RDHAP Law and Ethics Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
"Dental hygiene board" The Dental Hygiene Board of California.
means
"Dental board" means The Dental Board of California.
The supervision of dental procedures based on
instructions given by a licensed dentist who is
"Direct supervision" means
required to be physically present in the treatment
facility during the performance of those procedures.
The supervision of dental procedures based on
"General supervision" instructions given by a licensed dentist who is not
means 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
"Oral prophylaxis" means deposits, plaque, 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
The following functions hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative
may be performed by a practice, or registered dental hygienist in extended
registered dental functions as of December 31, 2005, are authorized to
hygienist, in addition to perform the duties of a registered dental assistant
those authorized pursuant specified in this chapter. All persons issued a license
to Sections 1908 to 1914, as a registered dental hygienist, registered dental
inclusive: 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
- Planning, and implementation of a dental hygiene
(a) The practice of dental
care plan.
hygiene includes:
- 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
The practice of dental including, but not limited to, the removal of teeth and
hygiene does not include the cutting and suturing of soft tissue.
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 (a) Soft-tissue curettage.
hygienist is authorized to
perform the following (b) Administration of local anesthesia.
procedures under direct
supervision of a licensed (c) Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen,
dentist, after submitting to whether administered alone or in combination with
the dental hygiene board each other.
evidence of satisfactory
completion of a course of
instruction, approved by
the 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
A registered dental agents used for the control of caries and periodontal
hygienist is authorized to disease.
perform the following
procedures under general (c) The taking of impressions for bleaching trays and
supervision: 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 Educational services, oral health training programs,
hygienist may provide, and oral health screenings.
without supervision:
A registered dental a comprehensive examination, diagnosis, and
hygienist shall refer any treatment plan.
screened patients with
possible oral
abnormalities to a dentist
for:
, In any public health Dental hygiene preventive services in addition to oral
program created by screenings, including, but not limited to, the
federal, state, or local law application of fluorides and pit and fissure sealants. A
or administered by a registered dental hygienist practicing as described in
federal, state, county, or this subdivision may submit, or allow to be submitted,
local governmental entity, any insurance or third-party claims for patient services
at a sponsored event by a performed as authorized in this article.
sponsoring entity or at a
nonprofit organization, a
registered dental hygienist
may provide, without
supervision:
Notwithstanding Section Fluoride varnish to a patient
1912, a registered dental
hygienist may provide,
without supervision:
No person other than a (a) A student enrolled in a dental or a dental hygiene
registered dental school who is performing procedures as part of the
hygienist, registered regular curriculum of that program under the
dental hygienist in supervision of the faculty of that program.
alternative practice, or
registered dental 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:
Questions and CORRECT Answers
"Dental hygiene board" The Dental Hygiene Board of California.
means
"Dental board" means The Dental Board of California.
The supervision of dental procedures based on
instructions given by a licensed dentist who is
"Direct supervision" means
required to be physically present in the treatment
facility during the performance of those procedures.
The supervision of dental procedures based on
"General supervision" instructions given by a licensed dentist who is not
means 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
"Oral prophylaxis" means deposits, plaque, 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
The following functions hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative
may be performed by a practice, or registered dental hygienist in extended
registered dental functions as of December 31, 2005, are authorized to
hygienist, in addition to perform the duties of a registered dental assistant
those authorized pursuant specified in this chapter. All persons issued a license
to Sections 1908 to 1914, as a registered dental hygienist, registered dental
inclusive: 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
- Planning, and implementation of a dental hygiene
(a) The practice of dental
care plan.
hygiene includes:
- 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
The practice of dental including, but not limited to, the removal of teeth and
hygiene does not include the cutting and suturing of soft tissue.
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 (a) Soft-tissue curettage.
hygienist is authorized to
perform the following (b) Administration of local anesthesia.
procedures under direct
supervision of a licensed (c) Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen,
dentist, after submitting to whether administered alone or in combination with
the dental hygiene board each other.
evidence of satisfactory
completion of a course of
instruction, approved by
the 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
A registered dental agents used for the control of caries and periodontal
hygienist is authorized to disease.
perform the following
procedures under general (c) The taking of impressions for bleaching trays and
supervision: 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 Educational services, oral health training programs,
hygienist may provide, and oral health screenings.
without supervision:
A registered dental a comprehensive examination, diagnosis, and
hygienist shall refer any treatment plan.
screened patients with
possible oral
abnormalities to a dentist
for:
, In any public health Dental hygiene preventive services in addition to oral
program created by screenings, including, but not limited to, the
federal, state, or local law application of fluorides and pit and fissure sealants. A
or administered by a registered dental hygienist practicing as described in
federal, state, county, or this subdivision may submit, or allow to be submitted,
local governmental entity, any insurance or third-party claims for patient services
at a sponsored event by a performed as authorized in this article.
sponsoring entity or at a
nonprofit organization, a
registered dental hygienist
may provide, without
supervision:
Notwithstanding Section Fluoride varnish to a patient
1912, a registered dental
hygienist may provide,
without supervision:
No person other than a (a) A student enrolled in a dental or a dental hygiene
registered dental school who is performing procedures as part of the
hygienist, registered regular curriculum of that program under the
dental hygienist in supervision of the faculty of that program.
alternative practice, or
registered dental 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:
