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Louisiana Dental Jurisprudence Exam Study Guide: Practice Questions

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The board, licenses, renewal and continuing education 17

  • A dentist abandons an office in Louisiana. By when must the signs for the practice at that office be removed? Answer: Within 30 days. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.304(C). Topic: The board, licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • A dentist has not renewed by a certain date in the renewal year, and the board must then send a notice of revocation for nonpayment. Which date? Answer: February first. Source: La. R.S. 37:770(D). Topic: The board, licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • A dentist treats patients in two facilities. What does the display rule allow at the second one? Answer: A copy, displayed in full and open view. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.104(C). Topic: The board, licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • For the board to recognize a dentist as a specialist, how long must the accredited post-doctoral program have been? Answer: At least two full-time years. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.122. Topic: The board, licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • How long is the opioid management course that counts within a dentist's continuing education, and how often is it owed? Answer: Three hours, once during a dentist's career. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.1611(A)(3). Topic: The board, licenses, renewal and continuing education.
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  • How many clinical credit hours does a dentist earn for completing the basic life support CPR course? Answer: Three. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.1611(F). Topic: The board, licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • How many dental hygienists sit on the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry? Answer: One. Source: La. R.S. 37:753(B). Topic: The board, licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • How many hours of continuing education must a dental hygienist complete in each renewal period? Answer: A minimum of 20 hours. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.1613(A). Topic: The board, licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • How many hours of continuing education must a dentist complete in each renewal period? Answer: A minimum of 30 hours. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.1611(A). Topic: The board, licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • How many members sit on the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry? Answer: Fifteen. Source: La. R.S. 37:753(B). Topic: The board, licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • How often are dental and dental hygiene licenses renewed in Louisiana? Answer: Every two years. Source: La. R.S. 37:770. Topic: The board, licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • How often is an expanded duty dental assistant certificate reconfirmed, and when does it expire? Answer: Every two years, on December 31. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.505. Topic: The board, licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • Of a dentist's 30 continuing education hours, how many must be personally attended clinical courses? Answer: 20 hours. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.1611(A). Topic: The board, licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • Of a hygienist's 20 continuing education hours, how many must be personally attended clinical courses? Answer: 12 hours. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.1613(A). Topic: The board, licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • What must a dentist or hygienist present with the license renewal application? Answer: Evidence of current CPR certification. Source: La. R.S. 37:770(A)(3). Topic: The board, licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • Where must a Louisiana dental or dental hygiene license be displayed? Answer: In full and open view for all patients to observe. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.104. Topic: The board, licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • Within how many days must a dentist tell the board of a change of official mailing address? Answer: 30 days. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.304. Topic: The board, licenses, renewal and continuing education.

Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision 24

  • A dental assistant who does not meet the grandfather rule must complete an approved course in x-ray function and safety by when? Answer: Within six months after starting employment. Source: La. R.S. 37:792(B). Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • A dentist delegates a chairside act to an expanded duty dental assistant. What must be true of the act? Answer: Reversible in nature and under direct supervision. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.502. Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • A dentist treats a patient in Louisiana by teledentistry. Where is the treatment considered to occur? Answer: At the location of the patient. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.203. Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • A patient is seen under general supervision. What does the rule say about an examination fee? Answer: It must not be charged. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.701(G). Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • A patient was seen under general supervision at the last visit. What does the rule say about the next visit? Answer: No patient can be seen that way twice consecutively. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.701(G). Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • Before a hygienist treats a patient of record under general supervision, how recently must the supervising dentist have examined the patient? Answer: Not more than nine months before. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.701(F). Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • For how long at a stretch may a hygienist provide services under general supervision? Answer: Not more than five consecutive business days. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.701(F). Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • How long is the course a hygienist must complete for the local anesthesia endorsement? Answer: At least 32 hours of instruction. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.710(B). Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • How many hygienists may one dentist supervise under general supervision at any one time? Answer: No more than two. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.701(G). Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • How many satisfactory injections does the hygienist local anesthesia course require? Answer: A minimum of 20. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.710(B). Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • How may a dental assistant remove cement from dental restorations and appliances? Answer: With hand instruments, limited to the clinical crown. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.501(B). Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • How much practice must a hygienist have before working under general supervision? Answer: At least one year of full time practice. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.701(F). Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • In a private office, for how many total days in a calendar year may a dentist supervise a hygienist under general supervision? Answer: No more than 20. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.701(G). Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • Must a dentist who gives teledentistry care to a patient in Louisiana be in Louisiana? Answer: No, but the dentist must hold a Louisiana license. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.203. Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • Under the board's definition of direct supervision, where is the dentist while the procedure is performed? Answer: In the dental office or treatment facility. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.108. Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • Under the board's definition of general supervision, what is true of the dentist? Answer: The dentist is not required to be present. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.108. Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • Under what supervision does a dental assistant perform authorized duties? Answer: Direct on-premises supervision of the dentist. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.501. Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • When does a hygienist's permit to administer nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia expire? Answer: With the hygienist's license to practice. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.712(D). Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • When may a dental assistant apply topical fluorides? Answer: Following prophylaxis by a dentist or hygienist. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.501(B). Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • Which hygiene service stays under direct supervision even when a hygienist works under general supervision? Answer: Root planing. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.701(F). Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • Which impression task is on the dental assistant's list of authorized duties? Answer: Making preliminary study model impressions. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.501(B). Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • Which of these may a dentist NOT delegate to an expanded duty dental assistant? Answer: Periodontal screening and probing. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.502(A). Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • Which task involving a final restoration may a dentist delegate to a dental hygienist? Answer: Polishing of an amalgam restoration. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.701(B). Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.
  • Who among the dental auxiliaries may administer Botox or dermal fillers? Answer: None: all dental auxiliaries are prohibited. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.132. Topic: Hygienists and assistants: duties and supervision.

Records, prescribing and consent 10

  • A course of treatment with a monitored drug runs past 90 days. How often must the prescriber or delegate review the patient's Prescription Monitoring Program record? Answer: At least every 90 days. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.134(B). Topic: Records, prescribing and consent.
  • A patient asks in writing for copies of the dental records. Within how many days must they be made available? Answer: Within 30 days of the request. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.136(D). Topic: Records, prescribing and consent.
  • For which patients does the parental consent rule require prior consent of a parent or guardian before a filling, cap or crown? Answer: Persons under 18. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.106. Topic: Records, prescribing and consent.
  • Handwriting in the original record is illegible. What must the copy produced include? Answer: A typed transcript of the illegible handwriting. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.136(E). Topic: Records, prescribing and consent.
  • How often must a dentist who dispenses or administers controlled substances record those dispensations and administrations? Answer: Daily. Source: La. R.S. 37:794(B). Topic: Records, prescribing and consent.
  • To withhold copies of records pending payment of the copying charge, by when must the dentist have asked for payment? Answer: Within fifteen days of the request for records. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.136(A). Topic: Records, prescribing and consent.
  • What does the dental records rule require of radiographs produced on request? Answer: Diagnostic and readable without proprietary software. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.136(F). Topic: Records, prescribing and consent.
  • What must a Louisiana dentist's written record of treatment include, besides each service performed? Answer: The amount charged and by whom the bill was paid. Source: La. R.S. 37:757. Topic: Records, prescribing and consent.
  • When is the biennial controlled substance inventory taken? Answer: Within four days of the two-year anniversary of the initial inventory. Source: La. R.S. 37:794(C). Topic: Records, prescribing and consent.
  • Which prescription is excepted from the Prescription Monitoring Program review requirement? Answer: No more than a single seven-day supply of the drug. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.134(B). Topic: Records, prescribing and consent.

