RDHAP Law and Ethics Exam UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
"Dental hygiene board" means The Dental Hygiene Board of California.
"Dental board" means The Dental Board of California.
The supervision of dental procedures based on instructions given by a licensed
"Direct supervision" means dentist who is required to be physically present in the treatment facility during the
performance of those procedures.
The supervision of dental procedures based on instructions given by a licensed
"General supervision" means dentist who is not required to be physically present in the treatment facility during
the performance of those procedures.
Preventive and therapeutic dental procedures that include bacterial debridements
with complete removal, supra and subgingivally, of calculus, soft deposits, plaque,
"Oral prophylaxis" means and stains, and the smoothing of tooth surfaces. The objective of this treatment is to
create an environment in which the patient can maintain healthy hard and soft
tissues.
(a) All functions that may be performed by a registered dental assistant.
(b) All persons holding a license as a registered dental hygienist, registered dental
The following functions may be performed hygienist in alternative practice, or registered dental hygienist in extended functions
by a registered dental hygienist, in addition as of December 31, 2005, are authorized to perform the duties of a registered dental
to those authorized pursuant to Sections assistant specified in this chapter. All persons issued a license as a registered dental
1908 to 1914, inclusive: hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or registered dental
hygienist in extended functions on or after January 1, 2006, shall qualify for and
receive a registered dental assistant license prior to performance of the duties of a
registered dental assistant specified in this chapter.
- Dental hygiene assessment and development
(a) The practice of dental hygiene includes: - Planning, and implementation of a dental hygiene care plan.
- It also includes oral health education, counseling, and health screenings.
, (1) Diagnosis and comprehensive treatment planning.
(2) Placing, condensing, carving, or removal of permanent restorations.
(3) Surgery or cutting on hard and soft tissue including, but not limited to, the
removal of teeth and the cutting and suturing of soft tissue.
The practice of dental hygiene does not
include any of the following procedures:
(4) Prescribing medication.
(5) Administering local or general anesthesia or oral or parenteral conscious
sedation, except for the administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether
administered alone or in combination with each other, or local anesthesia pursuant
to Section 1909.
A registered dental hygienist is authorized (a) Soft-tissue curettage.
to perform the following procedures under
direct supervision of a licensed dentist, (b) Administration of local anesthesia.
after submitting to the dental hygiene
board evidence of satisfactory completion (c) Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered alone or in
of a course of instruction, approved by the combination with each other.
dental hygiene board, in the procedures:
(a) Preventive and therapeutic interventions, including oral prophylaxis, scaling, and
root planing.
(b) Application of topical, therapeutic, and subgingival agents used for the control of
A registered dental hygienist is authorized caries and periodontal disease.
to perform the following procedures under
general supervision: (c) The taking of impressions for bleaching trays and application and activation of
agents with nonlaser, light-curing devices.
(d) The taking of impressions for bleaching trays and placements of in-office, tooth-
whitening devices.
(a) A registered dental hygienist may Educational services, oral health training programs, and oral health screenings.
provide, without supervision:
A registered dental hygienist shall refer any a comprehensive examination, diagnosis, and treatment plan.
screened patients with possible oral
abnormalities to a dentist for:
In any public health program created by Dental hygiene preventive services in addition to oral screenings, including, but not
federal, state, or local law or administered limited to, the application of fluorides and pit and fissure sealants. A registered
by a federal, state, county, or local dental hygienist practicing as described in this subdivision may submit, or allow to be
governmental entity, at a sponsored event submitted, any insurance or third-party claims for patient services performed as
by a sponsoring entity or at a nonprofit authorized in this article.
organization, a registered dental hygienist
may provide, without supervision:
Notwithstanding Section 1912, a registered Fluoride varnish to a patient
dental hygienist may provide, without
supervision:
, No person other than a registered dental (a) A student enrolled in a dental or a dental hygiene school who is performing
hygienist, registered dental hygienist in procedures as part of the regular curriculum of that program under the supervision
alternative practice, or registered dental of the faculty of that program.
hygienist in extended functions or a
licensed dentist may engage in the practice
of dental hygiene or perform dental
hygiene procedures on patients, including,
but not limited to, supragingival and
subgingival scaling, dental hygiene
assessment, and treatment planning,
except for the following persons:
(1) Applying nonaerosol and noncaustic topical agents.
