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New Hampshire Dental Jurisprudence Practice Test

Unofficial practice on New Hampshire's dental statute and rules, every answer marked with its section.

RSA 317-A:2 sets the New Hampshire Board of Dental Examiners at how many members?

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The Board of Dental Examiners and its committees 13

  • A member of the New Hampshire Board of Dental Examiners is appointed by the governor with whose approval? RSA 317-A:2. Topic: The Board of Dental Examiners and its committees.
  • Besides one dentist member of the board, how many licensed anesthesia providers sit on New Hampshire's anesthesia and sedation committee? RSA 317-A:2-b. Topic: The Board of Dental Examiners and its committees.
  • From whom must a person obtain a license before beginning the practice of dentistry in New Hampshire? RSA 317-A:7. Topic: The Board of Dental Examiners and its committees.
  • How many dental hygienists who are not board members sit on New Hampshire's dental hygienists committee? RSA 317-A:2-a. Topic: The Board of Dental Examiners and its committees.
  • How many members of the New Hampshire dental board may also be full-time faculty of a school of dentistry or dental hygiene? RSA 317-A:3. Topic: The Board of Dental Examiners and its committees.
  • Members of the New Hampshire dental board are appointed, with the council's approval, to a term of how long? RSA 317-A:2. Topic: The Board of Dental Examiners and its committees.
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The Board of Dental Examiners and its committees, continued

  • The New Hampshire dental board picks two of its own members as officers. Which two? RSA 317-A:4. Topic: The Board of Dental Examiners and its committees.
  • Of the nine seats on the New Hampshire dental board, how many go to dental hygienists? RSA 317-A:2. Topic: The Board of Dental Examiners and its committees.
  • RSA 317-A:2 sets the New Hampshire Board of Dental Examiners at how many members? RSA 317-A:2. Topic: The Board of Dental Examiners and its committees.
  • RSA 317-A:3 asks every member of the New Hampshire dental board for how long a residence in the state before appointment? RSA 317-A:3. Topic: The Board of Dental Examiners and its committees.
  • To how many consecutive terms may a member of the New Hampshire dental board be appointed? RSA 317-A:2. Topic: The Board of Dental Examiners and its committees.
  • What authority does New Hampshire's dental hygienists committee hold? RSA 317-A:2-a. Topic: The Board of Dental Examiners and its committees.
  • What must one dentist member of the New Hampshire board hold? RSA 317-A:2. Topic: The Board of Dental Examiners and its committees.

Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education 17

  • A New Hampshire dentist registered with the prescription drug monitoring program may show how many CEUs in pain management or addiction disorder at renewal? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 406.03. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • A New Hampshire licensee is moved to the inactive list after not practicing in the state within how long of the previous biennial registration? RSA 317-A:16. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • A New Hampshire licensee reinstating a lapsed license to active status must retake which examination? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 301.08. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • For how long must a New Hampshire licensee retain certificates of continuing education? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 406.03. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • How is the New Hampshire dental jurisprudence exam taken under Den 303.03? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 303.03. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • How many CEUs of continuing education must a New Hampshire dentist complete per biennium? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 406.03. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • How many minutes as presenter of an original paper or formal lecture earn one CEU in New Hampshire? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 406.02. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • How many of a New Hampshire dentist's required CEUs must be earned in clinical dental care subjects? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 406.03. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • How much hands-on training must a New Hampshire dentist document before performing botulinum toxin or dermafiller procedures? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 302.04. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • May excess CEUs earned in one New Hampshire renewal period be carried into the next? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 406.03. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • What follows when a New Hampshire licensee fails to report an address change within the time allowed? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 301.06. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • What is the minimum age of an applicant for a New Hampshire license to practice dentistry? RSA 317-A:8. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • What is the passing score on the New Hampshire dental jurisprudence exam? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 303.03. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • What must a person practicing dentistry in New Hampshire display at the entrance of the place of business? RSA 317-A:27. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • Which New Hampshire licensee is exempt from continuing education for the first biennial renewal? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 406.03. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • Within how long must a New Hampshire licensee report a change of business or residential address in writing? RSA 317-A:13. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • Within what period before licensing is completed in New Hampshire must a dentist's clinical examination have been completed? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 302.04. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.