Advertising, hearings and infection control 7

  • A dentist practices under a trade name. What does the Dental Practice Act require? Answer: Full and outward disclosure of the dentist's full name. Source: La. R.S. 37:774. Topic: Advertising, hearings and infection control.
  • A provider who performs exposure-prone procedures is verified as HBV, HCV or HIV seropositive. Within how many days must notice go to the board? Answer: Within 10 days. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.1207(C). Topic: Advertising, hearings and infection control.
  • For how long are the written log and records of sterilizer monitoring kept? Answer: Two years from the date of the last test. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.1206(B). Topic: Advertising, hearings and infection control.
  • How long before a hearing on a charge must notice be served on the accused? Answer: At least twenty days. Source: La. R.S. 37:780(A). Topic: Advertising, hearings and infection control.
  • What must all advertising by a Louisiana dentist identify? Answer: The Louisiana licensed dentist who is responsible for it. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.301(B). Topic: Advertising, hearings and infection control.
  • Where may Botox and dermal fillers be administered under the board's rule? Answer: Only in dental offices, with universal precautions. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.132(C). Topic: Advertising, hearings and infection control.
  • Whose recommended standard precautions must all dental health care providers strictly observe? Answer: The Federal Centers for Disease Control. Source: LAC 46:XXXIII.1203. Topic: Advertising, hearings and infection control.

How this list was compiled: Our own questions on the two texts the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry tells applicants to review before its written jurisprudence exam. The board's Laws and Rules page (https://www.lsbd.org/dentalact.htm, opened 2026-10-13) says each applicant for a dental or dental hygiene license must complete a written jurisprudence exam and should review both the Dental Practice Act and the Board Rules; it gives no question count, time limit, pass mark or content outline, so the four topics here are this site's own sorting. Every fact was read on 2026-10-13 in the two documents that page links: the Dental Practice Act, Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 37, Chapter 9, amended through the 2024 session (https://www.lsbd.org/applications/DentalPracticeAct.pdf) and Louisiana Administrative Code Title 46, Part XXXIII, Dental Health Profession, updated January 2026 (https://www.lsbd.org/applications/46v33.pdf). Each question names its section and links to the document. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site, written from the public text of the Louisiana Dental Practice Act and the board's rules. Nothing is taken from the board's jurisprudence exam, a prep company or a review book.

How it works

An unofficial Louisiana dental jurisprudence exam study guide: 58 of our own questions on the Dental Practice Act and LAC 46:XXXIII. The Louisiana State Board of Dentistry gives the real exam and has no tie to this page.

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Where the questions come from

Both texts are read as the board posts them: the Act as amended through the 2024 session, the rules as updated January 2026. Most questions fall on continuing education, the duties of hygienists and assistants, general supervision and records. Fees and sedation permits are left out. Practice for an exam, not medical advice.

  • Under general supervision a hygienist works at most five consecutive business days, and root planing stays under direct supervision (LAC 46:XXXIII.701).
  • Dentists need 30 hours of continuing education each renewal period, hygienists 20 (LAC 46:XXXIII.1611 and 1613).
  • Requested records must be made available within thirty days (LAC 46:XXXIII.136).

Questions and answers

Is there a Louisiana dental jurisprudence exam study guide?

The board names two texts to review, the Dental Practice Act (R.S. 37:751 and after) and its rules (Louisiana Administrative Code Title 46, Part XXXIII), and posts both as free files on its Laws and Rules page. Each answer here gives the section to read.

Who takes the Louisiana dental jurisprudence exam?

Each applicant for a dental or dental hygiene license, the board's page says. R.S. 37:761 lists an examination in jurisprudence among the steps to a dental license by examination.

How many questions are on the Louisiana dental jurisprudence exam?

The board does not publish a count, a time limit or a pass mark on its site, so this page does not guess them. Ask the board office when you apply.

Are these the real exam questions?

No. Every question here was written for this site from the public law. Nothing comes from the board's exam, and the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry has not seen or approved the page.

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