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Florida Laws and Rules Dental Exam: Questions with 100% Correct Answers, Exams of Nursing

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A comprehensive set of questions and answers related to florida's dental laws and rules. It covers various aspects of dental practice, including continuing education requirements, supervision levels, anesthesia administration, infection control, and ethical considerations. Designed to help dental professionals prepare for licensing exams and ensure compliance with state regulations.

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FLORIDA LAWS AND RULES DENTAL EXAM
Questions with 100% Correct Answers Latest
Updates 2025 GRADED A+
1.
What is a remediable task is the hygienist/assistant able to perform?
2.
Irremediable: The use of a laser or laser type device is considered to be what
type of task?
3.
Dental hygienists & assistants: Who may perform emergency remediable
tasks under conditions specified in the laws?
4.
50 min: How many minutes are equivalent to one hour of continuing education?
5.
Chemotherapeutic agents: What is not an appropriate topic for continuing
education?
6.
Board approved individual study: What is an appropriate educational activity
or topic for continuing education?
7.
Pt stress management: What is an example of a CE a dental hygienist would
take?
8.
1st biennium of licensure: When are licensees excused from CE?
9.
Practicing hygienist or dentist: Who of the following are required to take CE
credits?
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FLORIDA LAWS AND RULES DENTAL EXAM

Questions with 100% Correct Answers Latest

Updates 2025 GRADED A+

What is a remediable task is the hygienist/assistant able to perform?

