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Alabama Dental Jurisprudence Practice Test

Unofficial practice on Alabama's Dental Practice Act and the Board's rules, every answer marked with its section.

A prohibited business arrangement arises from the death of a licensed dentist. How long is allowed to cure it?

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The Board, licenses and annual registration 26

  • A dentist located outside Alabama gives a documented professional opinion on a patient in Alabama from data sent electronically. What must the dentist hold? Ala. Code 34-9-3. Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • A licensed practitioner works in two Alabama offices. Which certificate may the practitioner reproduce for the second office? Ala. Code 34-9-13. Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • A licensee still has not completed annual registration. On what date is the license automatically suspended? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-2-.07(5). Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • A new graduate who has never been licensed applies for licensure by examination. Within what time of graduation must the board receive the application? Ala. Code 34-9-10(b)(1). Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • A person receives an Alabama license but does not plan to practice at once. How soon must the certificate be recorded with a judge of probate? Ala. Code 34-9-12(a). Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • A prohibited business arrangement arises from the death of a licensed dentist. How long is allowed to cure it? Ala. Code 34-9-9(b). Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
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The Board, licenses and annual registration, continued

  • An Alabama dentist moves the practice to a new address. How soon must the secretary-treasurer of the board have the new address? Ala. Code 34-9-14. Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • An applicant has passed an examination that the board approves but did not administer. How long after notice of passing may the application for licensure be received? Ala. Code 34-9-10(b)(2). Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • Besides a licensed dentist, who may employ a dentist or dental hygienist in the operation of an Alabama dental office? Ala. Code 34-9-9(a). Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • For how long must a dentist have practiced in Alabama just before election to the board? Ala. Code 34-9-40(a). Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • For whom does the board waive the annual registration fee under Section 34-9-15(d)? Ala. Code 34-9-15(d). Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • How do most dentist members reach the Alabama dental board? Ala. Code 34-9-40(a). Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • How long is the term of a member of the Alabama dental board? Ala. Code 34-9-40(a). Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • How many licensed dentists must sign a petition to nominate a candidate for the Alabama dental board? Ala. Code 34-9-40(a). Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • How many members of the Alabama board must be present at a hearing that involves the penalties of Section 34-9-18? Ala. Code 34-9-41. Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • How much recent active practice must an applicant for Alabama licensure by credentials show? Ala. Code 34-9-10(d)(1). Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • How old must an applicant for an Alabama license to practice dentistry be? Ala. Code 34-9-10(a)(2). Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • May a member of the Alabama dental board serve a second term straight after the first? Ala. Code 34-9-40(a). Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • On October 1 a dentist has not completed annual registration. What happens to the license that day? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-2-.07(2). Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • On what may the dental hygienist member of the Alabama board vote? Ala. Code 34-9-40(b)(5). Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • To reinstate an automatically suspended license, a licensee pays a penalty fee plus accrued annual registration fees. Up to how many years of fees? Ala. Code 34-9-15(c)(1). Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • What period does an Alabama certificate of registration cover? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-2-.07(2). Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • Where must a licensee record the license certificate before beginning practice in an Alabama county? Ala. Code 34-9-12(a). Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • Which examination does Section 34-9-10 require of an applicant for licensure by credentials? Ala. Code 34-9-10(d)(6). Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • Which officers does the Alabama dental board elect from its membership each year? Ala. Code 34-9-41. Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.
  • Who sits on the Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama? Ala. Code 34-9-40(a). Topic: The Board, licenses and annual registration.

