FL Laws/Rules DH Exam Questions and
Answers 2025
FloridaAlawsAandArulesA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-ChapterA456AFloridaAstatutesA
ChapterA466AFloridaAstatutesA
RuleA64B5AFloridaAadministrationAcode
466.001AlegislativeApurposeAandAintentA(purposeAofAtheAlaw)A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ToAensureAthatAeveryAdentistAandAhygienistApracticingAinAthisAstateAmeetsAminimumArequir
ementsAforAsafeApracticeAwithoutAundueAclinicalAinterferenceAbyApersonsAwhoAareAnotAlice
nsed.
DentistryA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
DentistryAisAtheAhealingAartAwhichAisAconcernedAwithAtheAexam,Adiagnosis,AtreatmentAplan
ning,AandAcareAofAconditionsAwithinAtheAhumanAoralAcavityAandAadjacentAtissuesAandAstruct
ures.
DentalAhygieneA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
DentalAhygieneAisAtheArenderingAofAeducational,Apreventive,AandAtherapeuticAdentalAservic
esAandAanyArelatedAextraAoralAprocedureArequiredAinAtheAperformanceAofAservices.
BoardAofAdentistryAmembersA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-11AboardAmembersAtotal
A-sevenAlicensedAdentistsAactivelyApracticingA
A-twoAlicensedAdentalAhygienistAactivelyApracticing
A-
twoAlayApersonsAwhoAareAnotAandAhaveAneverAbeenAdentists,AdentalAhygienistAorArelatedAto
AtheAdentalAprofessionA(consumerAmember)
HowAmanyAyearsAexperienceAbusAtheAdentistAorAhygienistAhaveAifAonAtheAboard?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
AtAleastAfiveAyearsAclinicalAexperienceAforAseatingAtheAdateAofAherAorAhisAappointmentAtoAth
eAboard.
HeAorAsheAmustAremainAprimarilyAinAclinicalApracticeAduringAallAperiodsAofAappointmentAtoAt
heAboard.
HowAmanyAtermAyearsAdoAdentalAhygieneAboardAmembersAserve?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-FourAyears
WhatAisAtheAmaximumAnumberAofAyearsAsupportAmemberAmayAserve?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-Ten
WhoAappointsAtheAboardAofAdentistryAmembers?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
TheAgovernorAofAFlorida
OneAmemberAofAtheAboardAmustAbeAatAleastAhowAmanyAyearsAofAage?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-60AyearsAofAage
466.024AdelegationAofAduties;AexpandedAfunctionsA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
DentistAmayAnotAdelegateAirremediableAtasksAexceptAasAprovidedAbyAlaw.
RemediableAtasksAmayAbeAdelegatedAifAtheyAposeAnoArisk.
,TheyAonlyAdelegateAremediableAtasksAdefinedAbyAlawAorArule
466.024AdelegationAofAduties;AexpandedAfunctionsA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
TheAboardAofAdentistryAshallAdesignateAremediableAandAdelegableAtasks
DentistAdelegateAnon-dentists
AuthorizationAforAirremediableAtasksAunderAgeneralAsupervisionAisAvalidAforA13Amonths
A-
anyAauthorizationAforAremediableAtasksAtoAbeAperformedAunderAgeneralAsupervisionAisAvali
dAforAaAmaximumAofA13Amonths;AafterAwhich,AnoAfurtherAtreatmentAunderAgeneralAsupervisi
onAcanAbeAperformedAwithoutAanotherAclinicalAexamAbyAaAFloridaAlicensedAdentist.
IntroAoralAtreatmentAtasksAwhichAareAirreversibleAandAcreateAunalterableAchangesAwithinAt
heAoralAcavityAorAstructuresA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-IrremediableAtasks
IntraoralAtreatmentAtasksAwhichAareAreversibleAandAdoAnotAcreateAunalterableAchangesAwit
hinAtheAoralAcavityAorAstructuresAandAdoAnotAcauseAanAincreasedAriskAtoAtheApatient?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-RemediableAtasks
ApplyingAtopicalAwithAjetAsprayAisAwhatAtypeAofAtask?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
Irremediable
AAdentalAhygienistAwhoAappliesAbleachingAsolution,AactivatesAlightAsourceAmonitorsAandAre
movesAinAofficeAbleachingAmaterialsAisAperformingAaAwhatAtask?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-Remediable
TheApracticingADentistAisAoutAofAtheAcountryAandAaApatientAcomesAintoAtheAofficeAwithAanAe
mergency.AWhichAremediableAtaskAisAtheAhygienistAorAassistantAableAtoAperform?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-RecementingAtemporaryAcrownsAwithAtemporaryAcement.
