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MN Dental Jurisprudence Exam Practice Test

Unofficial Minnesota dental law practice in the board's five subject areas, every answer with its statute or rule.

How long does a dentist keep the duplicate copy of a written work order given to a dental technician?

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Record keeping 12

  • A minor patient's file has gone inactive. Until when must the dentist keep the dental records? Minn. R. 3100.9600, subp. 12. Outline: Record Keeping.
  • A patient with an unpaid balance asks for the dental records to be sent to a new dentist. What does the rule say? Minn. R. 3100.9600, subp. 13. Outline: Record Keeping.
  • The board is reviewing a licensee and asks for a patient's records. The patient has not signed a consent. What must the licensee do? Minn. Stat. 150A.081, subd. 2. Outline: Record Keeping.
  • For which care does the rule excuse a dentist from keeping an agreed upon written and dated treatment plan? Minn. R. 3100.9600, subp. 8. Outline: Record Keeping.
  • How long does a dentist keep the duplicate copy of a written work order given to a dental technician? Minn. Stat. 150A.10, subd. 3. Outline: Record Keeping.
  • How long must a dentist keep the dental records of an adult patient whose file is inactive? Minn. R. 3100.9600, subp. 12. Outline: Record Keeping.
  • Incorrect information was written in a paper dental record. How does the rule say to amend it? Minn. R. 3100.9600, subp. 11. Outline: Record Keeping.
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Record keeping, continued

  • The informed consent notation shows that treatment options and their prognosis, benefits and risks were discussed. What else must it show? Minn. R. 3100.9600, subp. 9. Outline: Record Keeping.
  • Nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia was given. Which of these must the progress notes record? Minn. R. 3100.9600, subp. 10. Outline: Record Keeping.
  • What does the record keeping rule require of all written progress notes? Minn. R. 3100.9600, subp. 10. Outline: Record Keeping.
  • When dental records are kept electronically, what kind of record must the dentist use? Minn. R. 3100.9600, subp. 14. Outline: Record Keeping.
  • Which of these is part of the personal data every dental record must hold at a minimum? Minn. R. 3100.9600, subp. 3. Outline: Record Keeping.

Personal conduct and ethical behavior 6

  • A licensee may not pay or take a fee from a third party for referring a patient. What does the same rule still allow? Minn. R. 3100.6900. Outline: Personal Conduct and Ethical Behavior.
  • A licensee under investigation challenges a board request in good faith. How does the cooperation rule treat that? Minn. R. 3100.6350. Outline: Personal Conduct and Ethical Behavior.
  • Failing to communicate which of these is listed as conduct unbecoming a licensee? Minn. R. 3100.6200. Outline: Personal Conduct and Ethical Behavior.
  • It is unlawful for a dentist to divide fees with someone who sends patients. Which arrangement does the same subdivision leave lawful? Minn. Stat. 150A.11, subd. 4. Outline: Personal Conduct and Ethical Behavior.
  • Knowingly giving a patient false or misleading information about that patient's care is a ground for discipline unless it is done for what? Minn. Stat. 150A.08, subd. 1. Outline: Personal Conduct and Ethical Behavior.
  • Which of these does the board's rule list as conduct unbecoming a licensee? Minn. R. 3100.6200. Outline: Personal Conduct and Ethical Behavior.

General duties 28

  • A dentist has left a practice. After how long may the practice's advertisements no longer include that dentist's name? Minn. R. 3100.7100. Outline: General Duties.
  • A dentist practices under the dentist's own name. What must any public display or cards include after the name? Minn. Stat. 150A.11, subd. 1. Outline: General Duties.
  • A general dentist restricts the practice to one area of dentistry without the specialty education. What must the advertising state? Minn. R. 3100.7000, subp. 3. Outline: General Duties.
  • A hospital restricts a licensee's privilege to treat patients, which it must report to the board. How soon after the event is the report due? Minn. Stat. 150A.13, subd. 8. Outline: General Duties.
  • A license expires and is not renewed within 30 days of the expiration date. What does the board do? Minn. R. 3100.1700, subp. 3. Outline: General Duties.
  • A license has been terminated for more than six months but less than 24 months. Besides professional development and CPR, what must the person show to be reinstated? Minn. R. 3100.1850, subp. 2a. Outline: General Duties.
  • A licensed dental assistant needs 25 professional development hours. What is the most that can be elective activities? Minn. R. 3100.5100, subp. 2. Outline: General Duties.
  • A licensee changes a mailing or email address. How soon must the board be told? Minn. Stat. 150A.09, subd. 3. Outline: General Duties.
  • A licensee earns more professional development hours than a cycle requires. What happens to the extra hours? Minn. R. 3100.5100, subp. 2. Outline: General Duties.
  • A licensee is told that the professional development portfolio is being audited. How long is there to provide it? Minn. R. 3100.5300, subp. 1. Outline: General Duties.
  • A person violates sections 150A.01 to 150A.12 where no specific penalty is given. What is the offense? Minn. Stat. 150A.12. Outline: General Duties.
  • A registered laboratory gives the dentist a material content notice for a prosthetic appliance. What must the dentist do with it? Minn. Stat. 150A.27. Outline: General Duties.
  • After a failed portfolio audit, how long must the board give the licensee to resolve the deficiencies? Minn. R. 3100.5300, subp. 3. Outline: General Duties.
  • An advertisement gives a fee and no time period. For how long must the fee be honored? Minn. R. 3100.6600, subp. 5. Outline: General Duties.
  • An incident from nitrous oxide or sedation leaves a patient with a physiological injury. How soon must the licensee report it to the board? Minn. R. 3100.3600, subp. 1a. Outline: General Duties.
  • The board temporarily suspends a license without a hearing. How soon after service of the notice must the board hold its hearing? Minn. Stat. 150A.08, subd. 8. Outline: General Duties.
  • For which cycles must a licensee keep professional development documentation ready for a board audit? Minn. R. 3100.5100, subp. 5. Outline: General Duties.
  • How many dentists sit on the Minnesota Board of Dentistry? Minn. Stat. 150A.02, subd. 1. Outline: General Duties.
  • How many hours of professional development must a dentist complete in each biennial cycle? Minn. R. 3100.5100, subp. 2. Outline: General Duties.
  • Laboratory work is to be done in Minnesota, outside the dentist's own office. Which laboratory must the dentist use? Minn. Stat. 150A.28. Outline: General Duties.
  • Of a dentist's 50 professional development hours, how many must be fundamental activities? Minn. R. 3100.5100, subp. 2. Outline: General Duties.
  • What is the deadline for a licensee's biennial renewal application? Minn. R. 3100.1700, subp. 2. Outline: General Duties.
  • What is the largest civil penalty the board may impose for each separate violation? Minn. Stat. 150A.08, subd. 3a. Outline: General Duties.
  • What must a licensee certify on every biennial renewal application? Minn. R. 3100.1700, subp. 2. Outline: General Duties.
  • What must any advertising by a dental practice include? Minn. R. 3100.6700. Outline: General Duties.
  • What must be displayed in plain sight near or on the entrance door of every office where dentistry is practiced? Minn. Stat. 150A.06, subd. 6. Outline: General Duties.
  • Where must a licensee's renewal certificate be displayed? Minn. Stat. 150A.06, subd. 6. Outline: General Duties.
  • Which dental laboratories must register with the Board of Dentistry? Minn. Stat. 150A.25, subd. 1. Outline: General Duties.

