NC DENTAL LAWS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔True - ✔✔An occupational licensing board may issue a temporary practice permit to
a military spouse licensed, certified, or registered in another jurisdiction while the
spouse is satisfying the requirements for licensure.
✔✔True - ✔✔A passport photo and the licensing fee must be sent to the Board if
applying for a dental hygiene provisional license.
✔✔Human subjects - ✔✔The clinical examination for dental hygiene includes
procedures performed on _____ as part of the assessment of clinical competency
✔✔True - ✔✔As a condition precedent to issuing a dental provisional license, the Board
may require an applicant to appear before the Board for oral examination, written
examination(s), clinical evaluation or any combination thereof and satisfy the Board as
to the applicant's professional competency.
✔✔False - ✔✔Application for dental hygiene licensure does not authorize the Board to
inquire about a person's character or reputation
✔✔True - ✔✔An application for a limited volunteer dental license must pass the written
exams on jurisprudence and infection control
✔✔True - ✔✔A dental hygiene provisional licensee may be limited to practice in a
specific geographic location
✔✔False - ✔✔The dental hygiene clinical examination includes procedures on a clinical
simulator as part of the assessment competency
✔✔10 - ✔✔An applicant who changes his or her address shall notify the Board office
within how many business days?
, ✔✔Annually - ✔✔An instructors license is renewed:
✔✔True - ✔✔An applicant for dental hygiene licensure by credentials must successfully
complete the written examinations for infection control/jurisprudence
✔✔True - ✔✔Applications for dental hygiene licensure will be denied if the applicant
fails to complete their course of study
✔✔Retake both the written and clinical exams - ✔✔A candidate for dental hygiene
licensure failed the clinical exam but passed the written state exams on jurisprudence
and infection control. After more than a year later, this person reapplied to the State
Board. This person must do which of the following:
✔✔2,000; 2 - ✔✔In order to be eligible for dental hygiene license by credit, a dental
hygiene applicant must have provided at least_____ hours of clinical care to patients,
during the ____ years immediately preceding application.
✔✔False - ✔✔Any candidate who changes their address does not need to notify the
board
✔✔False - ✔✔The 5,000 hours of clinical care may include any combination of post
grad training, residency programs or an internship (Dental license by credentials)
✔✔Mailed in sealed envelope - ✔✔If a dental hygiene board applicant is still in school in
a dental program, the official hygiene transcripts must be:
✔✔72 - ✔✔An applicant who fails the written exam, must wait___\ hours before
attempting to retake the written portion of the exam
✔✔True - ✔✔A provisional license issued to a member of the faculty of an educational
institution is limited to practicing only in the facilities provided by the educational
institution where he/she is a faculty member
✔✔False - ✔✔A certificate issued for a corporation or limited liability company is valid
indefinitely and never has to be renewed
✔✔Must take and pass written exams (infection control/ jurisprudence) - ✔✔An
applicant for licensure by credentials:
✔✔True - ✔✔No dental hygiene licenses are granted by reciprocity
✔✔True - ✔✔Applicants seeking reinstatement of a North Carolina dental license that
has been revoked, suspended, inactive or lapsed more than five years must
SET A+
✔✔True - ✔✔An occupational licensing board may issue a temporary practice permit to
a military spouse licensed, certified, or registered in another jurisdiction while the
spouse is satisfying the requirements for licensure.
✔✔True - ✔✔A passport photo and the licensing fee must be sent to the Board if
applying for a dental hygiene provisional license.
✔✔Human subjects - ✔✔The clinical examination for dental hygiene includes
procedures performed on _____ as part of the assessment of clinical competency
✔✔True - ✔✔As a condition precedent to issuing a dental provisional license, the Board
may require an applicant to appear before the Board for oral examination, written
examination(s), clinical evaluation or any combination thereof and satisfy the Board as
to the applicant's professional competency.
✔✔False - ✔✔Application for dental hygiene licensure does not authorize the Board to
inquire about a person's character or reputation
✔✔True - ✔✔An application for a limited volunteer dental license must pass the written
exams on jurisprudence and infection control
✔✔True - ✔✔A dental hygiene provisional licensee may be limited to practice in a
specific geographic location
✔✔False - ✔✔The dental hygiene clinical examination includes procedures on a clinical
simulator as part of the assessment competency
✔✔10 - ✔✔An applicant who changes his or her address shall notify the Board office
within how many business days?
, ✔✔Annually - ✔✔An instructors license is renewed:
✔✔True - ✔✔An applicant for dental hygiene licensure by credentials must successfully
complete the written examinations for infection control/jurisprudence
✔✔True - ✔✔Applications for dental hygiene licensure will be denied if the applicant
fails to complete their course of study
✔✔Retake both the written and clinical exams - ✔✔A candidate for dental hygiene
licensure failed the clinical exam but passed the written state exams on jurisprudence
and infection control. After more than a year later, this person reapplied to the State
Board. This person must do which of the following:
✔✔2,000; 2 - ✔✔In order to be eligible for dental hygiene license by credit, a dental
hygiene applicant must have provided at least_____ hours of clinical care to patients,
during the ____ years immediately preceding application.
✔✔False - ✔✔Any candidate who changes their address does not need to notify the
board
✔✔False - ✔✔The 5,000 hours of clinical care may include any combination of post
grad training, residency programs or an internship (Dental license by credentials)
✔✔Mailed in sealed envelope - ✔✔If a dental hygiene board applicant is still in school in
a dental program, the official hygiene transcripts must be:
✔✔72 - ✔✔An applicant who fails the written exam, must wait___\ hours before
attempting to retake the written portion of the exam
✔✔True - ✔✔A provisional license issued to a member of the faculty of an educational
institution is limited to practicing only in the facilities provided by the educational
institution where he/she is a faculty member
✔✔False - ✔✔A certificate issued for a corporation or limited liability company is valid
indefinitely and never has to be renewed
✔✔Must take and pass written exams (infection control/ jurisprudence) - ✔✔An
applicant for licensure by credentials:
✔✔True - ✔✔No dental hygiene licenses are granted by reciprocity
✔✔True - ✔✔Applicants seeking reinstatement of a North Carolina dental license that
has been revoked, suspended, inactive or lapsed more than five years must
