RDHAP LAW AND ETHICS EXAM LATEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
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A licensee who changes their physical address of record or email
address shall notify the dental hygiene board within - ANSWER-
30 days of the change.
A licensee who changes their legal name shall provide the dental
hygiene board with documentation of the change within -
ANSWER-10 days
If not renewed, a license issued under the provisions of this
article, unless specifically excepted, expires at - ANSWER-12
midnight on the last day of the month of the legal birth date of the
licensee during the second year of a two-year term. To renew an
unexpired license, the licensee shall, before the time at which the
license would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a form
prescribed by the dental hygiene board and pay the renewal fee
prescribed by this article.
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, an expired license
may be renewed at any time within - ANSWER-five years after its
expiration by filing an application for renewal on a form prescribed
by the dental hygiene board and payment of all accrued renewal
and delinquency fees
If the license is renewed after its expiration, the licensee, as a
condition precedent of renewal, shall - ANSWER-also pay the
delinquency fee prescribed by this article. Renewal under this
section shall be effective on the date on which the application is
filed, on the date on which the renewal fee is paid, or on the date
on which the delinquency fee, if any, is paid, whichever last
occurs. If so renewed, the license shall continue in effect until the
expiration date provided in Section 1935 that next occurs after the
effective date of the renewal.
True or False
A license issued under this article and a license issued under this
chapter to a registered dental hygienist, to a registered dental
hygienist in alternative practice, or to a registered dental hygienist
in extended functions may be revoked or suspended by the dental
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hygiene board for any reason specified in this article for the
suspension or revocation of a license to practice dental hygiene. -
ANSWER-True
A licensee may have their license revoked or suspended, or may
be reprimanded or placed on probation by the dental hygiene
board for - ANSWER-unprofessional conduct, incompetence,
gross negligence, repeated acts of negligence in the licensee's
profession, receiving a license by mistake, or for any other cause
applicable to the licentiate provided in this article. The
proceedings under this article shall be conducted in accordance
with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the dental
hygiene board shall have all the powers granted therein.
True or False
A licensee may have their license revoked or suspended, or may
be reprimanded or placed on probation by the dental hygiene
board, for conviction of a crime substantially related to the
licensee's qualifications, functions, or duties. The record of
conviction or a copy certified by the clerk of the court or by the
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judge in whose court the conviction occurred shall be conclusive
evidence of conviction. - ANSWER-True
True or False
The dental hygiene board shall undertake proceedings under this
section upon the receipt of a certified copy of the record of
conviction. A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a
plea of nolo contendere made to a charge of a felony or of any
misdemeanor substantially related to the licensee's qualifications,
functions, or duties is deemed to be a conviction within the
meaning of this section. - ANSWER-True
The dental hygiene board may reprimand a licensee or order a
license suspended or revoked, or placed on probation or may
decline to issue a license, when any of the following occur: -
ANSWER-(1) The time for appeal has elapsed.
(2) The judgment of conviction has been affirmed on appeal.