California RDH Law and Ethic EXAM VERIFIED SOLUTIONS

California RDH Law and Ethic EXAM VERIFIED SOLUTIONS Direct Supervision - ANSWER Dentist gives instructions and physically present in building when treatment is being completed General Supervision - ANSWER Dentist gives instructions but does not have to be present in the building when treatment is being completed Oral prophylasis - ANSWER preventive and therapeutic dental procedures of bacterial debridement both supra and subgingivally of calculus, soft deposits, and plaque, plus smoothing of tooth surfaces RDH Duties - ANSWER DH assessment, Develop plan and implement DH care plan, oral hygiene exam, counseling, and health screenings, local anesthesia, NO2, and soft tissue curettage, apply non aerosol, non caustic topical agents, and duties of RDA if licensed before January 2006 Practice of RDH do not include - ANSWER Diagnosis and comprehensive treatment planning, placing, condensing, carving, or removal of permanent restorations, surgery or cutting on hard or soft tissues including but not limited to the removal of teeth and the cutting and suturing of soft tissue, prescribing medications, and administering local or general anesthesia or oral or parenteral conscious sedation except administer NO2 RDH functions under General Supervision - ANSWER Prophy, SRP, topical, therapeutic, and subgingival agents to control caries and perio, impressions for bleaching trays, applying/activating whitening agents with non laser, light curing devices, any duty that does not require direct supervision unless it would give rise to emergency situation RDH functions with no supervision - ANSWER Educational services, Oral health training programs, Oral health screenings, Refer any screened patients to dentist for comp exam, RDH License validity - ANSWER Expires every 2 years at midnight on last day of birth month. Change of address - ANSWER Report changes within 30 days Change of Name - ANSWER Report changes within 10 days Continue education for RDH - ANSWER 25 units of CE every 2 years and is not required on first renewal. Max number of CE 8 in one day. 12 CE can be correspondence / online. 2 CE must be infection control, 2 most be in CA law. Retain receipts for up to 4 years for audit purposes Instruments that penetrate oral tissues - ANSWER Critical instruments Instruments that contact but do not penetrate oral tissues - ANSWER semi-critical instruments Instruments that only contact skin - ANSWER non-critical instruments Low level disinfectants kills - ANSWER killing of some fungi and viruses but does not inactivate TB Intermediate level disinfectants kills - ANSWER killing most fungi and viruses and inactivates TB High level disinfectant kills - ANSWER all fungi and viruses except spores Sterilization kills - ANSWER all fungi and viruses including spores Sterilizers testing - ANSWER must be tested with biological indicator weekly and results maintained for 1 year Child, Adult, and or Elderly abuse mandated reporting - ANSWER Report if serious bodily harm, call law enforcement immediately and file written report within 2 hours otherwise call and file written report within 24 hours. Report known or suspected abuse in a long-term facility to state department of public health