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Lazy Larry forgot to renew his RDH license and it expired.  He has 90 days to renew before a delinquency fee will be required to renew.  The delinquency fee is 50% of the renewal fee.

A mandated reporter can be sued for falsely reporting in good faith (reasonable suspicion).

You must notify DHBC of a name change within _______ days to avoid a fine.

All of the following are mandatory courses required every renewal period EXCEPT one.  Which one is the EXCEPTION?

It is legal for an employer to ask you to clock out for an hour if a patient cancels in the middle of one of your shifts and you are waiting for your next patient to arrive.

Continuing education courses considered to be primarily beneficial to the licensee, such as ergonomics, team development, etc, should be limited to _____ of the total CE units

As a mandated reporter, you should report suspected child abuse by telephone immediately or as soon as is practicably possible.  A written follow up report should be sent within 48 hours.

Confidentiality is both a legal and an ethical duty

A dental hygienist notices that a coworker occasionally skips reviewing informed consent details with long-time patients because “they’ve had this done before.” The hygienist considers doing the same to save time during a busy schedule. According to the fundamental principle of universality, which question should guide the hygienist’s ethical decision?

What is the primary reason dental hygienists cannot be classified as independent contractors?