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RDHAP Law and Ethics: Essential Topics and Practice Questions
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RDHAP Law and Ethics: Essential Topics and Practice Questions"Dental hygiene board" means - correct answer ✔✔The Dental Hygiene Board of California.
"Dental board" means - correct answer ✔✔The Dental Board of California.
"Direct supervision" means - correct answer ✔✔The supervision of dental procedures based on
instructions given by a licensed dentist who is required to be physically present in the treatment facility
during the performance of those procedures.
"General supervision" means - correct answer ✔✔The supervision of dental procedures based on
instructions given by a licensed dentist who is not required to be physically present in the treatment
facility during the performance of those procedures.
"Oral prophylaxis" means - correct answer ✔✔Preventive and therapeutic dental procedures that
include bacterial debridements with complete removal, supra and subgingivally, of calculus, soft
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.
The following functions may be performed by a registered dental hygienist, in addition to those
authorized pursuant to Sections 1908 to 1914, inclusive: - correct answer ✔✔(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 hygienist in alternative
practice, or registered dental hygienist in extended functions as of December 31, 2005, are authorized to
perform the duties of a registered dental assistant specified in this chapter. All persons issued a license
as a registered dental 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.
(a) The practice of dental hygiene includes: - correct answer ✔✔- 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 ✔✔(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.
(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, tooth-whitening devices.
(a) A registered dental hygienist may provide, without supervision: - correct answer ✔✔Educational
services, oral health training programs, and oral health screenings.
A registered dental hygienist shall refer any screened patients with possible oral abnormalities to a
dentist for: - correct answer ✔✔a comprehensive examination, diagnosis, and treatment plan.
In any public health program created by federal, state, or local law or administered by a federal, state,
county, or local governmental entity, at a sponsored event by a sponsoring entity or at a nonprofit
organization, a registered dental hygienist may provide, without supervision: - correct answer ✔✔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 practicing 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.
Notwithstanding Section 1912, a registered dental hygienist may provide, without supervision: - correct
answer ✔✔Fluoride varnish to a patient
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) 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.
A dental assistant acting in accordance with the rules of the dental board in performing the following
procedures: - correct answer ✔✔(1) Applying nonaerosol and noncaustic topical agents.
(2) Applying topical fluoride.
, (3) Taking impressions for bleaching trays.
A registered dental assistant acting in accordance with the rules of the dental board in performing the
following procedures: - correct answer ✔✔(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.
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 - correct answer ✔✔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 to Section
1204 of the Health and Safety Code, in a primary care clinic exempt from licensure pursuant to
subdivision
(c) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code, in a clinic owned or operated by a public hospital or
health system, in a clinic owned and operated by a hospital that 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.
In addition to practices authorized in Section 1925, a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice
may perform the duties authorized pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1907, subdivision (a) of Section
1908, and subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 1910 in the following settings: - correct answer ✔✔(a)
Residences of the homebound.
(b) Schools.
(c) Residential facilities and other institutions and medical settings that a residential facility patient has
been transferred to for outpatient services.
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