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FLORIDA DENTAL LAW AND RULES EXAM
PRACTICE | FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | BRAND NEW!
1. An expert witness certificate authorizes the dentist to do the
following:
a. Provide a verified written expert opinion
b. Provide a verified expert opinion
c. Provide a written expert opinion
d. Provide a verified written or oral expert opinion
e. Demonstrate, under direct supervision, treatment on a patient
- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a. Provide a verified written expert opinion
2. Health Access Setting is a program or an institution
a. of the Department of Family Services
b. of a community health center
c. of a Head Start center
d. of a clinic operated by the BOD
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e. of a clinic operated by the DOH - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c. of a Head
Start center
3. A dentist can advertise himself as a certified implantologist if
a. He has 200 CE hours in placing &/or restoring implants
b. He cannot advertise this
c. He is a prosthodontist
d. He is a periodontist with 100 CE hours in placing implants - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > b. He cannot advertise this
4. A dentist with an out of state license, in order to be an Expert
Witness, must have a DOH issued expert witness certificate.
T/F - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > T
5. Dentists may prescribe a controlled substance.
a. In writing, using either his/her DEA# or FL License#
b. In writing, using standard prescription blanks with the dentist's
DEA#
c. In writing, but only with counterfeit-proof prescription blanks
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d. None of the above - dentists in Florida can no longer dispense
controlled substances - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c. In writing, but only
with counterfeit-proof prescription blanks
6. Advertising is monitored in the state of Florida for what
reason?
a. To provide patients with an opportunity to make unhindered
decisions about dentist.
b. To allow patients to compare quality of treatment provided by
dentists
c. To allow patients compare dental fees
d. To protect the public from unlicensed dentists.
e. All of the above - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a. To provide patients with
an opportunity to make unhindered decisions about dentist.
7. How long is a prescription from a dentist for a hygienist is
valid?:
a. Maximum 13 months
b. Maximum 2 years
c. For the period of time stipulated in the prescription
d. Maximum 12 months - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. Maximum 2 years
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8. How many people are on the Board of Dentistry?
a. 9
b. 10
c. 11
d. 12 - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c. 11
9. An instrument may be cold sterilized by a sterilant
a. Approved by either the FDA or EPA
b. Approved by both the FDA & EPA
c. Approved by both the CDC and FDA or FDA and EPA
d. Approved by the CDC - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a. Approved by either
the FDA or EPA
10. Which of the following is grounds for disciplinary action by the
board?
a. Wiping countertops down with sodium hypochlorite
b. Running instruments too large to go in the autoclave through
cold sterile solutions
FLORIDA DENTAL LAW AND RULES EXAM
PRACTICE | FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | BRAND NEW!
1. An expert witness certificate authorizes the dentist to do the
following:
a. Provide a verified written expert opinion
b. Provide a verified expert opinion
c. Provide a written expert opinion
d. Provide a verified written or oral expert opinion
e. Demonstrate, under direct supervision, treatment on a patient
- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a. Provide a verified written expert opinion
2. Health Access Setting is a program or an institution
a. of the Department of Family Services
b. of a community health center
c. of a Head Start center
d. of a clinic operated by the BOD
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e. of a clinic operated by the DOH - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c. of a Head
Start center
3. A dentist can advertise himself as a certified implantologist if
a. He has 200 CE hours in placing &/or restoring implants
b. He cannot advertise this
c. He is a prosthodontist
d. He is a periodontist with 100 CE hours in placing implants - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > b. He cannot advertise this
4. A dentist with an out of state license, in order to be an Expert
Witness, must have a DOH issued expert witness certificate.
T/F - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > T
5. Dentists may prescribe a controlled substance.
a. In writing, using either his/her DEA# or FL License#
b. In writing, using standard prescription blanks with the dentist's
DEA#
c. In writing, but only with counterfeit-proof prescription blanks
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d. None of the above - dentists in Florida can no longer dispense
controlled substances - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c. In writing, but only
with counterfeit-proof prescription blanks
6. Advertising is monitored in the state of Florida for what
reason?
a. To provide patients with an opportunity to make unhindered
decisions about dentist.
b. To allow patients to compare quality of treatment provided by
dentists
c. To allow patients compare dental fees
d. To protect the public from unlicensed dentists.
e. All of the above - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a. To provide patients with
an opportunity to make unhindered decisions about dentist.
7. How long is a prescription from a dentist for a hygienist is
valid?:
a. Maximum 13 months
b. Maximum 2 years
c. For the period of time stipulated in the prescription
d. Maximum 12 months - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. Maximum 2 years
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8. How many people are on the Board of Dentistry?
a. 9
b. 10
c. 11
d. 12 - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c. 11
9. An instrument may be cold sterilized by a sterilant
a. Approved by either the FDA or EPA
b. Approved by both the FDA & EPA
c. Approved by both the CDC and FDA or FDA and EPA
d. Approved by the CDC - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a. Approved by either
the FDA or EPA
10. Which of the following is grounds for disciplinary action by the
board?
a. Wiping countertops down with sodium hypochlorite
b. Running instruments too large to go in the autoclave through
cold sterile solutions
