Free FL Dental Laws & Rules Exam Flashcards

Up to 67 multiple-choice items, of which up to five are unscored field-test items, in a 90-minute session. The 64-item figure belongs to the separate dental hygiene examination (FHLR).

A final score of 75% or higher. Florida publishes no scaled score, scaled cut point or percentile for this exam, and results are reported pass/fail only.

Chapter 456, F.S. (health professions general provisions), Chapter 466, F.S. (the dental practice act), and Rule Chapter 64B5, F.A.C. (Board of Dentistry). The Board's own booklet also reprints Rule Chapter 64B27, F.A.C., for dental laboratories.

The American Board of Dental Examiners (ADEX) administers it and candidates register at adextesting.org. Questions about exam content or interpretation of the statutes and rules go to the Florida Board of Dentistry, not to the testing agency.

In s. 466.003, F.S., and Rule 64B5-16.001, F.A.C. Rule 64B5-16.007 ('Levels of Supervision for Dental Hygienists') was repealed 12-9-2018 as duplicative; repealed rules keep their numbers in the code with a repeal notation, which is why stale review material still cites it.

Eleven members appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate: seven licensed dentists in clinical practice, two licensed dental hygienists, and two laypersons. Members serve 4-year terms and no more than 10 years total.

A dentist diagnoses the condition, authorizes the procedure, remains on the premises while it is performed, and approves the work before the patient is dismissed.

Indirect supervision (s. 466.003(10)) requires the dentist to authorize the procedure and be on the premises. General supervision (s. 466.003(11)) requires authorization only; the dentist need not be present, and Rule 64B5-16.001(6), F.A.C., adds that the work may be done away from the dentist's usual place of practice.

Remediable tasks are reversible, create no unalterable change in the oral cavity and add no patient risk. Irremediable tasks are irreversible, and the statute classifies administering any anesthetic other than topical anesthesia as irremediable.

Programs or institutions of DCF, DOH or DJJ, nonprofit community health centers, Head Start centers, federally qualified health centers and look-alikes, school-based prevention programs, and clinics of an accredited dental college or dental hygiene program. The setting must report practice-act violations to the Board.

A maximum of 24 months. Rule 64B5-16.001(7), F.A.C., then bars further treatment under general supervision until another clinical examination by a Florida-licensed dentist.

A written examination on Florida's laws and rules regulating dentistry, plus the American Dental Licensing Examination (the ADEX clinical examination) produced by the American Board of Dental Examiners.

The Board-set application fee may not exceed $100 and is nonrefundable. Applicants must also complete background screening under s. 456.0135, F.S.

The entire examination. Only an applicant who fails exactly one part or procedure may retake just that part or procedure.

A hygiene applicant who fails one portion retakes only that portion, but only if he or she reapplies within 12 months. Failing the prophylaxis requires retaking the entire examination.

Section 466.006(5), F.S., makes the applicant ineligible for reexamination until completing additional educational requirements established by the Board.

It lets an out-of-state dentist with recent active clinical practice (generally the preceding 5 years) work in Florida health access settings without sitting the ADEX clinical exam; proof of NBDE Parts I and II plus any state or regional clinical licensing exam substitutes (s. 466.0067(6), (11), F.S.). The applicant must still pass the Florida laws-and-rules exam, and practicing outside those settings is unlicensed practice (s. 466.00672(2)).

Dentists: at least 30 hours, including a minimum of 2 hours on the safe and effective prescribing of controlled substances (s. 466.0135(1), F.S.). Hygienists: at least 24 and no more than 36 hours (s. 466.014, F.S.); the prescribing course applies only to dentists.

Root cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety (Rule 64B5-12.013(2)(a), F.A.C.). The 2-hour course is due every biennium for dentists and hygienists and counts toward the biennial CE total.

The 2-hour domestic violence course under s. 456.031, F.S., and Rule 64B5-12.013(3), F.A.C. It is also required when reactivating a license, and the hours count toward the biennial CE total.

The 2-hour HIV/AIDS course (s. 456.033, F.S.; Rule 64B5-12.013(4), F.A.C.). Home study is permitted, the hours count toward the CE total, and the course is also required when reactivating a license.

No. Rule 64B5-12.013(2)(b), F.A.C., requires basic-level CPR certification each biennium but expressly excludes it from the required hours. Online-only training without in-person hands-on skills testing is not accepted.

Those in their initial licensure biennium, dentists in full-time accredited postgraduate specialty or residency training, and dentists or hygienists serving as full-time faculty at accredited programs (Rule 64B5-12.0135, F.A.C.). The statutory HIV, domestic violence, medical errors and prescribing courses are still required.

Gingival curettage and root planing, under s. 466.024(6), F.S. Removing calculus from the gingival sulcus is likewise reserved to hygienists by s. 466.023(1).

Any prescription of drugs or medications requiring a dentist's or physician's written order, and any diagnosis for treatment or treatment planning (s. 466.024(8), F.S.).

No. Twelve tasks are listed by statute (study-cast impressions, periodontal dressings, sutures, rubber dams, matrices, temporary restorations, liners and varnishes, polishing amalgams and clinical crowns, cytology specimens, and CRDH local anesthesia), but the subsection says it does not limit delegable tasks; the Board designates others by rule.

