Florida Dental Law and Rules Exam
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1. The legislative purpose for enacting chapter 466 is to ensure that
a. Every dentist or hygienist meets minimum requirements for safe practice
b. Dental services not be delegated to unauthorized individuals
c. Dentists and dental hygienists maintain above minimum competency
d. Any dentist or hygienist who present a danger to the public shall be prohibited from
practicing in this state
a. Every dentist or hygienist meets minimum requirements for safe practice
2. Which is incorrect regarding members of the Board of Dentistry
a. 7 members must be licensed dentists
b. At least one member of the board must be 60 years of age or older.
c. May be connected with a dental college, so long as the college does not represent
the person's principal source of income.
d. Serve 4-year terms, but may serve no more than a total of 12 years
e. Must have been involved in the practice of dentistry for at least 5 years
d. Serve 4-year terms, but may serve no more than a total of 12 years
3. A dentist can advertise himself as an prolotherapist 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 implant
b. He cannot advertise this
4. A dentist may use the services of any unlicensed person for the purpose of
constructing, altering, repairing or duplicating any denture, partial denture,
bridge splint, or orthodontic or prosthetic appliance
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5. Presenting someone else’s license as your own:
a. Is grounds for disciplinary action by the Board
b. Is grounds for disciplinary action by the Department of Health
c. Is a felony
d. Is a misdemeanor
d. Is a misdemeanor
Me pretending to be someone else = misdeMEanor
6. Certification from a provider of a CE course completion should include:
a. The participant’s name and license number
b. The provider’s name and number
c. The course title, instructor, location, date offered and hours of CE credit awarded
d. The signature of the provider, official representative or instructor.
e. All of the above
,e. All of the above
7. Dental Assistants may apply cavity liners under:
a. On-the-job training and direct supervision
b. On-the-job training and indirect supervision
c. Formal training and indirect supervision
d. Formal training and general supervision
c. Formal training and indirect supervision
8. How many people are on the Board of Dentistry?
a. 2
b. 7
c. 11
d. 13
c. 11
9. Official records of peer review committees do not include:
a. Correspondence between the dentist and the committee
b. Diagnostic data
c. Appointment book records
d. Correspondence between the complainant and the committee
c. Appointment book records
10. Gingival curettage by a Hygienist may be performed under what type of
supervision?
a. Direct
b. Indirect
c. General
d. All of the above
a. Direct
Without any additional training (No OTJ or formal training - they learn this in school)
11. Continuing education per biennium for a dentist:
a. 30 hrs + CPR
b. 30 hrs + HIV/AIDS
c. 24 hrs + CPR
d. 24 hrs + medical errors
a. 30 hrs + CPR
remember that CPR is NOT a hourly CE requirement
12. Which is true about the Board?
a. 12 members
b. The Governor appoints; the House confirms
c. At least 1 dentist must be 50+ yrs old
d. Full time dental faculty are not eligible
d. Full time dental faculty are not eligible
13. The Board of Dentistry can issue a warrant for your arrest.
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14. With regard to nitrous-oxide oxygen administration, an assistant with formal
training & under indirect supervision may:
a. Monitor the administration
,b. Make adjustments
c. Turn it off at the completion of the dental procedure
d. None of the above
d. None of the above
Must be under DIRECT supervision - DH & DA can monitor the administration, make
adjustments, and turn it off. But the dentist must turn it on and established the
maintenance level
15. To reactivate a license, the dentist may need to submit:
a. A renewal fee
b. An active or an inactive fee
c. a delinquency fee
d. A processing fee.
e. All of the above
e. All of the above
16. Using a license that has been suspended:
a. Is grounds for disciplinary action by the Board
b. Is grounds for disciplinary action by the Department of Health
c. Is a felony
d. Is a misdemeanor
c. Is a felony
17. Pharmacists can fill the following prescriptions from licensed dentists:
a. Valium for sleep
b. Valium for anxiety
c. Valium for apprehension before a dental appointment
d. None of the above
c. Valium for apprehension before a dental appointment
18. The following drugs must be easily accessible during general anesthesia
except:
a. Antiarrhythmic medication
b. Nitroglycerine
c. An antirelaxant
d. Antiemetic
c. An antirelaxant
19. Preliminary charting of a patient may be done by an assistant with formal
training and direct supervision, but a hygienist may do it without supervision.
