Jurisprudence Final Exam

Te minimum number of required hours of continued education is?

• Dentists 90 hours; hygienists 50 hours; license dental assistants 30 hours

• dentists, hygienists, and licensed dental assistants 50 hours

• dentists 50 hours, hygienists and licensed dental assistants 25 hours

• none of the above

which of the following is not acceptable for continued education credit

• performance of community volunteer work

• attendance at a district dental society education program

• attendance at the American dental association convention

• all of the above are acceptable

How many days do you have to submit your portfolio to the board of dentistry once you have been notified that you are being audited

• one week

• 10 days

• 3 weeks

• 60 days

according to the board of dentistry rules of continued education how many credit hours of elective activities are need for registration every cycle

• 0

• 1

• 3

• 10

a professional dental corporation must file an annual report with the board of dentistry on or before January 1st of each year

• true

• false

a dentist can administer a pharmacological agent for the purpose of an analgesia if the dentist has

• a current license to practice dentistry in the state of Minnesota

• registration with the board prior to July 27th 1992

• satisfactorily completed a course resulting in clinical competency

• taken a course in advanced cardiac life support

a dentist must access a patients respiratory function by the monitoring of tissue oxygenation or by use of a superior method when administering a pharmacological agent for the purpose of

• conscious sedation

• anxiolysis

• analgesia

• none of the above

A licensee may administer nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia in Minnesota if the licensee

• A. has been licensed by another state that has requirements for administration of the agent by licensee

• B. Successfully completed a 12 hour continued education course presented by an institution accredited by the commission of accreditation

• C. Was administering the agent and registered that fact with the board prior to July 27, 1992

• Either B or C

When must a dentist notify the board of an incident that results in a serious or unusual outcome following the administration of nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia

• At the end of each calendar year

• January 1 and July 1 of each year

• No later than 30 days after the incident

• Within 10 days of the incident

Prior to the discharge of a patient who has received nitrous oxide which of the following persons which have proper training for an accredited program can assure that the effects of the medication have dissipated and monitoring is no longer necessary

• Licensed dental assistant

• dentist

• Dental hygienist

• All of the above