FL LAWS AND RULES EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS
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Board - correct answer ✔✔Board of Dentistry
Person LICENSED to practice dentistry pursuant to Chapter 466 - correct answer ✔✔Dentist
the healing art which is concerned with the examination, diagnosis, treatment ,planning, and
care of conditions within the human oral cavity and its adjacent tissues and structures. It
includes theperformance or attempted performance of dental operations, or oral or oral-
maxillofacial surgery and any related procedures. - correct answer ✔✔Dentistry
the rendering of educational, preventive, and therapeutic dental services and any related extra-
oral procedure required in the performance of such services. - correct answer ✔✔Dental
Hygiene
a person LICENSED to practice dental hygiene pursuant to Chapter 466 - correct answer
✔✔Dental Hygienist
Department - correct answer ✔✔the Department of Health
K - correct answer ✔✔
Direct supervision - correct answer ✔✔DMD evaluates the patient, diagnoses the condition,
authorizes the procedure, remains on premises, approves work prior to departure of patient.
AUTHORIZE, PRESENT, CHECK
,supervision whereby a dentist diagnoses the condition to be treated, a dentist authorizes
theprocedure to be performed, a dentist remains on the premises while the procedures are
performed, and a dentist approves the work performed before dismissal of the patient.
Indirect supervision - correct answer ✔✔DMD evaluates the patient, diagnoses the condition,
authorizes the procedure, remains on premises
AUTHORIZE, PRESENT
supervision whereby a dentist authorizes the procedure and a dentist is on the premises while
the procedures are performed.
General Supervision - correct answer ✔✔AUTHORIZE
a dentist authorizes the procedures which are being carried out but need not be present when
the authorized procedures are being performed.
Irremediable tasks definition and who can perform - correct answer ✔✔- only performed by
dentist
-intraoral treatment tasks which, when performed, are irreversible and create unalterable
changes within the oral cavity or the contiguous structures or which cause an increased risk to
the patient. ie: anesthetics other than topical anesthesia
Remediable tasks definition and who can perform - correct answer ✔✔- dentist can delegate
remediable tasks defined by law to hygenist and dental assistants (assistants generally require
higher supervision level than hygenists)
- intraoral treatment tasks which are reversible and do not create unalterable changes within
the oral cavity or the contiguous structures and which do not cause an increased risk to the
patient. ie: topical anesthesia
Formal training required for the performance of certain remediable tasks for both DA and DH.
Expanded duty course or program which meets one of the following requirements:Faculty
Requirements as well included. - correct answer ✔✔*Accredited by the ADA & approved by the
Board.
, *Certification as a dental radiographer (DA).
*Course or program curriculum reflects appropriate didactic and clinical training in each
remediable task.
*Dentists and dental hygienists shall have a minimum of one year experience in expanded duty
functions and expanded duty dental assistants shall have a minimum of 5 years of hands-on
experience.
*The student/teacher ratio shall not exceed one instructor to ten students.
*Documentation of the training and experience of faculty members which establishes their
qualifications to teach specified subject areas.
*Any course offered shall also include instruction regarding sterilization and disinfection
procedures and instruction in the dental practice act and administrative code as it relates to
dental auxiliaries
.*Each participant who successfully completes the course or program is issued a certificate
which contains the following information: name of course or program sponsor; title of course;
date course offered; number of hours of instruction; participant's name; signature authorized by
the sponsor which attests to the certificate's validity; and a list of all remediable tasks in which
the participant has received formal training.
*Any clinical course in which patients are treated during instruction must be supervised by a
licensed dentist.
*On-the-job training required for the performance of certain remediable tasks consists of
training in those tasks by a licensed dentist who assumes full responsibility for assuring that the
dental hygienist or dental assistant has completed hands-on training in order that he/she is
competent to perform the tasks.