DoAuseAofAaAlaserAorAaAlaserAtypeAdeviceAisAconsideredAtoAbeAwhatAtypeAofAtask?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-Irremediable
WhoAmayAperformAemergencyAremediableAtaskAunderAconditionsAspecifiedAinAtheAlaws?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-AAdentalAhygienistAandAaAdentalAassistant
ContinuingAeducationArequirementsAforAdentistAandAhygienistsA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
CPRAatAbasicAsupportAlevelAeachAbiennium
AtAleastAtwoAhoursAofACEAonAmedicalAerrorsAprevention
TwoAhoursAofACEAonAdomesticAviolenceArequiredAeveryAthirdAbiennium
BoardAapprovedACEAcourseAonAHIVAandAAIDSAbyAfirstArenewal
ContinuingAeducationAsubjectAareasA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
BasicAmedicalAandAscientificAsubjectsAsuchAas,Abiology,Amicrobiology,Aanatomy,AdentalAan
atomy,AmicroAanatomy,Apathology,Aphysiology,Achemistry,AorganicAchemistry,Abiochemistr
y,Aneurology,Apharmacology,Aanesthesia,Aanalgesia,AdietAandAnutritionAasAitArelatesAtoAtheA
oralAcavity.
ClinicalAandAtechnicalAsubjects,AtechniquesAinAgeneralAdentistryAorArecognizeAspecialties,A
dentalAmaterialsAandAequipment,AdiagnosisAandAtreatmentAplanning,AasepsisAandAsteriliza
tionAtechniqueAandAradiology.
, PatientAhealthAandAsafety,ApublicAhealthAproblems,AcommunicableAdiseases,AERAcare.ACP
R,AadvancedAlifeAsupport,Aanesthesia,ApatientAstressAmanagementAandAriskAmanagement.
WhatAareAsomeAotherAnon-traditionalAwaysAtoAearnAcontinuingAeducationAcredits?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
UpAtoA11ACEAhoursAforAbeingAanAexpertAwitnessAinAtheAreviewAofAaAdisciplinaryAcase
UpAtoAthreeACEAhoursAforAeachAsemesterAofAteachingAaAcourseAatAanyAADAAaccreditedAsc
hool(dental,AdentalAhygieneAorAassisting)
UpAtoAfourACEAhoursAforAattendingAaAboardAmeetingAwhereAdisciplinaryAcasesAareAheard
ForAdoingAproAbonoAwork,AwhatAisAtheAmaximumAnumberAofAhoursAofACEAyouAcanAreceiveA
creditAfor?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
YouAgetAoneACEAcreditAforAeveryAoneAhourAofAproAbonoAwork.
TheAmaximumAnumberAofACEAcreditsAyouAcanAreceiveAforAdoingAproAbonoAworkAisAsevenAh
oursAeveryAbiennium
ThisAcanAalsoAbeAaskedAasAaApercentageAquestion.AIfA24AhoursAofAcontinuingAeducationApe
rAbienniumAisArequired,AthenAapproximatelyA30%AofAcontinuingAeducationAcreditsAcouldAco
meAfromAproAbonoAwork.
InApercentage,AwhatAisAtheAhighestAamountAthatAcanAbeAcompletedAfromAproAbonoAwork?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
25%.ATheAclosestAanswerAisA25%.ATheAquestionAdoesAnotAstateAifAitAisAforAhygienistAorAdent
istAsoAbeAsureAtoAchooseAtheApercentageAofA25%AtoA30%
.excusedAfromACEA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
AAhygienistAcanAbeAexcusedAfromACEArequirementsAdueAtoAaAhardship.
YouAhaveAtheAoptionAtoAbeAplacedAonAinAactiveAstatusAifAyouApayAtheAinAactiveAstatusAfee.
HowAmanyAcontinuingAeducationAhoursAareArequiredAforAaAdentalAhygienist?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-24AcreditsAbiennially
HowAmanyAcontinuingAeducationAhoursAareArequiredAforAdentists?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-30AcreditsAbiennially
HowAmanyAminutesAareAequivalentAtoAoneAhourAofAcontinuingAeducation?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-50Aminutes.
Note,A1/2AhourAorAoneAhourAofAcontinuingAeducationAcreditAshallAbeAawardedAforAeachA25Ao
rA50AminutesAofAactualAclassroomAorAclinicalAinstruction,Arespectively.ANoAcontinuingAeduc
ationAcreditAshallAbeAawardedAforAparticipationAofAlessAthanA25Aminutes
WhichAisAnotAanAappropriateAtopicAforAcontinuingAeducation?
A)AdomesticAviolence
B)AchemotherapeuticAagents
C)AstressAmanagementAforAtheApatient
D)AscalingAandArootAplaningAtechniquesA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
B)AchemotherapeuticAagents
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAisAanAexampleAofAaACEAthatAaAdentalAhygienistAwouldAtake?
Answers 2025
FloridaAlawsAandArulesA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-ChapterA456AFloridaAstatutesA
ChapterA466AFloridaAstatutesA
RuleA64B5AFloridaAadministrationAcode
466.001AlegislativeApurposeAandAintentA(purposeAofAtheAlaw)A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ToAensureAthatAeveryAdentistAandAhygienistApracticingAinAthisAstateAmeetsAminimumArequir
ementsAforAsafeApracticeAwithoutAundueAclinicalAinterferenceAbyApersonsAwhoAareAnotAlice
nsed.
DentistryA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
DentistryAisAtheAhealingAartAwhichAisAconcernedAwithAtheAexam,Adiagnosis,AtreatmentAplan
ning,AandAcareAofAconditionsAwithinAtheAhumanAoralAcavityAandAadjacentAtissuesAandAstruct
ures.
DentalAhygieneA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
DentalAhygieneAisAtheArenderingAofAeducational,Apreventive,AandAtherapeuticAdentalAservic
esAandAanyArelatedAextraAoralAprocedureArequiredAinAtheAperformanceAofAservices.
BoardAofAdentistryAmembersA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-11AboardAmembersAtotal
A-sevenAlicensedAdentistsAactivelyApracticingA
A-twoAlicensedAdentalAhygienistAactivelyApracticing
A-
twoAlayApersonsAwhoAareAnotAandAhaveAneverAbeenAdentists,AdentalAhygienistAorArelatedAto
AtheAdentalAprofessionA(consumerAmember)
HowAmanyAyearsAexperienceAbusAtheAdentistAorAhygienistAhaveAifAonAtheAboard?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
AtAleastAfiveAyearsAclinicalAexperienceAforAseatingAtheAdateAofAherAorAhisAappointmentAtoAth
eAboard.
HeAorAsheAmustAremainAprimarilyAinAclinicalApracticeAduringAallAperiodsAofAappointmentAtoAt
heAboard.
HowAmanyAtermAyearsAdoAdentalAhygieneAboardAmembersAserve?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-FourAyears
WhatAisAtheAmaximumAnumberAofAyearsAsupportAmemberAmayAserve?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-Ten
WhoAappointsAtheAboardAofAdentistryAmembers?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
TheAgovernorAofAFlorida
OneAmemberAofAtheAboardAmustAbeAatAleastAhowAmanyAyearsAofAage?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-60AyearsAofAage
466.024AdelegationAofAduties;AexpandedAfunctionsA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
DentistAmayAnotAdelegateAirremediableAtasksAexceptAasAprovidedAbyAlaw.
RemediableAtasksAmayAbeAdelegatedAifAtheyAposeAnoArisk.
,TheyAonlyAdelegateAremediableAtasksAdefinedAbyAlawAorArule
466.024AdelegationAofAduties;AexpandedAfunctionsA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
TheAboardAofAdentistryAshallAdesignateAremediableAandAdelegableAtasks
DentistAdelegateAnon-dentists
AuthorizationAforAirremediableAtasksAunderAgeneralAsupervisionAisAvalidAforA13Amonths
A-
anyAauthorizationAforAremediableAtasksAtoAbeAperformedAunderAgeneralAsupervisionAisAvali
dAforAaAmaximumAofA13Amonths;AafterAwhich,AnoAfurtherAtreatmentAunderAgeneralAsupervisi
onAcanAbeAperformedAwithoutAanotherAclinicalAexamAbyAaAFloridaAlicensedAdentist.
IntroAoralAtreatmentAtasksAwhichAareAirreversibleAandAcreateAunalterableAchangesAwithinAt
heAoralAcavityAorAstructuresA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-IrremediableAtasks
IntraoralAtreatmentAtasksAwhichAareAreversibleAandAdoAnotAcreateAunalterableAchangesAwit
hinAtheAoralAcavityAorAstructuresAandAdoAnotAcauseAanAincreasedAriskAtoAtheApatient?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-RemediableAtasks
ApplyingAtopicalAwithAjetAsprayAisAwhatAtypeAofAtask?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
Irremediable
AAdentalAhygienistAwhoAappliesAbleachingAsolution,AactivatesAlightAsourceAmonitorsAandAre
movesAinAofficeAbleachingAmaterialsAisAperformingAaAwhatAtask?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-Remediable
TheApracticingADentistAisAoutAofAtheAcountryAandAaApatientAcomesAintoAtheAofficeAwithAanAe
mergency.AWhichAremediableAtaskAisAtheAhygienistAorAassistantAableAtoAperform?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-RecementingAtemporaryAcrownsAwithAtemporaryAcement.
DoAuseAofAaAlaserAorAaAlaserAtypeAdeviceAisAconsideredAtoAbeAwhatAtypeAofAtask?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-Irremediable
WhoAmayAperformAemergencyAremediableAtaskAunderAconditionsAspecifiedAinAtheAlaws?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-AAdentalAhygienistAandAaAdentalAassistant
ContinuingAeducationArequirementsAforAdentistAandAhygienistsA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
CPRAatAbasicAsupportAlevelAeachAbiennium
AtAleastAtwoAhoursAofACEAonAmedicalAerrorsAprevention
TwoAhoursAofACEAonAdomesticAviolenceArequiredAeveryAthirdAbiennium
BoardAapprovedACEAcourseAonAHIVAandAAIDSAbyAfirstArenewal
ContinuingAeducationAsubjectAareasA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
BasicAmedicalAandAscientificAsubjectsAsuchAas,Abiology,Amicrobiology,Aanatomy,AdentalAan
atomy,AmicroAanatomy,Apathology,Aphysiology,Achemistry,AorganicAchemistry,Abiochemistr
y,Aneurology,Apharmacology,Aanesthesia,Aanalgesia,AdietAandAnutritionAasAitArelatesAtoAtheA
oralAcavity.
ClinicalAandAtechnicalAsubjects,AtechniquesAinAgeneralAdentistryAorArecognizeAspecialties,A
dentalAmaterialsAandAequipment,AdiagnosisAandAtreatmentAplanning,AasepsisAandAsteriliza
tionAtechniqueAandAradiology.
, PatientAhealthAandAsafety,ApublicAhealthAproblems,AcommunicableAdiseases,AERAcare.ACP
R,AadvancedAlifeAsupport,Aanesthesia,ApatientAstressAmanagementAandAriskAmanagement.
WhatAareAsomeAotherAnon-traditionalAwaysAtoAearnAcontinuingAeducationAcredits?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
UpAtoA11ACEAhoursAforAbeingAanAexpertAwitnessAinAtheAreviewAofAaAdisciplinaryAcase
UpAtoAthreeACEAhoursAforAeachAsemesterAofAteachingAaAcourseAatAanyAADAAaccreditedAsc
hool(dental,AdentalAhygieneAorAassisting)
UpAtoAfourACEAhoursAforAattendingAaAboardAmeetingAwhereAdisciplinaryAcasesAareAheard
ForAdoingAproAbonoAwork,AwhatAisAtheAmaximumAnumberAofAhoursAofACEAyouAcanAreceiveA
creditAfor?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
YouAgetAoneACEAcreditAforAeveryAoneAhourAofAproAbonoAwork.
TheAmaximumAnumberAofACEAcreditsAyouAcanAreceiveAforAdoingAproAbonoAworkAisAsevenAh
oursAeveryAbiennium
ThisAcanAalsoAbeAaskedAasAaApercentageAquestion.AIfA24AhoursAofAcontinuingAeducationApe
rAbienniumAisArequired,AthenAapproximatelyA30%AofAcontinuingAeducationAcreditsAcouldAco
meAfromAproAbonoAwork.
InApercentage,AwhatAisAtheAhighestAamountAthatAcanAbeAcompletedAfromAproAbonoAwork?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
25%.ATheAclosestAanswerAisA25%.ATheAquestionAdoesAnotAstateAifAitAisAforAhygienistAorAdent
istAsoAbeAsureAtoAchooseAtheApercentageAofA25%AtoA30%
.excusedAfromACEA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
AAhygienistAcanAbeAexcusedAfromACEArequirementsAdueAtoAaAhardship.
YouAhaveAtheAoptionAtoAbeAplacedAonAinAactiveAstatusAifAyouApayAtheAinAactiveAstatusAfee.
HowAmanyAcontinuingAeducationAhoursAareArequiredAforAaAdentalAhygienist?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-24AcreditsAbiennially
HowAmanyAcontinuingAeducationAhoursAareArequiredAforAdentists?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-30AcreditsAbiennially
HowAmanyAminutesAareAequivalentAtoAoneAhourAofAcontinuingAeducation?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-50Aminutes.
Note,A1/2AhourAorAoneAhourAofAcontinuingAeducationAcreditAshallAbeAawardedAforAeachA25Ao
rA50AminutesAofAactualAclassroomAorAclinicalAinstruction,Arespectively.ANoAcontinuingAeduc
ationAcreditAshallAbeAawardedAforAparticipationAofAlessAthanA25Aminutes
WhichAisAnotAanAappropriateAtopicAforAcontinuingAeducation?
A)AdomesticAviolence
B)AchemotherapeuticAagents
C)AstressAmanagementAforAtheApatient
D)AscalingAandArootAplaningAtechniquesA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
B)AchemotherapeuticAagents
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAisAanAexampleAofAaACEAthatAaAdentalAhygienistAwouldAtake?