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20. Which is not a dental practice permit:
a. Non-Profit Corporation permit
b. Diagnosing Practitioner permit
c. Teaching permit
d. Intern permit
b. Diagnosing Practitioner permit
21. For general anesthesia and deep sedation the following need not be readily
available:
a. Oral and nasal airways
, b. Cardioscope
c. Tracheotomy equipment
d. Blood pressure cuff and stethoscope
c. Tracheotomy equipment
22. Specialty services advertised by a general dentist, but limits his practice to
endo, may advertise as follows:
a. John Pain, DDS, Practice limited to Endodontics
b. John Pain, DDS, General Dentist, Practice limited to Endodontics
c. Dr.John Pain, Dentist, Practice Specializing in Endodontics
d. John Pain, DDS, General Dentist, PracticeSpecializing in Endodontics
b. John Pain, DDS, General Dentist, Practice limited to Endodontics
23. To renew a license, a dentist and hygienist must take:
a. A 2 hr domestic violence course every biennium
b. A 2 hr domestic violence course every 3rd biennium
c. A 3 hr domestic violence course every 3rd biennium
d. A 2 hr domestic violence course every 2nd biennium
b. A 2 hr domestic violence course every 3rd biennium
24. Disinfection:
a. The process by which all forms of life within an environment are totally destroyed
b. Does not allow the potential for viable pathogens to remain
c. The destruction or inhibition of most pathogenic bacteria while they are in their active
growth phase and the inactivation of some viruses
d. The destruction or inhibition of most pathogenic bacteria and viruses while they are in
their active growth phase.
c. The destruction or inhibition of most pathogenic bacteria while they are in their active
growth phase and the inactivation of some viruses
25. Violations of Chapter 466 or Chapter 64B-5 are to be reported to:
a. The Board
b. The Department
c. County Health Department
d. The Committee on Disciplinary Action
b. The Department
26. In a multiowner practice who is responsible for the treatment provided?
a. The owner, who may or may not be a dentist
b. The owner, who must be a dentist
c. The dentist who provided the treatment
d. The owner and the dentist who provided the treatment
c. The dentist who provided the treatment
27. The “window” period is:
a. The time between HIV positive and AIDS
b. May produce false positive results
c. The time between infection and the appearance of HIV antibodies
d. The best time to test for HIV
c. The time between infection and the appearance of HIV antibodies
28.Equipment used for sterilization must have their efficacy tested periodically:
Practice | 100% Correct Answers |
Verified | Latest 2024 Version
1. The legislative purpose for enacting chapter 466 is to ensure that
a. Every dentist or hygienist meets minimum requirements for safe practice
b. Dental services not be delegated to unauthorized individuals
c. Dentists and dental hygienists maintain above minimum competency
d. Any dentist or hygienist who present a danger to the public shall be prohibited from
practicing in this state
a. Every dentist or hygienist meets minimum requirements for safe practice
2. Which is incorrect regarding members of the Board of Dentistry
a. 7 members must be licensed dentists
b. At least one member of the board must be 60 years of age or older.
c. May be connected with a dental college, so long as the college does not represent
the person's principal source of income.
d. Serve 4-year terms, but may serve no more than a total of 12 years
e. Must have been involved in the practice of dentistry for at least 5 years
d. Serve 4-year terms, but may serve no more than a total of 12 years
3. A dentist can advertise himself as an prolotherapist 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 implant
b. He cannot advertise this
4. A dentist may use the services of any unlicensed person for the purpose of
constructing, altering, repairing or duplicating any denture, partial denture,
bridge splint, or orthodontic or prosthetic appliance
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5. Presenting someone else’s license as your own:
a. Is grounds for disciplinary action by the Board
b. Is grounds for disciplinary action by the Department of Health
c. Is a felony
d. Is a misdemeanor
d. Is a misdemeanor
Me pretending to be someone else = misdeMEanor
6. Certification from a provider of a CE course completion should include:
a. The participant’s name and license number
b. The provider’s name and number
c. The course title, instructor, location, date offered and hours of CE credit awarded
d. The signature of the provider, official representative or instructor.
e. All of the above
,e. All of the above
7. Dental Assistants may apply cavity liners under:
a. On-the-job training and direct supervision
b. On-the-job training and indirect supervision
c. Formal training and indirect supervision
d. Formal training and general supervision
c. Formal training and indirect supervision
8. How many people are on the Board of Dentistry?
a. 2
b. 7
c. 11
d. 13
c. 11
9. Official records of peer review committees do not include:
a. Correspondence between the dentist and the committee
b. Diagnostic data
c. Appointment book records
d. Correspondence between the complainant and the committee
c. Appointment book records
10. Gingival curettage by a Hygienist may be performed under what type of
supervision?
