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Knowledge of laws and regulations
regarding maintenance, renewal, and
restoration of California dental hygiene
license.
Must have a Fictitious name permit issued by the Dental Board‐Fictitious business
Fictitious Name
license does not meet this requirement.
All licensees must notify the Dental Board or Dental Hygiene Board within 10 days of
Personal Name Change Notification
a personal name change. (Hyg must notify of email/address chg)
All licensees must wear a name tag (18 pt type)
Name Tag
Name and license type UNLESS the license is displayed at the facility.
The name of every person employed in the practice of dentistry must be posted in a
Name Display
conspicuous place in the facility
Licenses expire every 2 years‐ If your birth year is an even number your license
License Expiration ALWAYS expires in an even year- in your birthday month. If birth year is odd number
year/license will expire in odd year.
Effective July 1, 2012, the Dental Board of CA is required to deny an application for
licensure or suspend a license/certificate/registration if a licensee or applicant has
Tax-Rejection
outstanding tax obligations due to the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) or the State Board
of Equalization
The clearly excessive administering of Any person who violates this subdivision is guilty of a
drugs or treatment, or misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one
the clearly excessive use of treatment hundred dollars ($100) or more than six hundred dollars ($600), or by
procedures, or the clearly imprisonment for a term of not less than 60 days or more than 180
excessive use of treatment facilities, as days, or by both a fine and imprisonment.
determined by the customary
practice and standards of the dental
hygiene profession.
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, A person, company, or association is guilty , shall be punished by imprisonment in a county
of a misdemeanor, jail not less than 10 days nor more than one year, or by a fine of
and upon conviction, ---(b) Assumes any not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand
title, or appends any letters to his or her five hundred dollars ($1,500), or by both that fine and imprisonment,
name, who does any of the following:
with the intent to represent falsely that he
or she has received a
dental hygiene degree or a license under
this article.
(c) Engages in the practice of dental
hygiene without causing to
be displayed in a conspicuous place in his
or her office his or her
license under this article to practice dental
hygiene.
Expose emergency radiographs upon your direction.• Perform extraoral duties or
functions you specify.• Perform mouth-mirror inspections of the oral cavity, including
Allowed to do before dental exam
charting of obvious lesions, malocclusions, existing
restorations and missing teeth.
"patient of record" is a patient who has been examined, has had a medical and dental
Patient of record history completed and evaluated, has had oral conditions diagnosed and for whom
you have developed a written plan.
The health history form establishes an important baseline for new patients in respect
to future dental treatment. Therefore, it is essential that all new patients complete a
health history
detailed and accurate health history and regularly update and sign the form to
indicate that they have reviewed it.
The health history should also elicit information concerning past and current
prescription medication use and any reaction to the use of medications. This ensures
that you can provide proper advice about treatment options and that medication
Past Health History
you prescribe are not contraindicated due to potential adverse reactions with other
medications the patient takes. It is advisable to update the health history information
on a yearly basis if possible.
Another option is to document the informed consent dialogue in the patient's chart.
The date, parties present and issues discussed (nature of treatment, risks, benefits
and consequences of each) should be included in the documentation. Make a
Informed consent spoken notation about whether you believed that the patient understood the discussion as
well as the manner in which the patient actually consented to treatment. The problem
with this method of recording informed consent, however, is that if tested, it may
become your word against the patient's as to what was discussed.
• Initiate and guide the conversation while reducing the likelihood that points will be
forgotten.• Be given to the patient to take home and review without pressure before
signing.• Provide material evidence that the patient was informed of the diagnosis,
Written Informed Consent
treatment and the benefits, risks and
consequences of the procedure when it is signed and dated by the patient or the
patient's representative.
• The nature of the recommended treatment.• The risks, complications and benefits of
that treatment, including the likelihood of success.• Reasonable alternatives to the
Informed Consent Dialogue recommended treatment — including no treatment — and the risks, complications
and
benefits of each.
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