Dental Hygiene Florida Laws and Rules Exam with accurate || || || || || || || || ||
detailed solutions ||
Ensure that every dentist or dental hygienist practicing in this state meets minimum requirements
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for safe practice without undue clinical interference by persons not licensed. - ✔✔466.001-
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Legislative Purpose and Intent (Purpose of the law) || || || || || || ||
_______ is the healing art which is concerned with the exam, diagnosis, treatment planning and
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care of conditions within the human oral cavity and adjacent tissues and structures. -
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✔✔Dentistry
______ is the rendering of educational, preventive and therapeutic dental services and any related
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extra oral procedure required in the performance of services. - ✔✔Dental Hygiene
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11 members total:
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7 dentists actively practicing
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2 hygienists actively practicing
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2 lay persons non dental related - ✔✔Board of Dentistry members include:
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At least 5 years clinical preceding the appointment on BOD.
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Must remain in clinical practice while on BOD - ✔✔How many years experience must
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dentists/hygienists have on BOD || || ||
4 - ✔✔How many term years do dental hygiene board members serve?
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10 - ✔✔What is the maximum number of years a board member may serve?
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Governor of Florida - ✔✔Who appoints the BOD members? || || || || || || || ||
,60 - ✔✔One board member of the board must be at least ____ years old.
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-Dentists may not delegate irremediable tasks except as provided by law
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-Remediable tasks may be delegated if they pose no risk || || || || || || || || ||
-May only delegate remediable tasks defined by law or rule
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-Dentists delegate NON-dentists - ✔✔466.024 Delegation of Duties; Expanded functions
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13 months - ✔✔Authorization for irremediable tasks under general supervision is
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BOD - ✔✔Who designates remediable and delegable tasks?
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Irremediable (anesthetic) - ✔✔Intraoral treatment tasks which are irreversible and create
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unalterable changes within the oral cavity or structures?
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Remediable tasks (rubber dam, matrix band, polish amalgam) - ✔✔Intraoral treatment tasks
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which are reversible and do not create unalterable changes within the oral cavity or structures and
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do not cause an increased risk to the patient?
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Irremediable - ✔✔Applying topical with jet spray is what type of task?
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Remediable - ✔✔A Dental Hygienist who applies bleaching solution, activates light source,
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monitors and removes in-office bleaching materials is performing a ______ task.
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,Recementing temporary crown with temporary cement. - ✔✔The practicing dentist is out of the|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
country and a patient comes into the office with an emergency. Which remediable task is the
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hygienist/assistant able to perform? || || ||
Irremediable - ✔✔The use of laser or a laser type device is considered to be what type of task?
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both DH and DA - ✔✔Who may perform emergency remediable tasks under conditions specified
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in the laws?
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-A hygienist can be excused from CE requirements due to hardship.
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-You have the option to be placed on inactive status if you pay the inactive status fee. -
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✔✔Continuing Education ||
24 credits biennially - ✔✔How many CE hours are required for dental hygienists?
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30 credits biennially - ✔✔How many CE hours are required for dentists?
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50 Minutes
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*One half hour or one hour of CE credit shall be awarded for each 25 or 50 minutes of actual
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classroom or clinical instruction, respectively. No CE credit shall be awarded for participation of
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less than 25 minutes. - ✔✔How many minutes are equivalent to one hour of CE?
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-Up to 11 CE Hrs for being expert witness
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-Up to 3 CE Hrs for each semester teaching
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-Up to 4 CE Hrs for attending BOD discipline meeting - ✔✔Extra CE credits
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, 1 CE for every 1 Hr of Pro Bono Work. Max 7Hrs Biennium - ✔✔Pro Bono CE Credit
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25% - ✔✔In a percentage, what is the highest amount that can be completed from probono work?
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Chemotherapeutic Agents - ✔✔What is not an appropriate topic for CE || || || || || || || || || ||
Board approved individual study - ✔✔Which is an appropriate educational activity or topic for
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CE?
Patient Stress Management - ✔✔Which of the following is an example of a CE a dental hygienist
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would take? ||
In the 1st biennium of licensure - ✔✔When are licensees excused from CE?
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4 years - ✔✔How long should you keep receipts, vouchers or certificates as necessary document
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completion of CE courses? || || ||
Practicing hygienist and dentist - ✔✔Who of the following are required to take CE credits?
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True - ✔✔A DDS or DH takes a 10 hr. course on HIV/AIDS. The remaining 9 hrs. could count
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toward their 24/ 30 hrs. required for license renewal ?
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False - ✔✔If 40 hrs of CE are taken in 1 biennium, the remaining hours taken can count towards
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the renewal requirement for the next biennium?