a. Direct
b. Indirect
c. General
d. All of the above
a. Direct
Without any additional training (No OTJ or formal training - they learn this in school)
11. Continuing education per biennium for a dentist:
a. 30 hrs + CPR
b. 30 hrs + HIV/AIDS
c. 24 hrs + CPR
d. 24 hrs + medical errors
a. 30 hrs + CPR
remember that CPR is NOT a hourly CE requirement
12. Which is true about the Board?
a. 12 members
b. The Governor appoints; the House confirms
c. At least 1 dentist must be 50+ yrs old
d. Full time dental faculty are not eligible
d. Full time dental faculty are not eligible
13. The Board of Dentistry can issue a warrant for your arrest.
T/F
F
14. With regard to nitrous-oxide oxygen administration, an assistant with formal
training & under indirect supervision may:
a. Monitor the administration
,b. Make adjustments
c. Turn it off at the completion of the dental procedure
d. None of the above
d. None of the above
Must be under DIRECT supervision - DH & DA can monitor the administration, make
adjustments, and turn it off. But the dentist must turn it on and established the
maintenance level
15. To reactivate a license, the dentist may need to submit:
a. A renewal fee
b. An active or an inactive fee
c. a delinquency fee
d. A processing fee.
e. All of the above
e. All of the above
16. Using a license that has been suspended:
a. Is grounds for disciplinary action by the Board
b. Is grounds for disciplinary action by the Department of Health
c. Is a felony
d. Is a misdemeanor
c. Is a felony
17. Pharmacists can fill the following prescriptions from licensed dentists:
a. Valium for sleep
b. Valium for anxiety
c. Valium for apprehension before a dental appointment
d. None of the above
c. Valium for apprehension before a dental appointment
18. The following drugs must be easily accessible during general anesthesia
except:
a. Antiarrhythmic medication
b. Nitroglycerine
c. An antirelaxant
d. Antiemetic
c. An antirelaxant
19. Preliminary charting of a patient may be done by an assistant with formal
training and direct supervision, but a hygienist may do it without supervision.
T/F
T
20. Which is not a dental practice permit:
a. Non-Profit Corporation permit
b. Diagnosing Practitioner permit
c. Teaching permit
d. Intern permit
b. Diagnosing Practitioner permit
21. For general anesthesia and deep sedation the following need not be readily
available:
a. Oral and nasal airways
, b. Cardioscope
c. Tracheotomy equipment
d. Blood pressure cuff and stethoscope
c. Tracheotomy equipment
22. Specialty services advertised by a general dentist, but limits his practice to
endo, may advertise as follows:
a. John Pain, DDS, Practice limited to Endodontics
b. John Pain, DDS, General Dentist, Practice limited to Endodontics
c. Dr.John Pain, Dentist, Practice Specializing in Endodontics
d. John Pain, DDS, General Dentist, PracticeSpecializing in Endodontics
b. John Pain, DDS, General Dentist, Practice limited to Endodontics
23. To renew a license, a dentist and hygienist must take:
a. A 2 hr domestic violence course every biennium
b. A 2 hr domestic violence course every 3rd biennium
c. A 3 hr domestic violence course every 3rd biennium
d. A 2 hr domestic violence course every 2nd biennium
b. A 2 hr domestic violence course every 3rd biennium
24. Disinfection:
a. The process by which all forms of life within an environment are totally destroyed
b. Does not allow the potential for viable pathogens to remain
c. The destruction or inhibition of most pathogenic bacteria while they are in their active
growth phase and the inactivation of some viruses
d. The destruction or inhibition of most pathogenic bacteria and viruses while they are in
their active growth phase.
c. The destruction or inhibition of most pathogenic bacteria while they are in their active
growth phase and the inactivation of some viruses
25. Violations of Chapter 466 or Chapter 64B-5 are to be reported to:
a. The Board
b. The Department
c. County Health Department
d. The Committee on Disciplinary Action
b. The Department
26. In a multiowner practice who is responsible for the treatment provided?
a. The owner, who may or may not be a dentist
b. The owner, who must be a dentist
c. The dentist who provided the treatment
d. The owner and the dentist who provided the treatment
c. The dentist who provided the treatment
27. The “window” period is:
a. The time between HIV positive and AIDS
b. May produce false positive results
c. The time between infection and the appearance of HIV antibodies
d. The best time to test for HIV
c. The time between infection and the appearance of HIV antibodies
28.Equipment used for sterilization must have their efficacy tested periodically:
