Deck 6: Federal and State Legislation Affecting Dental Hygiene Practice

Question 1

State dental boards generally govern which profession(s)?

A) Dental hygiene
B) Dentistry
C) School nurses
D) Both A and B
E) None of the above

Answer 1

Both A and B

Question 2

Which is a statement of general applicability that implements and interprets a law, or defines the practice and procedures requirements of a state government agency?

A) Law
B) Rule
C) Regulation
D) Order
E) None of the above

Answer 2

Rule

Question 3

Which branch of government carries out the enacted laws?

A) Executive
B) Administrative
C) Legislative
D) Judicial
E) None of the above

Answer 3

Executive

Question 4

A state legislator is a member of which branch of government?

A) Judicial
B) Administrative
C) Executive
D) Legislative
E) None of the above

Question 5

Many times a bill will "die" in a committee, only to have the most vital ideas added to a totally different bill.

Question 6

Members of the Supreme Court represent which branch of government?

A) Judicial
B) Executive
C) Legislative
D) Administrative
E) None of the above

Question 7

The President is a member of which branch of government?

A) Administrative
B) Legislative
C) Judicial
D) Executive
E) None of the above

Question 8

Which type of law are dental hygiene practice acts considered to be?

A) Common
B) Constitutional
C) Utilization
D) Statutory
E) None of the above

Question 9

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
Enforces laws

A)Administrative law
B)Judicial branch
C)Executive branch
D)Common law
E)Statutory law
F)Legislative branch
G)Constitutional law

Question 10

A bill can become a(n) ________.

A) Order
B) Law
C) Rule
D) Regulation
E) None of the above

Question 11

Organized dental hygiene frequently works to increase access to dental hygiene care provided by registered dental hygienists.

Question 12

In order to make any statutory changes, it is necessary for what to become a law?

A) Practice order
B) Rule
C) Executive order
D) Bill
E) None of the above

Question 13

Which branch of government interprets laws?

A) Legislative
B) Executive
C) State commissions
D) Judicial
E) None of the above

Question 14

Which state branch of the government makes laws for the state?

A) State commission on law
B) Legislative
C) Executive
D) Judicial
E) None of the above

Question 15

Laws pertaining to dental hygiene are generally found in the state dental hygiene ________.

A) Consulting act
B) Clinical act
C) Practice act
D) Administrative act
E) None of the above

Question 16

The self-regulation of dental hygienists means that dental hygienists can practice without a dentist in the facility.

Question 17

Which law takes precedence over both common and statutory laws?

A) Administrative
B) Executive
C) Federal department entitlements
D) Constitutional
E) None of the above

Question 18

Which law is created by the courts via judicial decision and can be changed by the courts (it contains notions of common sense and precedent)?

A) Constitutional
B) Statutory
C) Common
D) Administrative
E) None of the above

Question 19

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
Creates laws

A)Administrative law
B)Judicial branch
C)Executive branch
D)Common law
E)Statutory law
F)Legislative branch
G)Constitutional law

Question 20

Which body of law is the result of the legislative branch's voluntarily delegating some of its lawmaking authority to the executive branch?

A) Executive
B) Constitutional
C) Common
D) Administrative
E) None of the above

Question 21

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
Delegation of legislative power to a government agency

A)Administrative law
B)Judicial branch
C)Executive branch
D)Common law
E)Statutory law
F)Legislative branch
G)Constitutional law

Question 22

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
Law created and changed by the courts

A)Administrative law
B)Judicial branch
C)Executive branch
D)Common law
E)Statutory law
F)Legislative branch
G)Constitutional law

Question 23

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
Interprets laws

A)Administrative law
B)Judicial branch
C)Executive branch
D)Common law
E)Statutory law
F)Legislative branch
G)Constitutional law

Question 24

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
Law created and changed by the people

A)Administrative law
B)Judicial branch
C)Executive branch
D)Common law
E)Statutory law
F)Legislative branch
G)Constitutional law

Question 25

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
Law created and changed by legislature

A)Administrative law
B)Judicial branch
C)Executive branch
D)Common law
E)Statutory law
F)Legislative branch
G)Constitutional law