHCC, within
________ days of receiving the request and authorization.
-15 days
-90 days
, -60 days
-30 days --- correct answer ---15 days
This principle expresses the concept that professionals have a duty
to be fair in their dealings with patients, colleagues and society
-Nonmaleficence
-Justice
-Autonomy
-Veracity
-Beneficence --- correct answer ---Justice
Dental hygienists are not obliged to report suspected child abuse
cases to the proper authorities
-True
-False --- correct answer ---False
Dentists with first-hand knowledge that a colleague is practicing
dentistry when chemically impaired have an ethical responsibility
to report such evidence to the professional assistance
committee/drug diversion committee of a dental society