  1. Irremediable: The use of a laser or laser type device is considered to be what type of task?
  2. Dental hygienists & assistants: Who may perform emergency remediable tasks under conditions specified in the laws?
  3. 50 min: How many minutes are equivalent to one hour of continuing education?
  4. Chemotherapeutic agents: What is not an appropriate topic for continuing education?
  5. Board approved individual study: What is an appropriate educational activity or topic for continuing education?
  6. Pt stress management: What is an example of a CE a dental hygienist would take?
  7. 1st biennium of licensure: When are licensees excused from CE?
  8. Practicing hygienist or dentist: Who of the following are required to take CE credits?
  1. Writing within the scope of dentistry: Which of the following is legal of a dentist writing prescriptions?
  2. False: If 40 hours of CE are taken in 1 biennium, the remaining hours taken can count toward renewal requirement for the next biennium. True/False
  3. True: A dentist or hygienist takes a 10 hr HIV/AIDs course. The remaining 9 hours could count for their remaining 24 or 30 hours required for licensure renewal. True/False
  4. Dental license #: What must be included in a prescription for a prescription strength fluoride gel?
  5. True: If the dentist uses anesthesia in his office, his/her staff has to be properly trained in anticonvulsants. T/F
  6. Board of Dentistry: Who grants sedation permits?
  7. NO: A dental hygienist under the supervision of a dentist may administer local anesthesia, including intraoral block anesthesia, soft tissue infiltration anes- thesia, or both, to a non-sedated patient who is 15 or older, if they meet criteria outlined in the laws manual
  8. Altered state of consciousness: Nitrous oxide produces:
  9. Pt's physical ability: With conscious sedation, it must not effect what?
  10. 25%: What is the minimum oxygen level required when administering nitrous oxide anesthesia?
  11. All of these: oxygen tank, EKG machine, bronchodilator, defibrillator, thermometer, and BP cuff: What equipment should be present in the ER/recovery rooms when using sedation?
  12. False: Oral antibiotics are needed in the recovery room when performing sedation in the dental office - T/F
  13. Pt of Record: A patient who has received radiographs, an exam from dentist and treatment plan is considered:
  14. Dentist: Who owns the patient records or chart?
  15. To another licensed Fl dentist: In the event that the dentist dies, where do all the patient of record files go?
  16. Disinfecting may leave open the possibility of infection: The major differ- ence between sterilization and disinfection is:
  17. Radiation or wiping down with alcohol: What is not a sterilization process
  1. General: If a hygienist is in a non-health access setting and a patient is in need of sealants, the hygienist must perform sealants under which supervision?
  2. Indirect: A dental hygienist may place subgingival chlorhexidine with
  3. Indirect: A dental hygienist may marginate restorations with
  4. General: A dental hygienist performing home care on a patient who is now in an assisted living center is working under which supervision level
  5. After radiographs: When does the dentist see the patient
  6. Another dentist: If a doctor of record is out of town and a patient comes to the office with acute conditions, who can diagnose the patient?
  7. Analgesia: Absence of pain without loss of consciousness
  8. Anesthesia: The loss of feeling or sensation, especially the loss of sensation of pain
  9. Local anesthesia: The loss of sensation of pain in a specific area of the body, generally produced by a topically applied agent or injected agent without causing the loss of consciousness
  10. General Anesthesia: Controlled state of unconsciousness, produced by phar- macologic agent, accompanied by a partial or complete loss of protective reflexes, including the inability to independently maintain airway and respond purposefully to physical stimulation or verbal command. This modality includes administration of medications via parenteral routes; that is oral, rectal or transmucosal
  11. DA - direct, hygienist - indirect: What are the supervision levels for nitrous oxide? Dental assistant; dental hygienist
  12. Sterilization: The process by which all forms of life within an environment are totally destroyed
  13. Disinfection: The destruction or inhibition of most pathogenic bacteria while they are in their active growth phase and the inactivation of some viruses
  14. Misdemeanor: Is using the name RDH or Dental Hygienist if not licensed - misdemeanor or felony?
  15. Misdemeanor; 1st: The penalty for using another's license is a in the degree
  16. Felony, 3rd degree: The penalty for using a suspended/expired license is a in the degree
  17. Felony, 3rd degree: The penalty for unlicensed dentistry/practicing outside of the scope of practice is a in the degree
  1. Misdemeanor, 2nd Degree: The penalty for the lab not keeping original Rx is a in the degree
  2. Misdemeanor; 2nd: The penalty for operating as a lab is a in the degree
  3. Phone or visit to office monthly: A monitor for hep B can/does all the following except
  4. treat as infectious materials: Impressions for appliances or models sent to labs must be labeled as:
  5. A handwriting sample: In accepting a license to practice, you must consent to: In investigations you have to provide these:
  6. All of these: placing pre-treatment separators; selecting bands, arch wires, or expansion appliances; removing excess cement with non-mechan- ical hand instruments: Which of the following are remediable tasks?
  7. Placing sealants & removing sutures: What is under general supervision for RDH?
  8. Root planing if pt hasn't been pre-examined: In an emergency, what is a violation of the law?
  9. maintain own airway: In conscious sedation, the patient must be able to:
  10. Monitoring and turning the unit off: Which of the following is allowed when an auxiliary is utilizing N2O2?
  11. It is reversible and does not create unalterable changes within the oral cavity and does not cause an increased risk to the patient: What is the definition of a remediable task?
  12. CPR certification with defib: For licensure renewal an RDH needs 24 hours of CE plus:
  13. A statement of specific services and authorized frequency: A prescription for the services of an RDH must contain
  14. Grounds for disciplinary action: Being unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety during an illness or use of drugs/narcotics is a
  15. Given to the patient: The original Rx for DH services is
  16. A qualified anesthetist performing a dental operation with a licensed dentist: All of the following are exempt from chapter 466 except
  1. Jane Doe, DMD, general dentist, practice limited to orthodontics: The correct wording for a non-specialist, limiting his/her practice to orthodontics is