The law which governs the PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY IN FLORIDA - correct answer ✔✔Chapter
466 Florida Statutes
-to ensure that every dentist or dental hygienist practicing in this state meets minimum
requirements for safe practice
The rules set forth by the BOARD OF DENTISTRY - correct answer ✔✔Rule 64B5
FL Administrative Code
QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS
100%
Board - correct answer ✔✔Board of Dentistry
Person LICENSED to practice dentistry pursuant to Chapter 466 - correct answer ✔✔Dentist
the healing art which is concerned with the examination, diagnosis, treatment ,planning, and
care of conditions within the human oral cavity and its adjacent tissues and structures. It
includes theperformance or attempted performance of dental operations, or oral or oral-
maxillofacial surgery and any related procedures. - correct answer ✔✔Dentistry
the rendering of educational, preventive, and therapeutic dental services and any related extra-
oral procedure required in the performance of such services. - correct answer ✔✔Dental
Hygiene
a person LICENSED to practice dental hygiene pursuant to Chapter 466 - correct answer
✔✔Dental Hygienist
Department - correct answer ✔✔the Department of Health
K - correct answer ✔✔
Direct supervision - correct answer ✔✔DMD evaluates the patient, diagnoses the condition,
authorizes the procedure, remains on premises, approves work prior to departure of patient.
AUTHORIZE, PRESENT, CHECK
,supervision whereby a dentist diagnoses the condition to be treated, a dentist authorizes
theprocedure to be performed, a dentist remains on the premises while the procedures are
performed, and a dentist approves the work performed before dismissal of the patient.
Indirect supervision - correct answer ✔✔DMD evaluates the patient, diagnoses the condition,
authorizes the procedure, remains on premises
AUTHORIZE, PRESENT
supervision whereby a dentist authorizes the procedure and a dentist is on the premises while
the procedures are performed.
General Supervision - correct answer ✔✔AUTHORIZE
a dentist authorizes the procedures which are being carried out but need not be present when
the authorized procedures are being performed.
Irremediable tasks definition and who can perform - correct answer ✔✔- only performed by
dentist
-intraoral treatment tasks which, when performed, are irreversible and create unalterable
changes within the oral cavity or the contiguous structures or which cause an increased risk to
the patient. ie: anesthetics other than topical anesthesia
Remediable tasks definition and who can perform - correct answer ✔✔- dentist can delegate
remediable tasks defined by law to hygenist and dental assistants (assistants generally require
higher supervision level than hygenists)
- intraoral treatment tasks which are reversible and do not create unalterable changes within
the oral cavity or the contiguous structures and which do not cause an increased risk to the
patient. ie: topical anesthesia
Formal training required for the performance of certain remediable tasks for both DA and DH.
Expanded duty course or program which meets one of the following requirements:Faculty
Requirements as well included. - correct answer ✔✔*Accredited by the ADA & approved by the
Board.
, *Certification as a dental radiographer (DA).
*Course or program curriculum reflects appropriate didactic and clinical training in each
remediable task.
*Dentists and dental hygienists shall have a minimum of one year experience in expanded duty
functions and expanded duty dental assistants shall have a minimum of 5 years of hands-on
experience.
*The student/teacher ratio shall not exceed one instructor to ten students.
*Documentation of the training and experience of faculty members which establishes their
qualifications to teach specified subject areas.
*Any course offered shall also include instruction regarding sterilization and disinfection
procedures and instruction in the dental practice act and administrative code as it relates to
dental auxiliaries
.*Each participant who successfully completes the course or program is issued a certificate
which contains the following information: name of course or program sponsor; title of course;
date course offered; number of hours of instruction; participant's name; signature authorized by
the sponsor which attests to the certificate's validity; and a list of all remediable tasks in which
the participant has received formal training.
*Any clinical course in which patients are treated during instruction must be supervised by a
licensed dentist.
*On-the-job training required for the performance of certain remediable tasks consists of
training in those tasks by a licensed dentist who assumes full responsibility for assuring that the
dental hygienist or dental assistant has completed hands-on training in order that he/she is
competent to perform the tasks.
The law which governs the PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY IN FLORIDA - correct answer ✔✔Chapter
466 Florida Statutes
-to ensure that every dentist or dental hygienist practicing in this state meets minimum
requirements for safe practice
The rules set forth by the BOARD OF DENTISTRY - correct answer ✔✔Rule 64B5
FL Administrative Code