Continuing education 15

  • A dentist is enrolled full time in an accredited residency. For how much of a renewal cycle must that be to excuse the continuing education requirement? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-4-.04(6). Topic: Continuing education.
  • At what rate must an Alabama dental hygienist complete continuing education? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-4-.04(5). Topic: Continuing education.
  • At what rate must an Alabama dentist complete continuing education under Rule 270-X-4-.04? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-4-.04(4). Topic: Continuing education.
  • The Board asks in writing for documentation of continuing education. How soon must the licensee produce it? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-4-.04(7). Topic: Continuing education.
  • For how long must an Alabama licensee keep continuing education records? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-4-.04(7). Topic: Continuing education.
  • How do Alabama licensees report their CEUs under Rule 270-X-4-.04? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-4-.04(3). Topic: Continuing education.
  • How is documented pro bono charitable dental service credited toward continuing education? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-4-.04(4). Topic: Continuing education.
  • How many CEUs may a licensee report for completing a Basic Life Support certification every two years? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-4-.04(4). Topic: Continuing education.
  • What is the most a dentist may report in a renewal cycle for teaching approved continuing education? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-4-.04(4). Topic: Continuing education.
  • What is the most continuing education an Alabama licensee may earn in one calendar day? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-4-.04(4). Topic: Continuing education.
  • What is the most that may be reported per cycle for training in insurance, governmental regulations, risk management, tort liability and practice management? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-4-.04(4). Topic: Continuing education.
  • What may a licensee who is not a board member report for attending at least two hours of a board meeting in person? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-4-.04(4). Topic: Continuing education.
  • What must training given entirely in a self-study format include to be approved continuing education? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-4-.04(2). Topic: Continuing education.
  • Which certification must an Alabama dentist with an active sedation permit keep current? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-4-.04(4). Topic: Continuing education.
  • Which subject must a dentist, but not a dental hygienist, cover with at least one CEU each renewal cycle? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-4-.04(4). Topic: Continuing education.

Hygienists, assistants and direct supervision 16

  • A dental assistant makes the final impression for a fixed prosthesis. What must happen before it is used to make the prosthesis? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-3-.10(2). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and direct supervision.
  • Besides graduating from an approved school of dental hygiene, how may a person qualify for the Alabama dental hygiene examination? Ala. Code 34-9-26(e). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and direct supervision.
  • For how long must a dental hygienist have been in active practice just before first applying for an infiltration anesthesia permit? Ala. Code 34-9-60.1(a). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and direct supervision.
  • For what may dental assistants and dental hygienists use laser or narrow band imaging technology? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-3-.10(2). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and direct supervision.
  • How many hours of training in infiltration anesthesia does a board-approved course for dental hygienists require, at a minimum? Ala. Code 34-9-60.1(a). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and direct supervision.
  • How much full-time employment as a dental assistant must a student have before entering the Alabama Dental Hygiene Program? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-3-.04(2). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and direct supervision.
  • Rule 270-X-3-.10 lets dental assistants and dental hygienists remove intraoral sutures. Which sutures does it exclude? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-3-.10(2). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and direct supervision.
  • Under the Alabama definition of direct supervision, when does the dentist examine the patient? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-3-.06. Topic: Hygienists, assistants and direct supervision.
  • Under what supervision must an Alabama dental hygienist work? Ala. Code 34-9-27(a). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and direct supervision.
  • What is the one intra-oral duty a dental laboratory technician may perform in Alabama? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-3-.10(1). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and direct supervision.
  • What may dental assistants and dental hygienists do with stainless steel or chrome crowns under Rule 270-X-3-.10? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-3-.10(2). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and direct supervision.
  • What must an Alabama dental hygienist hold to administer infiltration anesthesia? Ala. Code 34-9-60.1(a). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and direct supervision.
  • Where must the dentist be for supervision to count as direct supervision in Alabama? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-3-.06. Topic: Hygienists, assistants and direct supervision.
  • Which duty does Rule 270-X-3-.10 give to dental hygienists only, among allied dental personnel? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-3-.10(3). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and direct supervision.
  • Who may perform coronal polishing under the direct supervision of a dentist in Alabama? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-3-.10(2). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and direct supervision.
  • Who performs the final placement and cementation of fixed appliances and fixed prostheses in Alabama? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-3-.10(2). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and direct supervision.