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-Dentists can prescribe drugs and administer anesthesia and sedation subject to limitations (scope
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of training)
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detailed solutions ||
Ensure that every dentist or dental hygienist practicing in this state meets minimum requirements
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
for safe practice without undue clinical interference by persons not licensed. - ✔✔466.001-
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Legislative Purpose and Intent (Purpose of the law) || || || || || || ||
_______ is the healing art which is concerned with the exam, diagnosis, treatment planning and
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
care of conditions within the human oral cavity and adjacent tissues and structures. -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔Dentistry
______ is the rendering of educational, preventive and therapeutic dental services and any related
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
extra oral procedure required in the performance of services. - ✔✔Dental Hygiene
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11 members total:
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7 dentists actively practicing
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2 hygienists actively practicing
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2 lay persons non dental related - ✔✔Board of Dentistry members include:
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At least 5 years clinical preceding the appointment on BOD.
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Must remain in clinical practice while on BOD - ✔✔How many years experience must
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dentists/hygienists have on BOD || || ||
4 - ✔✔How many term years do dental hygiene board members serve?
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10 - ✔✔What is the maximum number of years a board member may serve?
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Governor of Florida - ✔✔Who appoints the BOD members? || || || || || || || ||
,60 - ✔✔One board member of the board must be at least ____ years old.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
-Dentists may not delegate irremediable tasks except as provided by law
|| || || || || || || || || ||
-Remediable tasks may be delegated if they pose no risk || || || || || || || || ||
-May only delegate remediable tasks defined by law or rule
|| || || || || || || || ||
-Dentists delegate NON-dentists - ✔✔466.024 Delegation of Duties; Expanded functions
|| || || || || || || || ||
13 months - ✔✔Authorization for irremediable tasks under general supervision is
|| || || || || || || || || ||
BOD - ✔✔Who designates remediable and delegable tasks?
|| || || || || || ||
Irremediable (anesthetic) - ✔✔Intraoral treatment tasks which are irreversible and create
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
unalterable changes within the oral cavity or structures?
|| || || || || || ||
Remediable tasks (rubber dam, matrix band, polish amalgam) - ✔✔Intraoral treatment tasks
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
which are reversible and do not create unalterable changes within the oral cavity or structures and
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
do not cause an increased risk to the patient?
|| || || || || || || ||
Irremediable - ✔✔Applying topical with jet spray is what type of task?
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
Remediable - ✔✔A Dental Hygienist who applies bleaching solution, activates light source,
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
monitors and removes in-office bleaching materials is performing a ______ task.
|| || || || || || || || || ||
,Recementing temporary crown with temporary cement. - ✔✔The practicing dentist is out of the|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
country and a patient comes into the office with an emergency. Which remediable task is the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
hygienist/assistant able to perform? || || ||
Irremediable - ✔✔The use of laser or a laser type device is considered to be what type of task?
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
both DH and DA - ✔✔Who may perform emergency remediable tasks under conditions specified
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
in the laws?
|| ||
-A hygienist can be excused from CE requirements due to hardship.
|| || || || || || || || || ||
-You have the option to be placed on inactive status if you pay the inactive status fee. -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔Continuing Education ||
24 credits biennially - ✔✔How many CE hours are required for dental hygienists?
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
30 credits biennially - ✔✔How many CE hours are required for dentists?
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
50 Minutes
||
*One half hour or one hour of CE credit shall be awarded for each 25 or 50 minutes of actual
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
classroom or clinical instruction, respectively. No CE credit shall be awarded for participation of
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
less than 25 minutes. - ✔✔How many minutes are equivalent to one hour of CE?
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
-Up to 11 CE Hrs for being expert witness
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-Up to 3 CE Hrs for each semester teaching
|| || || || || || || ||
-Up to 4 CE Hrs for attending BOD discipline meeting - ✔✔Extra CE credits
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, 1 CE for every 1 Hr of Pro Bono Work. Max 7Hrs Biennium - ✔✔Pro Bono CE Credit
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25% - ✔✔In a percentage, what is the highest amount that can be completed from probono work?
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Chemotherapeutic Agents - ✔✔What is not an appropriate topic for CE || || || || || || || || || ||
Board approved individual study - ✔✔Which is an appropriate educational activity or topic for
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
CE?
Patient Stress Management - ✔✔Which of the following is an example of a CE a dental hygienist
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
would take? ||
In the 1st biennium of licensure - ✔✔When are licensees excused from CE?
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
4 years - ✔✔How long should you keep receipts, vouchers or certificates as necessary document
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
completion of CE courses? || || ||
Practicing hygienist and dentist - ✔✔Who of the following are required to take CE credits?
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
True - ✔✔A DDS or DH takes a 10 hr. course on HIV/AIDS. The remaining 9 hrs. could count
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
toward their 24/ 30 hrs. required for license renewal ?
|| || || || || || || || ||
False - ✔✔If 40 hrs of CE are taken in 1 biennium, the remaining hours taken can count towards
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the renewal requirement for the next biennium?
|| || || || || ||
-Dentists can prescribe drugs and administer anesthesia and sedation subject to limitations (scope
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
of training)
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