Infection controls 26

  • A disposable needle and syringe have been used to withdraw fluid from a multiple dose vial. What is the rule? Minn. R. 6950.1060, subp. 2. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • A patient is subjected to an exposure incident. What must a regulated person with personal knowledge of it ensure? Minn. R. 6950.1040. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • A reusable instrument touches a patient's intact mucous membranes and does not penetrate body surfaces. What do the rules require? Minn. R. 6950.1060, subp. 4. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • A surface has been decontaminated as the rules define it. What is it then safe for? Minn. R. 6950.1010, subp. 4. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • After an exposure incident, when may the patient be told the identity of the source? Minn. R. 6950.1040. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • An instrument comes into contact with a patient's vascular system or other normally sterile areas of the body. What must be done to it? Minn. R. 6950.1060, subp. 4. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • Hands or gloves have become contaminated. Whatever else happens, by when must the hands be washed? Minn. R. 6950.1060, subp. 3. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • How do the infection control rules define sterilization? Minn. R. 6950.1010, subp. 13. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • The infection control rules and a recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are inconsistent. Which governs? Minn. R. 6950.1030, subp. 2. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • Potentially infectious materials may be splashed or spattered. A mask with eye protection is one choice. What is the other? Minn. R. 6950.1070, subp. 3. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • Recapping a contaminated sharp is allowed only in limited cases. How must it then be done? Minn. R. 6950.1060, subp. 1. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • What do the general controls say about contaminated needles? Minn. R. 6950.1060, subp. 1. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • What do the rules require for reusable equipment that comes into contact with a patient's intact skin only? Minn. R. 6950.1060, subp. 4. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • What do the rules say about moving contaminated disposable sharps from one container to another? Minn. R. 6950.1060, subp. 5. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • What is high-level disinfection under the infection control rules? Minn. R. 6950.1010, subp. 6. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • What is the rule on disposable examination gloves? Minn. R. 6950.1070, subp. 2. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • When do the rules require sterile gloves? Minn. R. 6950.1070, subp. 2. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • When may a regulated person depart from strict compliance with parts 6950.1000 to 6950.1080? Minn. R. 6950.1020, subp. 2. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • Where must contaminated linen be placed in bags that prevent leakage? Minn. R. 6950.1080, subp. 2. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • Which container meets the rule for storing disposable contaminated sharps? Minn. R. 6950.1060, subp. 6. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • Which law governs how a dental office disposes of sharp items and infectious wastes? Minn. R. 3100.6300, subp. 12. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • Which of these do the rules list as a potentially infectious material? Minn. R. 6950.1010, subp. 11. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • Which of these do the rules name as sharps? Minn. R. 6950.1010, subp. 12. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • Which of these is an exposure incident as the rules define it? Minn. R. 6950.1010, subp. 5. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • Which two infections do Minnesota Rules, parts 6950.1000 to 6950.1080, name in their statement of purpose? Minn. R. 6950.1000. Outline: Infection Controls.
  • Whose infection control guidelines must dental health care personnel follow under the board's office conditions rule? Minn. R. 3100.6300, subp. 11. Outline: Infection Controls.

Delegation of duties 28

  • A dental hygienist administers nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia. Which supervision does the rule require? Minn. R. 3100.3600, subp. 14. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • A dentist has induced a patient into nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia. Under which supervision may a licensed dental assistant monitor the patient? Minn. R. 3100.8500, subp. 1a. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • A hygienist or licensed dental assistant with the board-approved course places a restoration. Who must be available in the clinic while it is done? Minn. Stat. 150A.10, subd. 4. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • A licensed dental assistant administers nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia. Which supervision does the rule require? Minn. R. 3100.3600, subp. 15. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • A licensed dental assistant certified for local anesthesia may give which injections? Minn. R. 3100.8500, subp. 1b. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • A licensed dental assistant may place initial arch wires. What must happen first? Minn. R. 3100.8500, subp. 1a. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • A licensed dental assistant removes excess cement from crowns and orthodontic appliances. What limit does the rule set? Minn. R. 3100.8500, subp. 1a. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • An assistant makes an error within the normal scope of employment. Who is fully responsible for it under the board's rule? Minn. R. 3100.8300. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • The dentist is personally operating on a patient and authorizes allied dental personnel to aid by performing supportive procedures at the same time. Which level of supervision is this? Minn. R. 3100.0100, subp. 21. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • The dentist is personally treating a patient. Which of these may an assistant without a license do at the dentist's direction? Minn. R. 3100.8400, subp. 1. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • How many dental assistants may a licensed dental therapist supervise at any one practice setting? Minn. Stat. 150A.105, subd. 7. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • How much experience in general chairside dental assisting must a licensed dental assistant show before administering local anesthesia? Minn. R. 3100.8500, subp. 1b. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • Under direct supervision the dentist is in the office, diagnoses the condition and authorizes the procedure. What must the dentist do before the patient is dismissed? Minn. R. 3100.0100, subp. 21. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • Under the board's rule on licensed dental assistants, which level of supervision applies to etching enamel and applying pit and fissure sealants? Minn. R. 3100.8500, subp. 1a. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • Under which level of supervision may a licensed dental assistant take radiographs? Minn. R. 3100.8500, subp. 1. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • Under which supervision may a dental hygienist with a restorative procedures certificate perform restorative procedures? Minn. R. 3100.8700, subp. 2. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • Under which supervision may a licensed dental assistant remove fixed orthodontic bands and brackets? Minn. R. 3100.8500, subp. 1b. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • Under which supervision may an assistant without a license take digital impressions? Minn. R. 3100.8400, subp. 1b. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • What does general supervision require of the dentist? Minn. R. 3100.0100, subp. 21. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • What may a dental hygienist's services not include under the allied dental personnel statute? Minn. Stat. 150A.10, subd. 1. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • Which drugs may a licensed dental therapist dispense and administer within the collaborative management agreement? Minn. Stat. 150A.105, subd. 5. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • Which level of supervision means the dentist is in the office, authorizes the procedures and remains in the office while they are performed? Minn. R. 3100.0100, subp. 21. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • Which of these may a dental therapist, dental hygienist or licensed dental assistant never administer? Minn. R. 3100.3600, subp. 1. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • Which procedure may an assistant without a license perform under general supervision? Minn. R. 3100.8400, subp. 1a. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • Who is responsible for seeing that an assistant without a license holds a current CPR certification? Minn. R. 3100.8400, subp. 1c. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • With how many dental hygienists may one dentist hold a collaborative agreement, unless the board authorizes more? Minn. Stat. 150A.10, subd. 1a. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • With how many dental therapists or advanced dental therapists may one dentist hold a collaborative agreement at one time? Minn. Stat. 150A.105, subd. 3. Outline: Delegation of Duties.
  • With how many licensed dental assistants may one dentist hold a collaborative agreement, unless the board authorizes more? Minn. Stat. 150A.10, subd. 2a. Outline: Delegation of Duties.