Patient records, laboratories and reporting 17

  • A patient dies during a dental procedure. How soon must the dentist notify the Board under Rule 270-X-2-.20? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-2-.20. Topic: Patient records, laboratories and reporting.
  • A patient record involves services that are the subject of a complaint filed with the Board. When may it be destroyed? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-2-.26(2). Topic: Patient records, laboratories and reporting.
  • A solo dentist plans to retire. How far ahead must patient notification go to the active patients? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-2-.26(5). Topic: Patient records, laboratories and reporting.
  • After an adverse occurrence, how soon must the dentist submit the complete report to the Board? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-2-.20. Topic: Patient records, laboratories and reporting.
  • Before unclaimed patient records may be destroyed, how must patient notification have been given? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-2-.26(4). Topic: Patient records, laboratories and reporting.
  • For how long must an Alabama dentist keep the duplicate of a prescription sent to a commercial dental laboratory? Ala. Code 34-9-21(b). Topic: Patient records, laboratories and reporting.
  • For how long must an Alabama dentist or group practice retain patient records? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-2-.26(2). Topic: Patient records, laboratories and reporting.
  • How long must the patient records of a minor be kept in Alabama? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-2-.26(2). Topic: Patient records, laboratories and reporting.
  • In the patient records management rule, what does "promptly" mean? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-2-.26(1). Topic: Patient records, laboratories and reporting.
  • Information in a patient record is altered, and the system keeps no retrievable copy of what was there. How does the Alabama rule treat the alteration? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-2-.26(4). Topic: Patient records, laboratories and reporting.
  • May an Alabama dentist make the release of a patient's records depend on payment of a bill the patient owes? Ala. Code 34-9-15.1(b). Topic: Patient records, laboratories and reporting.
  • What is a "significant injury" under the adverse occurrence rule? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-2-.20. Topic: Patient records, laboratories and reporting.
  • What must accompany the dentist's signature on a prescription to a dental laboratory in Alabama? Ala. Code 34-9-21(a). Topic: Patient records, laboratories and reporting.
  • When patient records are destroyed, for how long must the record of the time, date and method of destruction be kept? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-2-.26(4). Topic: Patient records, laboratories and reporting.
  • Which item must every Alabama patient record contain under Rule 270-X-2-.22? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-2-.22(1). Topic: Patient records, laboratories and reporting.
  • Who are "active patients" under the patient records management rule? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-2-.26(1). Topic: Patient records, laboratories and reporting.
  • With whose current infection control recommendations must every Alabama dental office comply? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-2-.15. Topic: Patient records, laboratories and reporting.

Discipline, advertising and penalties 12

  • A dental hygienist changes offices and uses the prior employer's call list to solicit those patients. What does Section 34-9-18 make of it? Ala. Code 34-9-18(a)(12). Topic: Discipline, advertising and penalties.
  • The Alabama board asks for a copy of an advertisement. How soon must the dentist make it available? Ala. Code 34-9-19(b). Topic: Discipline, advertising and penalties.
  • For how long must an Alabama dentist keep a recording of a broadcast advertisement after its final use? Ala. Code 34-9-19(b). Topic: Discipline, advertising and penalties.
  • For which ground may the Alabama board NOT revoke a license? Ala. Code 34-9-18(b)(2). Topic: Discipline, advertising and penalties.
  • How much notice must a dentist give before ending treatment to avoid patient abandonment under the Alabama statute? Ala. Code 34-9-1(13). Topic: Discipline, advertising and penalties.
  • Section 34-9-18 makes division of fees for referring a patient a ground for discipline. Which division does it expressly allow? Ala. Code 34-9-18(a)(9). Topic: Discipline, advertising and penalties.
  • Under the definition of patient abandonment, adequate notice includes informing the patient of what? Ala. Code 34-9-1(13). Topic: Discipline, advertising and penalties.
  • What is the largest administrative fine the Alabama board may impose for each count or separate offense? Ala. Code 34-9-18(b)(6). Topic: Discipline, advertising and penalties.
  • What must every advertisement for an Alabama dental practice include under Rule 270-X-4-.08? Ala. Admin. Code r. 270-X-4-.08(3). Topic: Discipline, advertising and penalties.
  • What offense is practicing as a dental hygienist in violation of Section 34-9-26? Ala. Code 34-9-26(f). Topic: Discipline, advertising and penalties.
  • What offense is the practice of dentistry in Alabama without a license from the board? Ala. Code 34-9-5. Topic: Discipline, advertising and penalties.
  • When may an Alabama dentist advertise specialty status? Ala. Code 34-9-19(c). Topic: Discipline, advertising and penalties.