  2. Null & void: After 4 years, an inactive license becomes
  3. Advertising dentist may claim he/she gives superior treatment: Which of the following is not allowed
  4. Flame burs: When polishing an amalgam restoration, the hygienist may not use 99. At the time when the dentist of record cannot pre-examine the patient- : When a patient is in discomfort due to the loss of a periodontal dressing, when can the hygienist replace the dressing?
  5. Full discipline over a licensee but no disciplinary power over an appli- cant: The board has
  6. Direct supervision/formal training: Dental assistants can cement temp crown and bridges with temp cement under
  7. No: Can the BoD put a dentist or hygienist in jail?
  8. None: How many times in a biennium can one become inactive, reactive, and inactive again?
  9. Oxygen only: What can be mixed with N2O2 for inhalation analgesia?
  10. Dept of Dentistry: Any violations of the rules and laws are reported to the
  11. No: If John Doe comes to the office for his first visit and the dentist is out of town, can the hygienist prophy?
  12. However many the BoD limits them to - if they choose to do so: A dentist can employ how many full time hygienists?
  13. CPR certificate: Before a dental hygienist can monitor N2O2, they must have
  14. Misdemeanor 2nd Degree: A firm or corporation acting as a 'dental lab' in any way other than defined in ch 466 has
  15. Not at all: Obtaining bacteriological specimens involving the cutting of tissue and not involving taking endo cultures to be examined under a microscope for educational purposes can be done by an RDH when
  16. Window Period: The time between infection and appearance of HIV antibod- ies is known as
  17. Non biohazard: Extracted teeth can be rendered by disinfection in order to be returned to the patient
  1. Impervious container: Impressions shipped to a lab are sealed in what
  2. Fees from any capitation party or payment plan: During a period of sus- pension, a licensee cannot accept what
  3. Gloves & mask: PPE is mandatory by chapter 64B5?
  4. Placing class I restoration: Which of the following cannot be delegated to a hygienist by a dentist in Fl
  5. Completed dental work: A patient of record is designated by all the following except
  6. Fine, restriction, revocation of license: In the practice of dentistry, the BoD may impose
  7. RDH license #: What must be on the script for the services of an RDH
  8. Felony: Using false or forged evidence to obtain a license constitutes
  9. initial app for licensure denied: If an applicant practices dental hygiene before obtaining a license, what action is taken
  10. The licensee: If you have been issued a license by the BoD through an error, who is responsible?
  11. All of these --> in the office of a Fl licensed dentist, in a public health program, in the home of a non-ambulatory patient of record, and in a gov- ernment institution: Where is a hygienist allowed to work?
  12. Securing or unsecuring an archwire by attaching or removing fastening devices: Which of the following constitutes an emergency remediable task?
  13. Infected with the hep-B virus surface antigen and hep-B e-antigen: Being sero-positive for HBSAG means that 126. The time when the reliability of any negative results can be diminished- : The window period is
  14. Exposed to a chemical agent: All heat sensitive instruments must be
  15. A qualified anesthetist giving anesthesia under supervision of a Fl licensed dentist: All of the following are exempt from chapter 466 except
  16. Dept of Health: If someone violates chapter 466 and 64B5, who should it be reported to?
  17. In the home of an ambulatory patient: In which of the following settings may a hygienist NOT perform her duties
  18. Contour ortho bands: Which of the following can a hygienist NOT perform
  1. Indirect: Making impressions for creating opposing models or fabrication of bleach stents and surgical stents to be used for providing palatal coverage falls under which supervision for an RDH
  2. No supervision necessary: OHI can be given by an RDH under what super- vision
  3. Remove calculus, accretions, or stain above (or below) the gumline: A dental assistant is not allowed to
  4. All of these --> ADA or ADHA, hospitals approved by US dept of edu, or dental school accredited by the ADA commission on dental accreditation: - CE's can be taken through
  5. All of these --> dept of health, dept of juvenile justice, dept of child and family services: There no limit on the number of auxiliaries:
  6. Applying sealants: A hygienist can ask an assistant to help perform which of the following
  7. False: In order to prescribe chlorhexidine or fl rinse, a dentist must hold a dispensing permit - T/F
  8. Deep sedation: Which of the following is a controlled state of depressed consciousness
  9. For the first renewal: HIV/AIDs course must be taken when?
  10. Publisher's name: When presenting a CE, one does not have to keep documentation of
  11. Review the number of reminder calls made that day: A hepatitis monitor is not required to
  12. Radiographs: A patient of record must have all the following except
  13. Place sutures: An auxiliary may perform all the following in an emergency without pre-exam from dentist except
  14. Fees: Peer review contains all except:
  15. No: Does CPR count towards CE requirements?
  16. Suspension / Revocation of License: If you don't keep the work order / rx forms for 4 years, what happens?
  17. Professional journals NOT the public: Dental labs can advertise to what?
  18. Yes: Can a lab tech make a mouthguard?
  1. Full Time: To have a teaching permit & do faculty practice you must work how long? 167. Teach - yes Faculty Practice - NO: If you fail licensing exam 3x, you can still do what, but not what?
  2. 456: Fl Statutues LAW that governs dept of health
  3. 466: Dental Practice Act - Fl Statutes Law that governs practice of dentistry in Fl
  4. 64B5: Fl Admin Code RULES enforced by the BoD
  5. No SRP or Gingival Curettage: What are hygienists not allowed to do under general supervision for non-ambulatory pts?
  6. Dept of Health: Who gives the actual license?
  7. No: Can you do research for CE?
  8. Unlicensed: Is a lab tech licensed or unlicensed?
  9. Must appear before the board: first time offenders get 30 days pay fees vs 2nd time offenders have to: 176. Reviews Issues: Agency of Health Care Admin citations Bureau of Investigative Services citations
  10. Dental Malpractice: 3 or more claims within 5 year resulting in payment over 25K b/c of judgement / settlement b/c of negligent conduct of part of dentist
  11. Administrative Commission: The governor and cabinet make up what?
  12. Tallahassee: BoD headquarters in?
  13. Advise only: The councils that advise the BoD job is to what only? Council in Dental Hygiene Council on Dental Assisting Committee on Continuing Professional Education