CALIFORNIA RDH LAW AND ETHIC EXAM | QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS | EXAM
ALREADY GRADED A+ | LATEST EXAM UPDATE
Direct Supervision - CORRECT ANSWER - Dentist gives instructions and
physically present in building when treatment is being completed
General Supervision - CORRECT ANSWER - Dentist gives instructions but
does not have to be present in the building when treatment is being completed
Oral prophylasis - CORRECT ANSWER - preventive and therapeutic dental
procedures of bacterial debridement both supra and subgingivally of calculus,
soft deposits, and plaque, plus smoothing of tooth surfaces
RDH Duties - CORRECT ANSWER - DH assessment, Develop plan and
implement DH care plan, oral hygiene exam, counseling, and health screenings,
local anesthesia, NO2, and soft tissue curettage, apply non aerosol, non caustic
topical agents, and duties of RDA if licensed before January 2006
Practice of RDH do not include - CORRECT ANSWER - Diagnosis and
comprehensive treatment planning, placing, condensing, carving, or removal of
permanent restorations, surgery or cutting on hard or soft tissues including but
not limited to the removal of teeth and the cutting and suturing of soft tissue,
prescribing medications, and administering local or general anesthesia or oral or
parenteral conscious sedation except administer NO2
RDH functions under General Supervision - CORRECT ANSWER - Prophy,
SRP, topical, therapeutic, and subgingival agents to control caries and perio,
impressions for bleaching trays, applying/activating whitening agents with non
laser, light curing devices, any duty that does not require direct supervision
unless it would give rise to emergency situation
, RDH functions with no supervision - CORRECT ANSWER - Educational
services, Oral health training programs, Oral health screenings, Refer any
screened patients to dentist for comp exam,
RDH License validity - CORRECT ANSWER - Expires every 2 years at
midnight on last day of birth month.
Change of address - CORRECT ANSWER - Report changes within 30 days
Change of Name - CORRECT ANSWER - Report changes within 10 days
Continue education for RDH - CORRECT ANSWER - 25 units of CE every 2
years and is not required on first renewal. Max number of CE 8 in one day. 12
CE can be correspondence / online. 2 CE must be infection control, 2 most be in
CA law. Retain receipts for up to 4 years for audit purposes
Instruments that penetrate oral tissues - CORRECT ANSWER - Critical
instruments
Instruments that contact but do not penetrate oral tissues - CORRECT
ANSWER - semi-critical instruments
Instruments that only contact skin - CORRECT ANSWER - non-critical
instruments
Low level disinfectants kills - CORRECT ANSWER - killing of some fungi
and viruses but does not inactivate TB
Intermediate level disinfectants kills - CORRECT ANSWER - killing most
fungi and viruses and inactivates TB
ANSWERS | VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS | EXAM
ALREADY GRADED A+ | LATEST EXAM UPDATE
Direct Supervision - CORRECT ANSWER - Dentist gives instructions and
physically present in building when treatment is being completed
General Supervision - CORRECT ANSWER - Dentist gives instructions but
does not have to be present in the building when treatment is being completed
Oral prophylasis - CORRECT ANSWER - preventive and therapeutic dental
procedures of bacterial debridement both supra and subgingivally of calculus,
soft deposits, and plaque, plus smoothing of tooth surfaces
RDH Duties - CORRECT ANSWER - DH assessment, Develop plan and
implement DH care plan, oral hygiene exam, counseling, and health screenings,
local anesthesia, NO2, and soft tissue curettage, apply non aerosol, non caustic
topical agents, and duties of RDA if licensed before January 2006
Practice of RDH do not include - CORRECT ANSWER - Diagnosis and
comprehensive treatment planning, placing, condensing, carving, or removal of
permanent restorations, surgery or cutting on hard or soft tissues including but
not limited to the removal of teeth and the cutting and suturing of soft tissue,
prescribing medications, and administering local or general anesthesia or oral or
parenteral conscious sedation except administer NO2
RDH functions under General Supervision - CORRECT ANSWER - Prophy,
SRP, topical, therapeutic, and subgingival agents to control caries and perio,
impressions for bleaching trays, applying/activating whitening agents with non
laser, light curing devices, any duty that does not require direct supervision
unless it would give rise to emergency situation
, RDH functions with no supervision - CORRECT ANSWER - Educational
services, Oral health training programs, Oral health screenings, Refer any
screened patients to dentist for comp exam,
RDH License validity - CORRECT ANSWER - Expires every 2 years at
midnight on last day of birth month.
Change of address - CORRECT ANSWER - Report changes within 30 days
Change of Name - CORRECT ANSWER - Report changes within 10 days
Continue education for RDH - CORRECT ANSWER - 25 units of CE every 2
years and is not required on first renewal. Max number of CE 8 in one day. 12
CE can be correspondence / online. 2 CE must be infection control, 2 most be in
CA law. Retain receipts for up to 4 years for audit purposes
Instruments that penetrate oral tissues - CORRECT ANSWER - Critical
instruments
Instruments that contact but do not penetrate oral tissues - CORRECT
ANSWER - semi-critical instruments
Instruments that only contact skin - CORRECT ANSWER - non-critical
instruments
Low level disinfectants kills - CORRECT ANSWER - killing of some fungi
and viruses but does not inactivate TB
Intermediate level disinfectants kills - CORRECT ANSWER - killing most
fungi and viruses and inactivates TB
