Florida Dental Hygiene Laws and Rules (Latest
) Complete Questions and 100%
Correct Answers (Verified Pass)
• Dentistry -✓✓The healing art which is concerned with the exam, diagnosis, treatment
planning, and care of conditions within the oral cavity and adjacent tissues and
structures
• Dental Hygiene -✓✓The rendering of educational, preventive, and therapeutic dental
services and any related extra-oral procedure required in the performance of services
• 11 members-
7 dentists
2 hygienists
2 consumers -✓✓How many members on the BOD?
• 5 years of experience -✓✓At least how many years of clinical experience must a
dental hygienist on the BOD have?
• 4 years -✓✓How many term years does an RDH board member serve?
• 10 years -✓✓What is the maximum number of years a board member may serve?
• The Governor of FL -✓✓Who appoints the BOD members?
• 60 yrs old -✓✓One member of the board must be at least how old?
• The BOD -✓✓Who designates remediable and delegable tasks?
• Irremediable tasks -✓✓Intraoral treatment task that are IRREVERSIBLE and create
UNALTERABLE changes? (Risk to pt)
• Remediable tasks -✓✓Intraoral treatment tasks that are REVERSIBLE and DO NOT
create unalterable changes? (No risk to pt)
• Yes, but the DDS must examine the patient within 3 days -✓✓If the DDS is out of town
and the patient comes into the office with an emergency, can the RDH recement a temp
crown w/ temp cement?
• Dental hygienists & dental assistants -✓✓Who may perform emergency remediable
tasks under conditions specified by the law?
, • Every biennium (2 years) -✓✓How often must a CPR certification be renewed?
• Every 3rd biennium (6 years) -✓✓How often must CE on domestic violence be
renewed?
• HIV and AIDS -✓✓What Board approved CE course must an RDH have before first
licensure renewal?
• At least 2 hrs on medical errors prevention -✓✓Each licensure renewal, an RDH must
have how many hours on what kind of CE?
• Yes -✓✓Can an RDH be excused from CE requirement due to a hardship?
• 24 credits biannually -✓✓How many CE hrs are required for RDHs?
• 30 credits biannually -✓✓How many CE hrs are required for dentists?
• 50 minutes -✓✓How many minutes are equivalent to 1 hr of CE?
• In the first biennium of licensure -✓✓When are licensees excused from CE?
• 4 years -✓✓How long should you keep documentation of completion of CE courses?
• A dentist or DH teaching in an educational facility -✓✓Who is exempt from CE
requirements?
• No -✓✓Can CE credit hours be transferred from one biennium to another?
• No, a DH can only recommend -✓✓Can an RDH prescribe chlorhexidine or fluoride to
a patient?
• 24 months (2 years) -✓✓How long is a dental hygiene prescription good for?
• Analgesia -✓✓Absence of pain w/o loss of conciousness
• Anesthesia -✓✓Loss of feeling or sensation, especially pain
• Conscious sedation -✓✓A depressed level of consciousness produced by the
administration of pharmacologic substances. Patient can still breathe on their own and
respond.
• CPR certification, renewed every 2 yrs -✓✓What is required of a dental hygienist and
dentist if they are to administer or employ the use of anesthesia?
) Complete Questions and 100%
Correct Answers (Verified Pass)
• Dentistry -✓✓The healing art which is concerned with the exam, diagnosis, treatment
planning, and care of conditions within the oral cavity and adjacent tissues and
structures
• Dental Hygiene -✓✓The rendering of educational, preventive, and therapeutic dental
services and any related extra-oral procedure required in the performance of services
• 11 members-
7 dentists
2 hygienists
2 consumers -✓✓How many members on the BOD?
• 5 years of experience -✓✓At least how many years of clinical experience must a
dental hygienist on the BOD have?
• 4 years -✓✓How many term years does an RDH board member serve?
• 10 years -✓✓What is the maximum number of years a board member may serve?
• The Governor of FL -✓✓Who appoints the BOD members?
• 60 yrs old -✓✓One member of the board must be at least how old?
• The BOD -✓✓Who designates remediable and delegable tasks?
• Irremediable tasks -✓✓Intraoral treatment task that are IRREVERSIBLE and create
UNALTERABLE changes? (Risk to pt)
• Remediable tasks -✓✓Intraoral treatment tasks that are REVERSIBLE and DO NOT
create unalterable changes? (No risk to pt)
• Yes, but the DDS must examine the patient within 3 days -✓✓If the DDS is out of town
and the patient comes into the office with an emergency, can the RDH recement a temp
crown w/ temp cement?
• Dental hygienists & dental assistants -✓✓Who may perform emergency remediable
tasks under conditions specified by the law?
, • Every biennium (2 years) -✓✓How often must a CPR certification be renewed?
• Every 3rd biennium (6 years) -✓✓How often must CE on domestic violence be
renewed?
• HIV and AIDS -✓✓What Board approved CE course must an RDH have before first
licensure renewal?
• At least 2 hrs on medical errors prevention -✓✓Each licensure renewal, an RDH must
have how many hours on what kind of CE?
• Yes -✓✓Can an RDH be excused from CE requirement due to a hardship?
• 24 credits biannually -✓✓How many CE hrs are required for RDHs?
• 30 credits biannually -✓✓How many CE hrs are required for dentists?
• 50 minutes -✓✓How many minutes are equivalent to 1 hr of CE?
• In the first biennium of licensure -✓✓When are licensees excused from CE?
• 4 years -✓✓How long should you keep documentation of completion of CE courses?
• A dentist or DH teaching in an educational facility -✓✓Who is exempt from CE
requirements?
• No -✓✓Can CE credit hours be transferred from one biennium to another?
• No, a DH can only recommend -✓✓Can an RDH prescribe chlorhexidine or fluoride to
a patient?
• 24 months (2 years) -✓✓How long is a dental hygiene prescription good for?
• Analgesia -✓✓Absence of pain w/o loss of conciousness
• Anesthesia -✓✓Loss of feeling or sensation, especially pain
• Conscious sedation -✓✓A depressed level of consciousness produced by the
administration of pharmacologic substances. Patient can still breathe on their own and
respond.
• CPR certification, renewed every 2 yrs -✓✓What is required of a dental hygienist and
dentist if they are to administer or employ the use of anesthesia?