How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the five subject areas of the content outline in the Jurisprudence Examination Candidate Information Bulletin that the Minnesota Board of Dentistry posts on its Exams page (bulletin dated October 31, 2025, opened 2026-10-12): https://mn.gov/boards/assets/Minnesota%20Jurisprudence%20Bulletin%2010.31.2025_tcm21-678780.pdf , linked from https://mn.gov/boards/dentistry/new-applicant/exams/ . The outline: Record Keeping 12%, Personal Conduct and Ethical Behavior 6%, General Duties 28%, Infection Controls 26%, Delegation of Duties 28%; the 100 questions are 12, 6, 28, 26 and 28. Every fact was read on 2026-10-12 on the site of the Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes: Minnesota Statutes chapter 150A (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/150A), Minnesota Rules chapter 3100 (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/3100/) and Minnesota Rules parts 6950.1000 to 6950.1080 (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/6950/). Each question names its section and links to it. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site, written from the public text of the Minnesota statutes and rules. Nothing is taken from the jurisprudence examination, its sample questions, a prep company or a review book.

How it works

An unofficial MN dental jurisprudence exam practice test: 100 of our own questions from Minnesota Statutes chapter 150A and Minnesota Rules 3100 and 6950. The Minnesota Board of Dentistry owns the real exam and is not affiliated with this page.

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The board's five subject areas

The board's Candidate Information Bulletin of October 31, 2025 cuts the exam this way: Record Keeping 12%, Personal Conduct and Ethical Behavior 6%, General Duties 28%, Infection Controls 26%, Delegation of Duties 28%. The 100 questions here keep those shares, and a timed run has the real exam's length, clock and pass mark.

What is left out

Law only. The bulletin's list also names health records law, the Professional Firms Act, maltreatment reporting and the X-ray rules; none is asked here, nor are fees. Practice for an exam, not medical advice.

  • General supervision needs the dentist's prior knowledge and consent, not the dentist's presence (Minn. R. 3100.0100, subp. 21).
  • An inactive adult file is kept seven years past the last treatment, a minor's until age 25 (Minn. R. 3100.9600, subp. 12).
  • A licensed dental assistant gives nitrous oxide under direct supervision, a hygienist under general supervision (Minn. R. 3100.3600).

Questions and answers

How many questions are on the MN dental jurisprudence exam?

The board's bulletin of October 31, 2025 gives 100 scored items and 10 non-scored items in 120 minutes, with 80% correct to pass. It lists an $85 fee, paid to the test vendor and not to the board.

Is the MN dental jurisprudence exam open book?

Yes. The bulletin allows copies of the board statutes and rules in loose-leaf, spiral or ring binding, which may be highlighted or carry notes made beforehand. Nothing may be written or marked on them during the session.

Is there a free MN dental jurisprudence exam study guide?

The law itself is free: chapter 150A and rules 3100 and 6950 are on the Revisor of Statutes site, and the board's Exams page links its bulletin. This page turns them into practice, and each answer names the section to read.

Who has to take the Minnesota dental jurisprudence exam?

The bulletin says every applicant for a Minnesota license takes it, whether in dentistry, dental therapy, dental hygiene or dental assisting. Minn. R. 3100.1850 also asks for it when a license terminated for more than six months is reinstated.

Is this the real MN dental jurisprudence exam?

No. The questions are our own, written from the public text of the statutes and rules, never from the exam. The Minnesota Board of Dentistry did not write or review this page.

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