RDHAP LAW AND ETHICS NEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS FOR TOP PERFORMANСЕ
"Dental hygiene board" means - ANSWER The Dental Hygiene Board of
California.
"Dental board" means - ANSWER The Dental Board of California.
"Direct supervision" means 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 - ANSWER The supervision of dental
procedures based on instructions given by a licensed dentist who is not required
to bephysically present in the treatment facility during the performance of those
procedures.
"Oral prophylaxis" means 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 registered dental hygienist,
performed by a in
addition to those authorized pursuant to Sections 1908 to 1914, inclusive:
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: - 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: - ANSWER (1) Diagnosis and comprehensive treatment planning.
(2) Placing, condensing, carving, or removal of permanent restorations.
(3) Surgery cutting on hard and soft tissue including, but
or 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 dentalhygienist 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: 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: - 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: 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: - 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: ANSWER -
Dental hygiene preventive services in addition to oral screenings, including, but
not limited to, the application of fluorides and pit and fissure sealants. А
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: - 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: 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: - 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: - 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
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 health system, in a clinic owned and operated by a
or
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 Section1925, 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: 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.
(d) Dental health professional shortage
areas, as certified by the Office of
Statewide Health Planning and Development in accordance with existing office
guidelines.
(e) Dental offices.
A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice shall not do any of the
following: - ANSWER (a) Infer, purport, advertise, or imply that he or she is
CORRECT ANSWERS FOR TOP PERFORMANСЕ
"Dental hygiene board" means - ANSWER The Dental Hygiene Board of
California.
"Dental board" means - ANSWER The Dental Board of California.
"Direct supervision" means 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 - ANSWER The supervision of dental
procedures based on instructions given by a licensed dentist who is not required
to bephysically present in the treatment facility during the performance of those
procedures.
"Oral prophylaxis" means 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 registered dental hygienist,
performed by a in
addition to those authorized pursuant to Sections 1908 to 1914, inclusive:
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: - 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: - ANSWER (1) Diagnosis and comprehensive treatment planning.
(2) Placing, condensing, carving, or removal of permanent restorations.
(3) Surgery cutting on hard and soft tissue including, but
or 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 dentalhygienist 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: 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: - 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: 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: - 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: ANSWER -
Dental hygiene preventive services in addition to oral screenings, including, but
not limited to, the application of fluorides and pit and fissure sealants. А
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: - 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: 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: - 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: - 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
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 health system, in a clinic owned and operated by a
or
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 Section1925, 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: 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.
(d) Dental health professional shortage
areas, as certified by the Office of
Statewide Health Planning and Development in accordance with existing office
guidelines.
(e) Dental offices.
A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice shall not do any of the
following: - ANSWER (a) Infer, purport, advertise, or imply that he or she is
