Dental Hygiene Law and Ethics study guide (California) part 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
preventive and therapeutic procedures including bacterial debridement with
complete removal of sub and supragingival calculus, soft deposits, plaque and
Oral Prophylaxis
stains.
OBJECTIVE: maintain healthy hard and soft tissue
Hygienists licensed before December 31, True
2005 may perform all RDA functions.
All hygienists licensed on or after January 1, True
2006 must apply for a RDA license
separately in order to perform RDA
functions.
The practice of dental hygiene includes: True
-dental hygiene assessment
-development
-planning
-implementation
of a dental hygiene care plan
Also includes:
-health education
-counseling
-health screenings
-Diagnosis
-Comprehensive treatment planning
-Placing, condensing, carving or removal of permanent restorations
Dental hygiene practice does NOT include: -Surgery or cutting of hard or soft tissue
-Prescribing medication
-Administering local/general/oral or parenteral conscious sedation EXCEPT for the
administration of N2O2 whether alone or in combination with each other
, A RDH is authorized to perform the *Soft tissue curettage
following procedures under DIRECT *Administration of local anesthesia
supervision *Administration of N2O2, whether alone or in combination with each other
Courses of instruction for direct True
supervision duties added to the scope of
practice of dental hygiene on or after July 1,
2009, shall be submitted b the committee
for approval by the dental board.
-Preventive and therapeutic interventions including oral prophylaxis, scaling, and
root planing
Duties that an RDH is authorized to -taking impressions for bleach trays and application and activation of agents with
perform under GENERAL supervision nonlaser light curing devices
-taking impressions for bleach trays and placements of in-office, tooth whitening
devices
-educational services, oral health training programs, oral health screenings
Procedures a RDH may provide without -refer any screened patients with possible oral abnormalities to a DDS for
supervision comprehensive tx, diagnosis, and tx plan
-application of fluorides and pit and fissure sealants
How many days after a licensee changes within 30 days
his or her address shall they notify the
committee of the change?
A licensee who changes his or her legal 10
name shall provide the committee with
documentation of change within ________
days.
If not renewed, a license issued under the 12 midnight, last, second
provisions, unless specifically excepted
expires at ___________________ on the ________ day
of the month of the legal birth date of the
licensee during the _______ year of a
two-year term.
A licensee may have his or her license unprofessional conduct, gross negligence
revoked or suspended, or may be
reprimanded or placed on probation by
the committee for ______________ ,
incompetence, ________________ ,
repeated acts of negligence in his or her
profession, receiving a license by mistake,
or for any other cause applicable to the
licentiate provided.
A licensee may have his or her license committee
revoked or suspended, or may be
reprimanded or placed on probation by
the ___________ , for conviction of a crime
substantially related to the licensee's
qualifications, functions or duties.
The record of conviction or a copy clerk, conviction
certified by the _______ of the court or by
the judge whose court the conviction
occurred shall be conclusive evidence of
______________.
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
preventive and therapeutic procedures including bacterial debridement with
complete removal of sub and supragingival calculus, soft deposits, plaque and
Oral Prophylaxis
stains.
OBJECTIVE: maintain healthy hard and soft tissue
Hygienists licensed before December 31, True
2005 may perform all RDA functions.
All hygienists licensed on or after January 1, True
2006 must apply for a RDA license
separately in order to perform RDA
functions.
The practice of dental hygiene includes: True
-dental hygiene assessment
-development
-planning
-implementation
of a dental hygiene care plan
Also includes:
-health education
-counseling
-health screenings
-Diagnosis
-Comprehensive treatment planning
-Placing, condensing, carving or removal of permanent restorations
Dental hygiene practice does NOT include: -Surgery or cutting of hard or soft tissue
-Prescribing medication
-Administering local/general/oral or parenteral conscious sedation EXCEPT for the
administration of N2O2 whether alone or in combination with each other
, A RDH is authorized to perform the *Soft tissue curettage
following procedures under DIRECT *Administration of local anesthesia
supervision *Administration of N2O2, whether alone or in combination with each other
Courses of instruction for direct True
supervision duties added to the scope of
practice of dental hygiene on or after July 1,
2009, shall be submitted b the committee
for approval by the dental board.
-Preventive and therapeutic interventions including oral prophylaxis, scaling, and
root planing
Duties that an RDH is authorized to -taking impressions for bleach trays and application and activation of agents with
perform under GENERAL supervision nonlaser light curing devices
-taking impressions for bleach trays and placements of in-office, tooth whitening
devices
-educational services, oral health training programs, oral health screenings
Procedures a RDH may provide without -refer any screened patients with possible oral abnormalities to a DDS for
supervision comprehensive tx, diagnosis, and tx plan
-application of fluorides and pit and fissure sealants
How many days after a licensee changes within 30 days
his or her address shall they notify the
committee of the change?
A licensee who changes his or her legal 10
name shall provide the committee with
documentation of change within ________
days.
If not renewed, a license issued under the 12 midnight, last, second
provisions, unless specifically excepted
expires at ___________________ on the ________ day
of the month of the legal birth date of the
licensee during the _______ year of a
two-year term.
A licensee may have his or her license unprofessional conduct, gross negligence
revoked or suspended, or may be
reprimanded or placed on probation by
the committee for ______________ ,
incompetence, ________________ ,
repeated acts of negligence in his or her
profession, receiving a license by mistake,
or for any other cause applicable to the
licentiate provided.
A licensee may have his or her license committee
revoked or suspended, or may be
reprimanded or placed on probation by
the ___________ , for conviction of a crime
substantially related to the licensee's
qualifications, functions or duties.
The record of conviction or a copy clerk, conviction
certified by the _______ of the court or by
the judge whose court the conviction
occurred shall be conclusive evidence of
______________.
