RDHAP law & ethics Exam With Questions
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The practice of dental hygiene includes
The practice of dental hygiene includes 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
) Diagnosis and comprehensive treatment planning.
(2) Placing, condensing, carving, or removal of permanent restorations.
(3) Surgery or cutting on hard and soft tissue including, but 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 dental hygienist 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:
(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:
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 registered dental hygienist may provide, without supervision, educational services, oral health
training programs, and oral health screenings.
b) A registered dental hygienist shall refer any screened patients with possible oral abnormalities to a
dentist for a comprehensive examination, diagnosis, and treatment plan.
(c) In any public health program created by federal, state, or local law or administered by a federal,
state, county, or local governmental entity, a registered dental hygienist may provide, without
supervision, dental hygiene preventive services in addition to oral screenings, including, but not
limited to, the application of fluorides and pit and fissure sealants. A registered dental hygienist
employed 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.
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:
, 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.
(b) A dental assistant acting in accordance with the rules of the dental board in performing the
following procedures:
(1) Applying nonaerosol and noncaustic topical agents.
(2) Applying topical fluoride.
(3) Taking impressions for bleaching trays.
(c) A registered dental assistant acting in accordance with the rules of the dental board in performing
the following procedures:
(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.
(d) A registered dental assistant in extended functions acting in accordance with the rules of the
dental board in applying pit and fissure sealants.
(e) A registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or registered
dental hygienist in extended functions licensed in another jurisdiction, performing a clinical
demonstration for educational purposes.
(b) A registered dental hygienist license issued pursuant to this section shall expire on the same date
as the person's registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or
registered dental hygienist in extended functions license, and shall be subject to the same renewal
and other requirements imposed by law or regulation on a license.
True
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 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, as an employee of a primary care clinic or specialty clinic that is licensed pursuant to
Section 1204 of the Health and Safety Code, as an employee of a primary care clinic exempt from
licensure pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code, as an employee of
a clinic owned or operated by a public hospital or health system, as an employee of a clinic owned
and operated by a 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 as an employee of 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.
True
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:
a) Residences of the homebound.
(b) Schools.
(c) Residential facilities and other institutions.
(d) Dental health professional shortage areas, as certified by the Office of Statewide Health Planning
and Development in accordance with existing office guidelines.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice may
operate a mobile dental hygiene clinic provided by the licensee's property and casualty insurer as a
temporary substitute site for the practice registered by the licensee pursuant to Section 1926.3, if
both of the following requirements are met:
And Answers
The practice of dental hygiene includes
The practice of dental hygiene includes 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
) Diagnosis and comprehensive treatment planning.
(2) Placing, condensing, carving, or removal of permanent restorations.
(3) Surgery or cutting on hard and soft tissue including, but 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 dental hygienist 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:
(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:
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 registered dental hygienist may provide, without supervision, educational services, oral health
training programs, and oral health screenings.
b) A registered dental hygienist shall refer any screened patients with possible oral abnormalities to a
dentist for a comprehensive examination, diagnosis, and treatment plan.
(c) In any public health program created by federal, state, or local law or administered by a federal,
state, county, or local governmental entity, a registered dental hygienist may provide, without
supervision, dental hygiene preventive services in addition to oral screenings, including, but not
limited to, the application of fluorides and pit and fissure sealants. A registered dental hygienist
employed 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.
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:
, 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.
(b) A dental assistant acting in accordance with the rules of the dental board in performing the
following procedures:
(1) Applying nonaerosol and noncaustic topical agents.
(2) Applying topical fluoride.
(3) Taking impressions for bleaching trays.
(c) A registered dental assistant acting in accordance with the rules of the dental board in performing
the following procedures:
(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.
(d) A registered dental assistant in extended functions acting in accordance with the rules of the
dental board in applying pit and fissure sealants.
(e) A registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or registered
dental hygienist in extended functions licensed in another jurisdiction, performing a clinical
demonstration for educational purposes.
(b) A registered dental hygienist license issued pursuant to this section shall expire on the same date
as the person's registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or
registered dental hygienist in extended functions license, and shall be subject to the same renewal
and other requirements imposed by law or regulation on a license.
True
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 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, as an employee of a primary care clinic or specialty clinic that is licensed pursuant to
Section 1204 of the Health and Safety Code, as an employee of a primary care clinic exempt from
licensure pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code, as an employee of
a clinic owned or operated by a public hospital or health system, as an employee of a clinic owned
and operated by a 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 as an employee of 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.
True
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:
a) Residences of the homebound.
(b) Schools.
(c) Residential facilities and other institutions.
(d) Dental health professional shortage areas, as certified by the Office of Statewide Health Planning
and Development in accordance with existing office guidelines.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice may
operate a mobile dental hygiene clinic provided by the licensee's property and casualty insurer as a
temporary substitute site for the practice registered by the licensee pursuant to Section 1926.3, if
both of the following requirements are met:
