Law & Ethics Chapter 3
Courses in team management, leadership development and practice administration are considered to be primarily a benefit to the licensee and shall be limited to a maximum percentage of a licensees total required units for each license or permit renewal period. What is the total percentage allowable?
20%
A licensee or permit holder completing a course in basic life support may count the course for up to three continuing education units of mandatory education.
False
Any course provider offering Infection Control and California Dental Practice Act courses may issue continuing education certifications to participants of these courses.
False
If a licentiate holds more than one license for permit, the license of permit that requires the smallest number of continuing education units for renewal shall equal the licentiate's full renewal requirement.
False
Licenses expire at 12 midnight on the legal birth date of the licentiate at the second year of a two-year term if not renewed. An expired license may be renewed at any time within how many years after its expiration, by application to the Board?
Five years
The board may prescribe mandatory coursework within the general areas of patient care, health and safety, and law and ethics. What three courses are required for a license to renew biennially?
Infection control, Dental Practice Act, Basic life support
A person who holds a registered dental assistant license shall provide evidence of having successfully completed board approved courses in what two subjects at the time of licensure?
Radiation safety and coronal polishing
A license or permit is subject to renewal periods. How many years is a renewal period?
2
A provider shall furnish a written certification of course completion (CE certification slip) to each licensee certifying that the licensee has met the attendance requirement of the course. If the board should audit a licensee, copies of the certification slips must be provided to the board upon request. A registered dental assistant will need to show proof of having completed at least how many units of continuing education during the renewal he or she is being audited for?
25 units
If the board determines that the public health and safety would be served by requiring all holders of license or permits to continue their education after receiving a license or permit, it may require, as a condition to the renewal, that they inform themselves of the developments in the practice of dentistry since the original issuance of their license or permit. To do so, a licensee or permit holder must obtain continuing education that is consistent with the Board's regulations. How many units of continuing education must a RDA obtain during a two-year time period?
25 units
How many units of continuing education must a dentist (DDS) obtain during a two-year time period?
50 units
What is the maximum number of continuing education units a provider may issue in one day?
8
You are a registered dental assistant who has decided to leave the practice of dentistry. Since you do not know how long you will be away from the profession. You have decided to request that the board place your license in "inactive" status. You are still required to renew the license each biennial renewal period. How many units of continuing education do you have to complete each renewal period during your "inactive" status?
No continuing education is required
A registered dental assistant or RDAEF who holds a permit as an orthodontic assistant or a dental sedation assistant shall not be required to complete additional continuing education requirements beyond that which is required for licensure renewal in order to renew either permit.
True
Any dentist who removes his place of practice shall register each change made by him within one month after making said change.
True
Tape-recorded courses, home study materials, video courses, and computer courses are considered correspondence courses and will be accepted for credit of up to, but not exceeding, 1/2 of the licensee's total required units.
True
A licensee shall retain, for a period of ________ renewal periods, the certificates of course completion issued to him or her at the time he or she attended a continuing education course and shall forward such certifications to the Board only upon request by the board for audit purposes.
3
How many units must a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice (RDHAP) obtain during a two year time period?
35 units
Your license as a RDA has been in "INACTIVE" status for the past 7 years, and you are now looking to return to the dental profession and perform the duties of a RDA. You decide to petition the Board to reinstate your license from "INACTIVE " status to "ACTIVE". Your biennial renewal fees have been paid regularly and you are scheduled to complete a renewal of your CPR (basic life support). What else must you do in order to be granted an "ACTIVE" license again?
Complete 25 units of continuing education, which shall include all the mandatory education courses that are currently required.
The board may audit a licensee's continuing education records at any time to ensure that the continuing education requirements are met. Any licensee who furnishes false or misleading information to the board regarding his or her continuing education units may be subject to ___________.
Disciplinary action
