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Dental Assisting Jurisprudence Exam with accurate || || || || || ||
detailed solutions ||
Who makes our State Laws? - ✔✔Texas State Legislature creates Dental laws along with other
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regular laws and publish them as part of the Occupations Codes (Dental Practice Act)
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How do laws become rules? - ✔✔Legislature sends laws to the State Board of Dental Examiners
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(SBDE) who writes laws to rules and regulations. || || || || || || ||
SBDE has the authority to: - ✔✔Reprimand
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Fine ||
Suspend License/Registration (DDS/RDH/RDA) || ||
Structure of the SBDE: - ✔✔15 unpaid, volunteer members: || || || || || || || ||
-8 DDS (Doctor of Dental Surgeries)
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-2 RDH (Dental Hygienist)
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-5 Public Members
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Paid Staff:
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-Executive Director ||
-Legal Advisors ||
-Committees, Clerks, Advisors to assist board || || || || ||
Board Duties and Powers - ✔✔Adopt and enforce rules necessary to:
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-ensure following of rules made to protect public health and safety
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-rules to protect the public from the spread of infections in dentistry
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-examine applications for license in the practice of dentistry || || || || || || || ||
-organize board meetings || ||
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Ineligibility for Licensure - ✔✔Conviction of Felony or Misdemeanor that: || || || || || || || || || ||
--directly relates to the duties/responsibilities of the dentist
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--directly relates to dental assisting || || || ||
Certification can be revoked if terms of parole are disobeyed || || || || || || || || ||
Factors of a Conviction - ✔✔-Nature and Seriousness of crime
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-Relation of crime to the occupation in Dentistry || || || || || || ||
-Extent to which a license might further an opportunity to engage in further crime
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-Relationship of the crime to the ability, capacity or fitness required to perform the duties and
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discharge the responsibility of the licensed occupation
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Who can Practice Dentistry? - ✔✔A person may not practice or offer to practice dentistry or
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dental surgery or represent that the person practices dentistry unless the person holds a license
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issued by the board || || ||
A person DOES NOT practice dentistry if the person is a: - ✔✔-Faculty member of a reputable
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dental/dental hygiene school || ||
-Student of a reputable dental school who performs operations without pay
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-Performs laboratory work (only on inert matter) || || || || || ||
-Licensed state physician who does not represent Dentistry|| || || || || || ||
-Dental Hygienist who practices within strict conformity with the state law
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-Dental assistant who performs duties permited under the Dental Practice Act
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Visual Dental Inspection "Screenings" - ✔✔Inspections (exam) made by a health care worker can
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be performed by a Dental Assistant, Teacher, School Nurse.
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-Done as a group activity in a public setting with no charged fee
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Purpose of Visual Dental Inspections - ✔✔-Only gloves, tongue depressors and light may be used
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Dental Assisting Jurisprudence Exam with accurate || || || || || ||
detailed solutions ||
Who makes our State Laws? - ✔✔Texas State Legislature creates Dental laws along with other
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
regular laws and publish them as part of the Occupations Codes (Dental Practice Act)
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
How do laws become rules? - ✔✔Legislature sends laws to the State Board of Dental Examiners
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
(SBDE) who writes laws to rules and regulations. || || || || || || ||
SBDE has the authority to: - ✔✔Reprimand
|| || || || || ||
Fine ||
Suspend License/Registration (DDS/RDH/RDA) || ||
Structure of the SBDE: - ✔✔15 unpaid, volunteer members: || || || || || || || ||
-8 DDS (Doctor of Dental Surgeries)
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-2 RDH (Dental Hygienist)
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-5 Public Members
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Paid Staff:
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-Executive Director ||
-Legal Advisors ||
-Committees, Clerks, Advisors to assist board || || || || ||
Board Duties and Powers - ✔✔Adopt and enforce rules necessary to:
|| || || || || || || || || ||
-ensure following of rules made to protect public health and safety
|| || || || || || || || || ||
-rules to protect the public from the spread of infections in dentistry
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
-examine applications for license in the practice of dentistry || || || || || || || ||
-organize board meetings || ||
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Ineligibility for Licensure - ✔✔Conviction of Felony or Misdemeanor that: || || || || || || || || || ||
--directly relates to the duties/responsibilities of the dentist
|| || || || || || ||
--directly relates to dental assisting || || || ||
Certification can be revoked if terms of parole are disobeyed || || || || || || || || ||
Factors of a Conviction - ✔✔-Nature and Seriousness of crime
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-Relation of crime to the occupation in Dentistry || || || || || || ||
-Extent to which a license might further an opportunity to engage in further crime
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-Relationship of the crime to the ability, capacity or fitness required to perform the duties and
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discharge the responsibility of the licensed occupation
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Who can Practice Dentistry? - ✔✔A person may not practice or offer to practice dentistry or
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
dental surgery or represent that the person practices dentistry unless the person holds a license
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
issued by the board || || ||
A person DOES NOT practice dentistry if the person is a: - ✔✔-Faculty member of a reputable
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
dental/dental hygiene school || ||
-Student of a reputable dental school who performs operations without pay
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-Performs laboratory work (only on inert matter) || || || || || ||
-Licensed state physician who does not represent Dentistry|| || || || || || ||
-Dental Hygienist who practices within strict conformity with the state law
|| || || || || || || || || ||
-Dental assistant who performs duties permited under the Dental Practice Act
|| || || || || || || || || ||
Visual Dental Inspection "Screenings" - ✔✔Inspections (exam) made by a health care worker can
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
be performed by a Dental Assistant, Teacher, School Nurse.
|| || || || || || || || ||
-Done as a group activity in a public setting with no charged fee
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Purpose of Visual Dental Inspections - ✔✔-Only gloves, tongue depressors and light may be used
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