A patient under 18 or a sedated patient. Otherwise a CRDH may give intraoral block or soft-tissue infiltration anesthesia under a dentist's direct supervision (s. 466.017(5), F.S.; Rule 64B5-16.006(4)(b), F.A.C.); a hygienist without the certificate may not give local anesthesia at all.

A CODA-accredited or Board-approved course with a minimum of 30 hours of didactic instruction and 30 hours of clinical experience, plus current basic or advanced cardiac life support certification (s. 466.017(5)(a)-(b), F.S.).

The dentist. Section 466.024(9), F.S., makes the dentist primarily responsible for all procedures he or she delegates, and s. 466.018(1) presumes as a matter of law that the dentist of record rendered the treatment unless the record notes otherwise.

Gingival curettage (Rule 64B5-16.006(1), F.A.C.). Prophylaxis, root planing, and placing and exposing dental and carpal radiographic film and sensors need only general supervision by virtue of licensure (Rule 64B5-16.006(7)).

No. Applying fluorides is one of the s. 466.023(3), F.S., services a hygienist may perform without supervision anywhere, along with educational and staff-training programs, authorized fluoride rinse programs and oral-hygiene instruction. Sealants and scaling without supervision are allowed only in a health access setting under s. 466.024(2).

Dental charting, blood pressure, pulse, respiration and temperature, case history, topical fluorides including varnish, sealants, and removal of calculus, accretions and stains (s. 466.024(2), F.S.). Root planing and gingival curettage are excluded.

A dentist, or a physician licensed under chapter 458 or 459, must give medical clearance beforehand, and a dentist must conduct a dental examination within 13 months afterward (s. 466.024(2)(f), F.S.).

Minimum limits of $100,000 per occurrence and $300,000 in the aggregate, held through the employing health access setting or an individual policy (s. 466.024(5)(c), F.S.).

Two years unless the dentist designates a shorter period, and the prescribing dentist remains responsible for the patient's care (s. 466.023(2)(d), F.S.).

Minimal sedation: a single enteral sedative or single narcotic analgesic in one appropriate dose that does not depress consciousness (Rule 64B5-14.001(10), F.A.C.). General anesthesia, deep sedation, moderate sedation and pediatric moderate sedation all require a permit under Rule 64B5-14.002(1), except when treating patients in a licensed hospital or ambulatory surgical center.

Anyone under 18 years of age, or any person with special needs, meaning a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.

Certification in basic CPR for health professionals or ACLS from the AHA, Red Cross or an equivalent course, with recertification every 2 years. The office must keep working resuscitative equipment, oxygen and drugs immediately available (s. 466.017(4), F.S.).

Written notice by certified mail postmarked within 48 hours of the incident, then a complete written report to the Board within 30 days (s. 466.017(9)-(10), F.S.). Late or incomplete reporting is itself a basis for discipline under s. 466.017(12).

Up to a 7-day supply is allowed only if the dentist judges it medically necessary, writes 'ACUTE PAIN EXCEPTION' on the prescription, and documents in the record the acute condition and the lack of alternative treatment options (s. 456.44(5), F.S.).

Statute measures 4 years from the patient's last appointment (s. 466.018(5), F.S.); Rule 64B5-17.002(4), F.A.C., words it as the date the patient was last examined or treated. Each appointment-book entry must also be kept 4 years from its date (Rule 64B5-17.002(5)).

Strike through the entry so it stays legible, then note the change with its date, the initials of the person making it, and an explanation; a same-day change also needs the time. Original entries may never be removed (Rule 64B5-17.002(2), F.A.C.).

Absent circumstances beyond the licensee's control, in less than 30 days, and release may not be conditioned on payment of an unpaid or disputed treatment fee (Rule 64B5-17.009, F.A.C.).

Within 90 days the estate or agent must place them with another Florida-licensed dentist, keep them available to patients for 4 years, and publish a notice, in the county's largest-circulation newspaper or prominently on the dentist's website, at least once a week for four consecutive weeks (Rule 64B5-17.001(2), F.A.C.).

Dry heat and ethylene oxide sterilizers: every 120 hours of operation or every 30 days, whichever comes first. Steam (autoclave) and chemical-vapor sterilizers must be spore-tested at least every 40 hours (2,400 minutes) of use or every 30 days, whichever comes first.

A statement that the amount is a minimum fee only; without it the advertisement violates s. 466.019(3)(g), F.S. The same subsection also bars laudatory statements and comparisons to the quality of other dentists' services.

Practicing dentistry or dental hygiene without an active license, using a suspended or revoked license, knowingly employing a person to work outside their lawful scope, giving false evidence to obtain a license, and selling a dental diploma or license.

Only a licensed dentist, or a professional corporation or limited liability company composed of dentists. A nondentist who employs dentists or hygienists, controls dental equipment in use, or interferes with clinical judgment commits a third-degree felony (s. 466.0285, F.S.).

Thirty days, in writing, to the Board. Failing to report is an independent ground for discipline under s. 466.028(1)(ii), F.S.

A dated, signed written prescription showing the dentist's license number, the patient's name or number, descriptive identification of each piece of work, and the materials specified. The dentist and the laboratory each retain it for 4 years (s. 466.021, F.S.).