Dental hygienists and supervision 16

  • A New Hampshire hygienist who has completed the EFDA course owes how many CEUs in restorative dentistry on top of the usual requirement? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 406.03. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision.
  • Before a New Hampshire certified public health dental hygienist places sealants, whose written informed consent is required? RSA 317-A:21-e. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision.
  • Does RSA 317-A permit the independent practice of dental hygienists in New Hampshire? RSA 317-A:21-d. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision.
  • How long, at the least, must the dental hygiene program behind a New Hampshire hygienist license be? RSA 317-A:21. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision.
  • How many CEUs of continuing education must a New Hampshire dental hygienist complete per biennium? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 406.03. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision.
  • How many hours must a New Hampshire hygienist have practiced to qualify as a certified public health dental hygienist? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 302.08. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision.
  • How many of a New Hampshire hygienist's required CEUs must be earned in clinical dental care subjects? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 406.03. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision.
  • How often must a summary of a New Hampshire public health supervision program's results be sent to the board? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 405.03. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision.
  • Under New Hampshire's general supervision, how often must the dentist personally evaluate and review the procedures with the patient? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 302.02. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision.
  • Under New Hampshire's indirect supervision, when does the dentist evaluate the work of the hygienist or assistant? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 302.02. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision.
  • Under which supervision does a New Hampshire dental hygienist perform in-office tooth whitening? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 405.01. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision.
  • Under which supervision does a qualified New Hampshire hygienist administer local anesthesia? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 405.01. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision.
  • What must a New Hampshire certified public health dental hygienist have before practicing as such? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 302.08. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision.
  • What must the authorizing dentist have done for a New Hampshire hygienist to work under public health supervision without the dentist present? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 302.02. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision.
  • When must a New Hampshire certified public health dental hygienist renew certification? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 302.08. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision.
  • Which radiographic imaging may a New Hampshire certified public health dental hygienist perform under RSA 317-A:21-e? RSA 317-A:21-e. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision.

Dental assistants and expanded functions 9

  • How much clinical work experience must a New Hampshire certified or graduate dental assistant have before making final impressions? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 404.02. Topic: Dental assistants and expanded functions.
  • Under which supervision does a New Hampshire qualified dental assistant perform coronal polishing? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 404.03. Topic: Dental assistants and expanded functions.
  • What may New Hampshire's rules on coronal polishing by qualified dental assistants never authorize? RSA 317-A:12. Topic: Dental assistants and expanded functions.
  • Which duty does a New Hampshire dental assistant perform under general supervision? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 404.01. Topic: Dental assistants and expanded functions.
  • Which duty may a New Hampshire certified dental assistant perform only after the required hours of clinical work experience? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 404.02. Topic: Dental assistants and expanded functions.
  • Which New Hampshire dental assistant must first qualify in infection control before processing and sterilizing instruments? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 404.01. Topic: Dental assistants and expanded functions.
  • Which procedure may never be assigned to a New Hampshire hygienist, assistant or other person not licensed to practice dentistry? RSA 317-A:23. Topic: Dental assistants and expanded functions.
  • Who may obtain a New Hampshire permit to practice as an expanded function dental auxiliary? RSA 317-A:21-g. Topic: Dental assistants and expanded functions.
  • Who supervises a New Hampshire dental assistant working under public health supervision in a school? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 302.02. Topic: Dental assistants and expanded functions.

Misconduct, advertising and penalties 14

  • After a demand by registered mail from the board's vice-president, within how long must the owner of a New Hampshire dental office furnish the names of those practicing there? RSA 317-A:29. Topic: Misconduct, advertising and penalties.
  • After a New Hampshire dentist dies, how may the spouse, executor or administrator continue the business? RSA 317-A:30. Topic: Misconduct, advertising and penalties.
  • Before acting on another jurisdiction's final disciplinary order, how much written notice must the New Hampshire board give the respondent? RSA 317-A:17. Topic: Misconduct, advertising and penalties.
  • Before what event may a New Hampshire dentist not make a patient financially responsible for the entire cost of a treatment plan? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 501.01. Topic: Misconduct, advertising and penalties.
  • For a continuing offense, what is the largest administrative fine for each day a New Hampshire violation continues? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 407.02. Topic: Misconduct, advertising and penalties.
  • How does RSA 317-A:33 classify the unlicensed practice of dentistry by a natural person? RSA 317-A:33. Topic: Misconduct, advertising and penalties.
  • The New Hampshire board must investigate a licensee who has been the subject of how many insurance claims or judgments, for different events, within five years? RSA 317-A:17. Topic: Misconduct, advertising and penalties.
  • Of what is a person guilty who files the diploma or license of another as his or her own in New Hampshire? RSA 317-A:32. Topic: Misconduct, advertising and penalties.
  • One licensed professional is responsible for several New Hampshire patients recovering from sedation in one room. The patient to staff ratio should not exceed what? RSA 317-A:17. Topic: Misconduct, advertising and penalties.
  • What is the largest fine per offense in New Hampshire when no violation of the same type occurred in the preceding five years? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 407.05. Topic: Misconduct, advertising and penalties.
  • What must a New Hampshire dentist give patients who are having dental restorative procedures? RSA 317-A:38. Topic: Misconduct, advertising and penalties.
  • What must every advertisement of dental services in New Hampshire state about each dentist named in it? RSA 317-A:31. Topic: Misconduct, advertising and penalties.
  • When may a New Hampshire dentist or employee use a list of patients from an office of former employment? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 501.01. Topic: Misconduct, advertising and penalties.
  • Which advertising claim does RSA 317-A:17 list as professional misconduct? RSA 317-A:17. Topic: Misconduct, advertising and penalties.