A dental assistant acting in accordance
with the rules of the dental board in (2) Applying topical fluoride.
performing the following procedures:
(3) Taking impressions for bleaching trays.
(1) Polishing the coronal surfaces of teeth.
A registered dental assistant acting in
(2) Applying bleaching agents.
accordance with the rules of the dental
board in performing the following
(3) Activating bleaching agents with a nonlaser light-curing device.
procedures:
(4) Applying pit and fissure sealants.
Employee of a dentist or of another registered dental hygienist in alternative
practice, as an independent contractor, as a sole proprietor of an alternative dental
hygiene practice, in a primary care clinic or specialty clinic that is licensed pursuant
A registered dental hygienist in alternative to Section 1204 of the Health and Safety Code, in a primary care clinic exempt from
practice may practice, pursuant to licensure pursuant to subdivision
subdivision (a) of Section 1907, subdivision
(a) of Section 1908, subdivisions (a) and (b) (c) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code, in a clinic owned or operated by a
of Section 1910, Section 1910.5, and Section public hospital or health system, in a clinic owned and operated by a hospital that
1926.05 as an maintains the primary contract with a county government to fill the county's role
under Section 17000 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, or in a professional
corporation under the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act (commencing
with Section 13400) of Part 4 of Division 3 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code.
(a) Residences of the homebound.
In addition to practices authorized in (b) Schools.
Section 1925, a registered dental hygienist
in alternative practice may perform the (c) Residential facilities and other institutions and medical settings that a residential
duties authorized pursuant to subdivision facility patient has been transferred to for outpatient services.
(a) of Section 1907, subdivision (a) of
Section 1908, and subdivisions (a) and (b) of (d) Dental health professional shortage areas, as certified by the Office of Statewide
Section 1910 in the following settings: Health Planning and Development in accordance with existing office guidelines.
(e) Dental offices.
(a) Infer, purport, advertise, or imply that he or she is in any way able to provide
dental services or make any type of dental diagnosis beyond evaluating a patient's
dental hygiene status, providing a dental hygiene treatment plan, and providing the
A registered dental hygienist in alternative
associated dental hygiene services.
practice shall not do any of the following:
(b) Hire a registered dental hygienist to provide direct patient services other than a
registered dental hygienist in alternative practice.
Answers
"Dental hygiene board" means The Dental Hygiene Board of California.
"Dental board" means The Dental Board of California.
The supervision of dental procedures based on instructions given by a licensed
"Direct supervision" means dentist who is required to be physically present in the treatment facility during the
performance of those procedures.
The supervision of dental procedures based on instructions given by a licensed
"General supervision" means dentist who is not required to be physically present in the treatment facility during
the performance of those procedures.
Preventive and therapeutic dental procedures that include bacterial debridements
with complete removal, supra and subgingivally, of calculus, soft deposits, plaque,
"Oral prophylaxis" means and stains, and the smoothing of tooth surfaces. The objective of this treatment is to
create an environment in which the patient can maintain healthy hard and soft
tissues.
(a) All functions that may be performed by a registered dental assistant.
(b) All persons holding a license as a registered dental hygienist, registered dental
The following functions may be performed hygienist in alternative practice, or registered dental hygienist in extended functions
by a registered dental hygienist, in addition as of December 31, 2005, are authorized to perform the duties of a registered dental
to those authorized pursuant to Sections assistant specified in this chapter. All persons issued a license as a registered dental
1908 to 1914, inclusive: hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or registered dental
hygienist in extended functions on or after January 1, 2006, shall qualify for and
receive a registered dental assistant license prior to performance of the duties of a
registered dental assistant specified in this chapter.
- Dental hygiene assessment and development
(a) The practice of dental hygiene includes: - Planning, and implementation of a dental hygiene care plan.
- It also includes oral health education, counseling, and health screenings.
, (1) Diagnosis and comprehensive treatment planning.
(2) Placing, condensing, carving, or removal of permanent restorations.
(3) Surgery or cutting on hard and soft tissue including, but not limited to, the
removal of teeth and the cutting and suturing of soft tissue.
The practice of dental hygiene does not
include any of the following procedures:
(4) Prescribing medication.
(5) Administering local or general anesthesia or oral or parenteral conscious
sedation, except for the administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether
administered alone or in combination with each other, or local anesthesia pursuant
to Section 1909.
A registered dental hygienist is authorized (a) Soft-tissue curettage.
to perform the following procedures under
direct supervision of a licensed dentist, (b) Administration of local anesthesia.
after submitting to the dental hygiene
board evidence of satisfactory completion (c) Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered alone or in
of a course of instruction, approved by the combination with each other.
dental hygiene board, in the procedures:
(a) Preventive and therapeutic interventions, including oral prophylaxis, scaling, and
root planing.
(b) Application of topical, therapeutic, and subgingival agents used for the control of
A registered dental hygienist is authorized caries and periodontal disease.
to perform the following procedures under
general supervision: (c) The taking of impressions for bleaching trays and application and activation of
agents with nonlaser, light-curing devices.
(d) The taking of impressions for bleaching trays and placements of in-office, tooth-
whitening devices.
(a) A registered dental hygienist may Educational services, oral health training programs, and oral health screenings.
provide, without supervision:
A registered dental hygienist shall refer any a comprehensive examination, diagnosis, and treatment plan.
screened patients with possible oral
abnormalities to a dentist for:
In any public health program created by Dental hygiene preventive services in addition to oral screenings, including, but not
federal, state, or local law or administered limited to, the application of fluorides and pit and fissure sealants. A registered
by a federal, state, county, or local dental hygienist practicing as described in this subdivision may submit, or allow to be
governmental entity, at a sponsored event submitted, any insurance or third-party claims for patient services performed as
by a sponsoring entity or at a nonprofit authorized in this article.
organization, a registered dental hygienist
may provide, without supervision:
Notwithstanding Section 1912, a registered Fluoride varnish to a patient
dental hygienist may provide, without
supervision:
, No person other than a registered dental (a) A student enrolled in a dental or a dental hygiene school who is performing
hygienist, registered dental hygienist in procedures as part of the regular curriculum of that program under the supervision
alternative practice, or registered dental of the faculty of that program.
hygienist in extended functions or a
licensed dentist may engage in the practice
of dental hygiene or perform dental
hygiene procedures on patients, including,
but not limited to, supragingival and
subgingival scaling, dental hygiene
assessment, and treatment planning,
except for the following persons:
(1) Applying nonaerosol and noncaustic topical agents.
A dental assistant acting in accordance
with the rules of the dental board in (2) Applying topical fluoride.
performing the following procedures:
(3) Taking impressions for bleaching trays.
(1) Polishing the coronal surfaces of teeth.
A registered dental assistant acting in
(2) Applying bleaching agents.
accordance with the rules of the dental
board in performing the following
(3) Activating bleaching agents with a nonlaser light-curing device.
procedures:
(4) Applying pit and fissure sealants.
Employee of a dentist or of another registered dental hygienist in alternative
practice, as an independent contractor, as a sole proprietor of an alternative dental
hygiene practice, in a primary care clinic or specialty clinic that is licensed pursuant
A registered dental hygienist in alternative to Section 1204 of the Health and Safety Code, in a primary care clinic exempt from
practice may practice, pursuant to licensure pursuant to subdivision
subdivision (a) of Section 1907, subdivision
(a) of Section 1908, subdivisions (a) and (b) (c) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code, in a clinic owned or operated by a
of Section 1910, Section 1910.5, and Section public hospital or health system, in a clinic owned and operated by a hospital that
1926.05 as an maintains the primary contract with a county government to fill the county's role
under Section 17000 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, or in a professional
corporation under the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act (commencing
with Section 13400) of Part 4 of Division 3 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code.
(a) Residences of the homebound.
In addition to practices authorized in (b) Schools.
Section 1925, a registered dental hygienist
in alternative practice may perform the (c) Residential facilities and other institutions and medical settings that a residential
duties authorized pursuant to subdivision facility patient has been transferred to for outpatient services.
(a) of Section 1907, subdivision (a) of
Section 1908, and subdivisions (a) and (b) of (d) Dental health professional shortage areas, as certified by the Office of Statewide
Section 1910 in the following settings: Health Planning and Development in accordance with existing office guidelines.
(e) Dental offices.
(a) Infer, purport, advertise, or imply that he or she is in any way able to provide
dental services or make any type of dental diagnosis beyond evaluating a patient's
dental hygiene status, providing a dental hygiene treatment plan, and providing the
A registered dental hygienist in alternative
associated dental hygiene services.
practice shall not do any of the following:
(b) Hire a registered dental hygienist to provide direct patient services other than a
registered dental hygienist in alternative practice.
