RDA LAW AND ETHICS EXAM
2025 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
What will a BLS course include? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > -adult
and pediatric CPR, including 2-person scenarios
-foreign-body airway obstruction
-relief of choking for adult/child/infant
-use of automated defibrillator with CPR
-a live, in-person skills practice session, test and written exam
Hospital, clinics, physicians, dentists and alternative medicine are discribed as
according to hippa provisions. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Direct providers and covered entities.
what duties may a DA/RDA/RDAEF perform while working for/at a
primary care clinic or specialty clinic? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
any extraoral duty, coronal
polish, topical fluoride application, pit and fissure sealants (if course
completed) when under Direct Supervision of RDH/RDHAP
conditional duties of an RDA - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a- remove
excess cement with an ultrasonic scaler from supragivgival surfaces of
teeth undergoing ortho treatment
,b- allowable duties of an ortho assistant permitholder
c- allowable duties of a dental sedation assistant permitholder
d- application of pit and fissure sealants
Hand washing - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a- with soap and water
and start and end of day and when visibly soiled between PTs
b- when not visibly soiled, an alcohol-based hand rub
may be used
c-hands must be thoroughly dried before putting on
gloves
d- DHCP with open/weeping wounds on hands will refrain from PT
care, even with gloves, until it is resolved
e-gloves are single use, not to be washed before or after use, discarded only
when can an RDA perform conditional duties? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > only when they have completed a board-approved
educational program or when they can provide evidence on
completing a board-approved course in the
specific subject
what evidence does an RDA need to provide to accompany their first
license renewal (regarding conditional duties)? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > evidence of completion of a board-approved pit and fissure
sealants course; if not, license will be suspended
dental auxillary - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a person who may perform
dental supportive procedures under specified supervision of a licensed
DDS
, dental assistant - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > unlicensed person who
may perform basic supportive procedures under the supervision of a
DDS
registered dental assistant - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a licensed
person who may perform all authorized procedures in addition to all
basic supportive procedures a DA may perform
direct supervision - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > supervision of dental
procedures based of DDS instruction and the DDS being physically
present in treatment facility during the specified procedure
general supervision - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > supervision of dental
procedures based on DDS instruction but where DDS must not be
physically present during time of specified procedure
basic supportive dental procedures - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > dental
procedures categorized by their technically elementary characteristics,
complete
reversibility and inability to create potentially hazardous conditions for the
PT
continuing education - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a condition of license
renewal, the submission if evidence of an RDA/RDH/DDS continuing to
stay educated on new and improving developments in the practice of
dentistry, as well as reviewing infection control procedures, dental law,
and BLS
how much of an RDAs contiuing education can the Board dictate? -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 7.5 hrs in the general areas of PT care,
2025 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
What will a BLS course include? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > -adult
and pediatric CPR, including 2-person scenarios
-foreign-body airway obstruction
-relief of choking for adult/child/infant
-use of automated defibrillator with CPR
-a live, in-person skills practice session, test and written exam
Hospital, clinics, physicians, dentists and alternative medicine are discribed as
according to hippa provisions. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Direct providers and covered entities.
what duties may a DA/RDA/RDAEF perform while working for/at a
primary care clinic or specialty clinic? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
any extraoral duty, coronal
polish, topical fluoride application, pit and fissure sealants (if course
completed) when under Direct Supervision of RDH/RDHAP
conditional duties of an RDA - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a- remove
excess cement with an ultrasonic scaler from supragivgival surfaces of
teeth undergoing ortho treatment
,b- allowable duties of an ortho assistant permitholder
c- allowable duties of a dental sedation assistant permitholder
d- application of pit and fissure sealants
Hand washing - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a- with soap and water
and start and end of day and when visibly soiled between PTs
b- when not visibly soiled, an alcohol-based hand rub
may be used
c-hands must be thoroughly dried before putting on
gloves
d- DHCP with open/weeping wounds on hands will refrain from PT
care, even with gloves, until it is resolved
e-gloves are single use, not to be washed before or after use, discarded only
when can an RDA perform conditional duties? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > only when they have completed a board-approved
educational program or when they can provide evidence on
completing a board-approved course in the
specific subject
what evidence does an RDA need to provide to accompany their first
license renewal (regarding conditional duties)? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > evidence of completion of a board-approved pit and fissure
sealants course; if not, license will be suspended
dental auxillary - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a person who may perform
dental supportive procedures under specified supervision of a licensed
DDS
, dental assistant - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > unlicensed person who
may perform basic supportive procedures under the supervision of a
DDS
registered dental assistant - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a licensed
person who may perform all authorized procedures in addition to all
basic supportive procedures a DA may perform
direct supervision - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > supervision of dental
procedures based of DDS instruction and the DDS being physically
present in treatment facility during the specified procedure
general supervision - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > supervision of dental
procedures based on DDS instruction but where DDS must not be
physically present during time of specified procedure
basic supportive dental procedures - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > dental
procedures categorized by their technically elementary characteristics,
complete
reversibility and inability to create potentially hazardous conditions for the
PT
continuing education - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a condition of license
renewal, the submission if evidence of an RDA/RDH/DDS continuing to
stay educated on new and improving developments in the practice of
dentistry, as well as reviewing infection control procedures, dental law,
and BLS
how much of an RDAs contiuing education can the Board dictate? -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 7.5 hrs in the general areas of PT care,