Records, adverse events and sedation 13

  • A New Hampshire dentist about to close a practice should tell patients of record early enough to allow how long for obtaining records? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 501.01. Topic: Records, adverse events and sedation.
  • A New Hampshire dentist applying for an initial sedation permit is evaluated after completing at least how many scenario based drills? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 304.12. Topic: Records, adverse events and sedation.
  • After the initial permit, when must a New Hampshire sedation facility be inspected again? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 402.01. Topic: Records, adverse events and sedation.
  • By when must a New Hampshire dentist report an adverse event resulting in death, brain damage or hospitalization during sedation or anesthesia? RSA 317-A:20-a. Topic: Records, adverse events and sedation.
  • For a New Hampshire patient under 13, what statement must informed consent for general anesthesia or deep sedation include? RSA 317-A:12. Topic: Records, adverse events and sedation.
  • For New Hampshire patients under what age must a dedicated anesthesia provider be present during general anesthesia or deep sedation? RSA 317-A:12. Topic: Records, adverse events and sedation.
  • How far ahead must a New Hampshire hosting facility send in the attestation of a qualified provider who will administer anesthesia there? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 403.01. Topic: Records, adverse events and sedation.
  • How long must a New Hampshire dentist keep a minor patient's dental records? RSA 317-A:27-a. Topic: Records, adverse events and sedation.
  • What is the most a New Hampshire dentist may charge for a copy of up to 30 pages of a patient's records? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 501.01. Topic: Records, adverse events and sedation.
  • What must a New Hampshire adverse event report leave out? RSA 317-A:20-a. Topic: Records, adverse events and sedation.
  • What must a New Hampshire dentist hold to administer minimal sedation to a patient under 13 years of age? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 304.11. Topic: Records, adverse events and sedation.
  • Within how long of a patient's request must a New Hampshire dentist provide a copy of the patient's records? N.H. Admin. Rules, Den 501.01. Topic: Records, adverse events and sedation.
  • Within how long of an adverse event must the findings of the root cause analysis and the corrective action plan be filed with the New Hampshire board? RSA 317-A:20-a. Topic: Records, adverse events and sedation.

How this list was compiled: Our own questions on the law the New Hampshire jurisprudence exam covers. Rule Den 303.03 (effective 2025-04-04) says each applicant for initial licensure as a dentist or registered dental hygienist is examined on RSA 317-A, the administrative rules Den 100 through 500 and the two national codes of ethics; the exam is taken at home on a secure website, or on paper on request, is open book, and the passing score is 75%. The rule gives no question count, time limit or content outline, so the six topics here are this site's own sorting. Every fact was read on 2026-10-16 in RSA chapter 317-A as published by the New Hampshire General Court (https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/NHTOC/NHTOC-XXX-317-A.htm) and in the board's rules Den 100 to 500 as published by the Office of Legislative Services (https://gc.nh.gov/rules/state_agencies/den100-500.html; the Den 400 chapter as renumbered by document 14398, effective 2025-12-02). Each question names its section. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site, written from the public text of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated and the board's administrative rules. Nothing is taken from the jurisprudence examination, a prep company or a review book.

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An unofficial New Hampshire dental jurisprudence practice test: 82 of our own questions on RSA 317-A and the rules Den 100 to 500. The New Hampshire Board of Dental Examiners sets the real exam and is not affiliated.

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What is left out

Law only, and each question cites its section. Licensing fees, application forms, the facility and equipment lists for sedation permits in Den 304, opioid prescribing in Den 503 and the two national ethics codes the exam also covers are not asked. Statute and rules are as they stood on the General Court's site on October 16, 2026. Practice for an exam, not medical advice.

  • A certified public health dental hygienist needs 3,200 hours of practice and a written collaborative agreement with a New Hampshire dentist (Den 302.08).
  • Dentists owe 40 CEUs per biennium and dental hygienists 20 (Den 406.03).
  • Records are kept at least 7 years from the last treatment; a minor's, 7 years past the age of majority (RSA 317-A:27-a).

Questions and answers

Is the New Hampshire dental jurisprudence exam open book?

Yes. Den 303.03 says the examination is open book and is taken at home electronically on a secure website the office of professional licensure and certification provides, or with pen and paper if the applicant asks.

What is the passing score on the New Hampshire dental jurisprudence exam?

75 percent, under Den 303.03(c). The rule gives no question count or time limit, so this page does not guess them. A scored run here asks 25 questions and applies the 75 percent mark, with no clock.

What does the New Hampshire jurisprudence exam cover?

Den 303.03 lists RSA 317-A, the administrative rules Den 100 through 500, and the national codes of ethics for dentists and for dental hygienists. This page asks the statute and the rules only.

Who has to take the New Hampshire dental jurisprudence exam?

Each applicant for initial licensure as a dentist or registered dental hygienist, under Den 303.03. A licensee who reinstates a lapsed license to active status retakes it, under Den 301.08.

Is this the board's exam?

No. The questions were written for this site from the public statute and rules, never from the examination. The New Hampshire Board of Dental Examiners and the office of professional licensure and certification have not reviewed this page.

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