How this list was compiled: Our own questions on the law behind the jurisprudence test of the Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama. The Board's licensure page (https://dentalboard.org/state-licensure-applications/, opened 2026-10-16) says an applicant whose packet is approved must take a jurisprudence test online before the license is sent, and Ala. Code 34-9-10(d)(6) and Rule 270-X-2-.19 require a written jurisprudence examination for licensure by credentials. The Board publishes no question count, time limit, pass mark or content outline, so the five topics here are this site's own sorting and no exam format is printed. Every fact was read on 2026-10-16 in the two texts the Board's site links to: the Alabama Dental Practice Act, Code of Alabama 1975, Title 34, Chapter 9, on the Legislature's site (https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=34-9-1), and the Board's rules, Alabama Administrative Code Chapters 270-X-1 to 270-X-5, in the Legislative Services Agency's edition (https://admincode.legislature.state.al.us/administrative-code/270): Chapters 270-X-2 and 270-X-3 as revised April 13, 2026, and the continuing education rule, 270-X-4-.04, as the new rule effective October 15, 2026. Each question names its section or rule and links to it. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site, written from the public text of the Alabama statutes and rules. Nothing is taken from the Board's jurisprudence test, a prep company or a review book.

How it works

An unofficial Alabama dental jurisprudence practice test: 86 of our own questions on the Alabama Dental Practice Act and the Board's rules. The Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama gives the real jurisprudence test and is not affiliated.

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What is left out

Law only, and each question cites its section or rule. Fees, anesthesia and sedation permits, controlled substance record rules, mobile dental facilities and professional corporations are not asked. The continuing education questions follow Rule 270-X-4-.04 as the new rule effective October 15, 2026. Practice for an exam, not medical advice.

  • Patient records are kept at least five years from the last professional contact (Rule 270-X-2-.26).
  • An Alabama dental hygienist works only under the direct supervision of a licensed dentist (Ala. Code 34-9-27).

Questions and answers

Does Alabama have a dental jurisprudence exam?

Yes. The Board's licensure page says an applicant whose packet is approved must take a jurisprudence test online before the license is sent. Ala. Code 34-9-10 also requires a written jurisprudence examination for licensure by credentials.

How many questions are on the Alabama dental jurisprudence exam?

The Board's licensure page and rules give no question count, time limit or pass mark, so this page does not guess them. A mock run here asks 25 questions and gives a score with no verdict.

What does the Alabama dental jurisprudence exam cover?

The Board publishes no outline. Its site links the texts it enforces: the Alabama Dental Practice Act, Code of Alabama Title 34, Chapter 9, and the Board's rules, Administrative Code Chapter 270-X. This page drills both and names the section after each answer.

How many continuing education hours do Alabama dentists need?

Twenty CEUs for each twelve months of the renewal cycle, with at least one each in prescribing controlled substances, ethics and infectious disease control. Dental hygienists owe twelve. Rule 270-X-4-.04 applies from the cycle beginning October 1, 2026.

Is this the Board's test?

No. The questions were written for this site from the public statutes and rules, never from the test. The Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama has not reviewed this page.

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