NC DENTAL JURISPRUDENCE FINAL PAPER 2025
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Initiate and place an intravenous infusion line in preparation for intravenous
medications and sedation under supervision of dentist holding a valid general
anesthesia or moderate sedation certificate. - ✔✔DH, LDA-direct
✔✔Place nonsurgical retraction material for gingival displacement. - ✔✔DH, LDA-direct
✔✔Concurrently perform supportive services if the dentist holds a valid general
anesthesia or moderate sedation certificate, is personally treating a patient, and
authorizes the allied dental personnel to aid in treatment including the administration of
medications into an existing intravenous line, an enteral agent, or emergency
medications in an emergent situation. - ✔✔DH, LDA-personal
✔✔autonomy - ✔✔self-determination
✔✔Beneficence - ✔✔Of benefit to the patient
✔✔Code of ethics - ✔✔Voluntary standards of behavior established by a profession
✔✔Confidentiality - ✔✔Never revealing any personal information about the patient
✔✔Ethics - ✔✔Moral standards of conduct; rules or principles that govern proper
conduct
✔✔Justice - ✔✔Fair treatment of the patient
✔✔Laws - ✔✔Minimum standards of behavior established by statutes for a population
or profession
✔✔Nonmaleficence - ✔✔Of no harm to the patient
✔✔Veracity - ✔✔Truthfulness; not lying to the patient
✔✔True or false: a behavior can be unethical and still be legal but it cannot be illegal
and still be ethical - ✔✔True
✔✔Self-determination, right to freedom of choice, self responsibility - ✔✔Autonomy
✔✔To do no harm - ✔✔Nonmaleficence
✔✔To do good or provide a benefit - ✔✔Beneficence
, ✔✔Fairness - ✔✔Justice
✔✔To tell the truth - ✔✔Veracity
✔✔Never revealing any personal information about the patient. - ✔✔Confidentiality
✔✔What are the six basic principles of ethics? - ✔✔Autonomy, nonmaleficence,
beneficence, justice, veracity, and confidentiality
✔✔Felony - ✔✔A major crime, such as fraud or drug abuse. Conviction can result in
imprisonment of 1 year or longer.
✔✔Misdemeanor - ✔✔Offense that may result in imprisonment of 6 months to 1 year
✔✔infraction - ✔✔Minor offense that usually results in only a fine
✔✔Statutory Law - ✔✔Law enacted by legislation through U.S. Congress, state
legislature, or local legislative bodies.
✔✔Criminal law - ✔✔Category of law that involves violations against the state or
government
✔✔Civil Law - ✔✔Category of law that involves violations against the state or
government
✔✔Contract Law - ✔✔Category of law that involves an agreement for services in
exchange for a payment
✔✔Tort Law - ✔✔Involving an act that brings harm to a person or damage to property
✔✔Administrative law - ✔✔Category of law that involves regulations established by
government agencies
✔✔Expressed contracts - ✔✔A contract that is established through verbal or written
words
✔✔Implied contracts - ✔✔Contract that is established by actions not words
✔✔Reciprocity - ✔✔System that allows individuals in one state to obtain a license in
another state without retesting
✔✔Patient of record - ✔✔Individual who has been examined and diagnosed by the
dentist and has had treatment planned
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Initiate and place an intravenous infusion line in preparation for intravenous
medications and sedation under supervision of dentist holding a valid general
anesthesia or moderate sedation certificate. - ✔✔DH, LDA-direct
✔✔Place nonsurgical retraction material for gingival displacement. - ✔✔DH, LDA-direct
✔✔Concurrently perform supportive services if the dentist holds a valid general
anesthesia or moderate sedation certificate, is personally treating a patient, and
authorizes the allied dental personnel to aid in treatment including the administration of
medications into an existing intravenous line, an enteral agent, or emergency
medications in an emergent situation. - ✔✔DH, LDA-personal
✔✔autonomy - ✔✔self-determination
✔✔Beneficence - ✔✔Of benefit to the patient
✔✔Code of ethics - ✔✔Voluntary standards of behavior established by a profession
✔✔Confidentiality - ✔✔Never revealing any personal information about the patient
✔✔Ethics - ✔✔Moral standards of conduct; rules or principles that govern proper
conduct
✔✔Justice - ✔✔Fair treatment of the patient
✔✔Laws - ✔✔Minimum standards of behavior established by statutes for a population
or profession
✔✔Nonmaleficence - ✔✔Of no harm to the patient
✔✔Veracity - ✔✔Truthfulness; not lying to the patient
✔✔True or false: a behavior can be unethical and still be legal but it cannot be illegal
and still be ethical - ✔✔True
✔✔Self-determination, right to freedom of choice, self responsibility - ✔✔Autonomy
✔✔To do no harm - ✔✔Nonmaleficence
✔✔To do good or provide a benefit - ✔✔Beneficence
, ✔✔Fairness - ✔✔Justice
✔✔To tell the truth - ✔✔Veracity
✔✔Never revealing any personal information about the patient. - ✔✔Confidentiality
✔✔What are the six basic principles of ethics? - ✔✔Autonomy, nonmaleficence,
beneficence, justice, veracity, and confidentiality
✔✔Felony - ✔✔A major crime, such as fraud or drug abuse. Conviction can result in
imprisonment of 1 year or longer.
✔✔Misdemeanor - ✔✔Offense that may result in imprisonment of 6 months to 1 year
✔✔infraction - ✔✔Minor offense that usually results in only a fine
✔✔Statutory Law - ✔✔Law enacted by legislation through U.S. Congress, state
legislature, or local legislative bodies.
✔✔Criminal law - ✔✔Category of law that involves violations against the state or
government
✔✔Civil Law - ✔✔Category of law that involves violations against the state or
government
✔✔Contract Law - ✔✔Category of law that involves an agreement for services in
exchange for a payment
✔✔Tort Law - ✔✔Involving an act that brings harm to a person or damage to property
✔✔Administrative law - ✔✔Category of law that involves regulations established by
government agencies
✔✔Expressed contracts - ✔✔A contract that is established through verbal or written
words
✔✔Implied contracts - ✔✔Contract that is established by actions not words
✔✔Reciprocity - ✔✔System that allows individuals in one state to obtain a license in
another state without retesting
✔✔Patient of record - ✔✔Individual who has been examined and diagnosed by the
dentist and has had treatment planned
