California RDH Law and Ethics Exam: Comprehensive Study Guide
heat sterilization - correct answer ✔✔How should you clean your slow speed hand piece between
patients?
Integrity - correct answer ✔✔When any health care provider acts with decency of care.
True - correct answer ✔✔As of 2006 the RDH is eligible to receive a registered dental assistant license.
True or False
At 12 midnight on the LAST day of the license's birth month, of a two year term. - correct answer
✔✔When does an RDH license expire?
You have 7 days to get the report in. - correct answer ✔✔If a patient was to die in the dental facility,
when should the written report be completed and sent to the board?
30 days - correct answer ✔✔How long do you have to notify the boards if you have an address or e-mail
change?
10 days - correct answer ✔✔How long do you have to notify the board if you have a name change?
The general standards of right and wrong that guide behavior within society - correct answer ✔✔What is
the fundamental principle of ethics?
Beneficence - correct answer ✔✔What core value is the primary role in promoting the well being of
others and engaging in health promotion/disease prevention activities?
Veracity - correct answer ✔✔Trusting that your patient is telling you the truth and that as a RDH, we tell
them the truth.
Social trust, it's unprofessional conduct - correct answer ✔✔What core value is being violated when the
RDH has a martini on their lunch?
, Veracity - correct answer ✔✔What core value is violated when the dental hygienist presents treatment
that is clearly excessive?
Autonomy - correct answer ✔✔The dental hygienist presents SRP treatment to the patient, and the
patient responds with, "I don't want to do that I just want the basic cleaning." What core value is the
patient practicing?
responsibility - correct answer ✔✔What fundamental principle is being used when we accept
consequences of our actions or the failure to act and are willing to make ethical choice and publicly
affirm them?
"signature" or "ID number & initials" of the licensed provider who performed treatment. - correct
answer ✔✔What are the requirements for making notations in the patient's treatment record?
compassion - correct answer ✔✔caring and the ability to identify with the patient's overall well-being.
Relieving pain and suffering is a common attribute of dental practice. Acts of kindness and a sympathetic
ear for the patient are all qualities of a caring, compassionate dentist.
Compassion - correct answer ✔✔When a patient comes in and expresses that she just had a death in the
family, you listen intently and then recommend to the patient she should reschedule her appointment,
and doesn't perform treatment. What core value is demonstrated?
Unprofessional conduct - correct answer ✔✔The practice of accepting or receiving any commission or
the rebating in any form or manner of fees for professional services, radiographs, prescriptions, or other
services or articles supplied to patients.
unprofessional conduct - correct answer ✔✔The clearly excessive administering of drugs or treatment,
or the clearly excessive use of treatment procedures, or the clearly excessive use of treatment facilities,
as determined by the customary practice and standards of the dental hygiene profession.
excessive use of treatment (unprofessional conduct) - correct answer ✔✔Any person who violates this
subdivision is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred
dollars ($100) or more than six hundred dollars ($600), or by imprisonment for a term of not less than 60
days or more than 180 days, or by both a fine and imprisonment.
heat sterilization - correct answer ✔✔How should you clean your slow speed hand piece between
patients?
Integrity - correct answer ✔✔When any health care provider acts with decency of care.
True - correct answer ✔✔As of 2006 the RDH is eligible to receive a registered dental assistant license.
True or False
At 12 midnight on the LAST day of the license's birth month, of a two year term. - correct answer
✔✔When does an RDH license expire?
You have 7 days to get the report in. - correct answer ✔✔If a patient was to die in the dental facility,
when should the written report be completed and sent to the board?
30 days - correct answer ✔✔How long do you have to notify the boards if you have an address or e-mail
change?
10 days - correct answer ✔✔How long do you have to notify the board if you have a name change?
The general standards of right and wrong that guide behavior within society - correct answer ✔✔What is
the fundamental principle of ethics?
Beneficence - correct answer ✔✔What core value is the primary role in promoting the well being of
others and engaging in health promotion/disease prevention activities?
Veracity - correct answer ✔✔Trusting that your patient is telling you the truth and that as a RDH, we tell
them the truth.
Social trust, it's unprofessional conduct - correct answer ✔✔What core value is being violated when the
RDH has a martini on their lunch?
, Veracity - correct answer ✔✔What core value is violated when the dental hygienist presents treatment
that is clearly excessive?
Autonomy - correct answer ✔✔The dental hygienist presents SRP treatment to the patient, and the
patient responds with, "I don't want to do that I just want the basic cleaning." What core value is the
patient practicing?
responsibility - correct answer ✔✔What fundamental principle is being used when we accept
consequences of our actions or the failure to act and are willing to make ethical choice and publicly
affirm them?
"signature" or "ID number & initials" of the licensed provider who performed treatment. - correct
answer ✔✔What are the requirements for making notations in the patient's treatment record?
compassion - correct answer ✔✔caring and the ability to identify with the patient's overall well-being.
Relieving pain and suffering is a common attribute of dental practice. Acts of kindness and a sympathetic
ear for the patient are all qualities of a caring, compassionate dentist.
Compassion - correct answer ✔✔When a patient comes in and expresses that she just had a death in the
family, you listen intently and then recommend to the patient she should reschedule her appointment,
and doesn't perform treatment. What core value is demonstrated?
Unprofessional conduct - correct answer ✔✔The practice of accepting or receiving any commission or
the rebating in any form or manner of fees for professional services, radiographs, prescriptions, or other
services or articles supplied to patients.
unprofessional conduct - correct answer ✔✔The clearly excessive administering of drugs or treatment,
or the clearly excessive use of treatment procedures, or the clearly excessive use of treatment facilities,
as determined by the customary practice and standards of the dental hygiene profession.
excessive use of treatment (unprofessional conduct) - correct answer ✔✔Any person who violates this
subdivision is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred
dollars ($100) or more than six hundred dollars ($600), or by imprisonment for a term of not less than 60
days or more than 180 days, or by both a fine and imprisonment.
