RDHAP law and ethics Final Cert Exam Q&A

RDHAP law and ethics Final Cert Exam Q&A The practice of dental hygiene includes - CORRECT ANSWER-The practice of dental hygiene includes dental hygiene assessment and development, planning, and implementation of a dental hygiene care plan. It also includes oral health education, counseling, and health screenings The practice of dental hygiene does not include any of the following procedures - CORRECT ANSWER-) 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. (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 to perform the following procedures under direct supervision of a licensed dentist, after submitting to the dental hygiene board evidence of satisfactory completion of a course of instruction, approved by the dental hygiene board, in the procedures: - CORRECT ANSWER-(a) Soft-tissue curettage. (b) Administration of local anesthesia. (c) Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered alone or in combination with each other. A registered dental hygienist is authorized to perform the following procedures under general supervision: - CORRECT ANSWER-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 caries and periodontal disease. (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, toothwhitening devices. A registered dental hygienist may provide, without supervision, educational services, oral health training programs, and oral health screenings. - CORRECT ANSWER-b) A registered dental hygienist shall refer any screened patients with possible oral abnormalities to a dentist for a comprehensive examination, diagnosis, and treatment plan. (c) In any public health program created by federal, state, or local law or administered by a federal, state, county, or local governmental entity, a registered dental hygienist may provide, without supervision, dental hygiene preventive services in addition to oral screenings, including, but not limited to, the application of fluorides and pit and fissure sealants. A registered dental hygienist employed as described in this subdivision may submit, or allow to be submitted, any insurance or third-party claims for patient services performed as authorized in this article. No person other than a registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in 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: - CORRECT ANSWER-A student enrolled in a dental or a dental hygiene school who is performing procedures as part of the regular curriculum of that program under the supervision of the faculty of that program. (b) A dental assistant acting in accordance with the rules of the dental board in performing the following procedures: (1) Applying nonaerosol and noncaustic topical agents. (2) Applying topical fluoride. (3) Taking impressions for bleaching trays. (c) A registered dental assistant acting in accordance with the rules of the dental board in performing the following procedures: (1) Polishing the coronal surfaces of teeth. (2) Applying bleaching agents. (3) Activating bleaching agents with a nonlaser light-curing device. (4) Applying pit and fissure sealants. (d) A registered dental assistant in extended functions acting in accordance with the rules of the dental board in applying pit and fissure sealants. (e) A registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or registered dental hygienist in extended functions licensed in another jurisdiction, performing a clinical demonstration for educational purposes. (b) A registered dental hygienist license issued pursuant to this section shall expire on the same date as the person's registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or registered dental hygienist in extended functions license, and shall be subject to the same renewal and other requirements imposed by law or regulation on a license. - CORRECT ANSWER-True A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice may practice, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1907, subdivision (a) of Section 1908, subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 1910, Section 1910.5, and Section 1926.05 as an 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, as an employee of a primary care clinic or specialty clinic that is licensed pursuant to Section 1204 of the Health and Safety Code, as an employee of a primary care clinic exempt from licensure pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code, as an employee of a clinic owned or operated by a public hospital or health system, as an employee of a clinic owned and operated by a hospital