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North Dakota Dental Jurisprudence Practice Test

Unofficial practice on North Dakota's dental laws and rules, every answer marked with its section.

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The State Board of Dental Examiners 13

  • A member of the North Dakota dental board may hold how many full five-year terms in a row? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-03. Topic: The State Board of Dental Examiners.
  • After which absences may the North Dakota dental board declare a member's seat vacant? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-03. Topic: The State Board of Dental Examiners.
  • At least one dentist member of the North Dakota board must be which kind of practitioner? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-03. Topic: The State Board of Dental Examiners.
  • Dentists hold how many of the nine seats on the North Dakota State Board of Dental Examiners? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-03. Topic: The State Board of Dental Examiners.
  • For how long must a dentist have practiced in North Dakota immediately before appointment to the board? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-04. Topic: The State Board of Dental Examiners.
  • The governor appoints members of the North Dakota dental board to a term of how many years? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-03. Topic: The State Board of Dental Examiners.
  • N.D.C.C. 43-28-03 has the governor appoint how many members to the North Dakota State Board of Dental Examiners? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-03. Topic: The State Board of Dental Examiners.
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The State Board of Dental Examiners, continued

  • The North Dakota dental board elects three officers from its own members. Which three? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-05. Topic: The State Board of Dental Examiners.
  • On what date of the year do terms on the North Dakota dental board expire? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-03. Topic: The State Board of Dental Examiners.
  • What is the largest fine the North Dakota dental board may impose for each violation under N.D.C.C. 43-28-06? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-06. Topic: The State Board of Dental Examiners.
  • Where must fines collected by the North Dakota dental board be deposited? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-06. Topic: The State Board of Dental Examiners.
  • Which members of the North Dakota board may not take part in the clinical examination of hygienists for licensure? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-04. Topic: The State Board of Dental Examiners.
  • Which statement is true of the independent consumer member of the North Dakota dental board? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-04. Topic: The State Board of Dental Examiners.

Licenses, renewal and continuing education 20

  • A dentist did not begin practice within five years of the date of a North Dakota license. What must the dentist do before practicing? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-13. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • A North Dakota dentist renews between 61 days and one year after expiry. What is owed besides the renewal fee? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-16.2. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • A North Dakota dentist's two-year cycle requires at least how many hours of continuing education? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-06. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • For a North Dakota license by examination, the national board examination must have been passed within what time of application? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-03.1. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • For how long may a North Dakota temporary license to practice dentistry run? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-04. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • For licensure by credential review, how long must a dentist have been licensed and actively practicing in another jurisdiction before applying in North Dakota? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-15. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • How many hours of practice management may count toward a North Dakota dentist's continuing education? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-06. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • How many hours related to sedation or anesthesia must a North Dakota sedation permitholder include in each continuing education cycle? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-06. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • How many of a North Dakota dentist's continuing education hours may come from self-study? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-06. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • How must a North Dakota dentist give notice of a change of business address? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-23. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • How often must a North Dakota volunteer license to practice dentistry be renewed? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-04.2. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • In North Dakota, passing the laws and rules examination counts as which continuing education? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-06. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • To reinstate an inactive North Dakota dental license, the laws and rules examination must have been passed within what time of application? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-04.3. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • Under North Dakota's office emergency rule, what must every dentist, hygienist and dental assistant in practice hold? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-02. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • What happens to a North Dakota dental license that is not renewed within one year after it expires? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-16.2. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • When do North Dakota dentist licenses expire? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-16.2. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • Where must the holder of a North Dakota dental license and certificate of registration display them? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-16. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • Within how long must a North Dakota dentist notify the board's executive director of a new place of business? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-23. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • Within how many days after expiry may a North Dakota dental license be renewed on payment of a single late fee? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-16.2. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • Within what time before applying must a North Dakota dental applicant have passed the written examination on the state's laws and rules? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-10.1. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.

Dental hygienists and supervision levels 14

  • A North Dakota hygienist who practices under general supervision must include two hours of which subject in each continuing education cycle? N.D.A.C. § 20-04-01-08. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision levels.
  • For licensure by credential review, how long must a dental hygienist have been licensed and practicing elsewhere before applying in North Dakota? N.D.C.C. § 43-20-01.3. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision levels.
  • How does North Dakota classify practicing dental hygiene without a license? N.D.C.C. § 43-20-09. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision levels.
  • How many times may a dental hygiene applicant take a clinical examination before North Dakota requires remedial training? N.D.A.C. § 20-04-01-04.1. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision levels.
  • Under N.D.C.C. 43-20-01.4, for how long must a hygienist keep certificates or records of continuing education? N.D.C.C. § 43-20-01.4. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision levels.
  • Under North Dakota's definition of general supervision, where must the dentist be while the procedure is done? N.D.A.C. § 20-01-02-01. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision levels.
  • Under which supervision does a North Dakota hygienist place and remove matrix bands or wedges? N.D.A.C. § 20-04-01-01. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision levels.
  • Under which supervision may a permitted North Dakota hygienist give local anesthetic to a patient aged eighteen or older? N.D.A.C. § 20-04-01-03. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision levels.
  • Under which supervision may a permitted North Dakota hygienist give local anesthetic to a patient under eighteen? N.D.A.C. § 20-04-01-03. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision levels.
  • What does direct supervision add to indirect supervision in North Dakota's definitions? N.D.A.C. § 20-01-02-01. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision levels.
  • What is the two-year continuing education minimum for a North Dakota dental hygienist? N.D.A.C. § 20-04-01-08. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision levels.
  • When may a North Dakota hygienist perform root planing and soft tissue curettage under general supervision? N.D.A.C. § 20-04-01-01. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision levels.
  • Which procedures may a North Dakota dentist not delegate to a dental hygienist under N.D.C.C. 43-20-12? N.D.C.C. § 43-20-12. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision levels.
  • Which service is prohibited to a dental hygienist in North Dakota? N.D.A.C. § 20-04-01-02. Topic: Dental hygienists and supervision levels.

Dental assistants, registration and permits 14

  • How do North Dakota's rules define coronal polishing? N.D.A.C. § 20-01-02-01. Topic: Dental assistants, registration and permits.
  • How many hours of on-the-job clinical training does North Dakota ask of an applicant for qualified dental assistant? N.D.A.C. § 20-03-01-05. Topic: Dental assistants, registration and permits.
  • How many of a North Dakota registered dental assistant's continuing education hours may come from self-study? N.D.A.C. § 20-03-01-06. Topic: Dental assistants, registration and permits.
  • On what signal may a North Dakota class II dental anesthesia assistant deliver medication into an intravenous line? N.D.A.C. § 20-03-01-01.1. Topic: Dental assistants, registration and permits.
  • Under which supervision does a North Dakota registered dental assistant place retraction cord before the dentist takes an impression? N.D.A.C. § 20-03-01-01. Topic: Dental assistants, registration and permits.
  • What does a North Dakota registered dental assistant need before applying pit and fissure sealants? N.D.A.C. § 20-03-01-01. Topic: Dental assistants, registration and permits.
  • What may a North Dakota qualified dental assistant-limited radiology registrant do that an unregistered dental assistant may not? N.D.A.C. § 20-03-01-01. Topic: Dental assistants, registration and permits.
  • What must happen before a patient treated by a North Dakota restorative care permitholder is released? N.D.A.C. § 20-03-01-01.1. Topic: Dental assistants, registration and permits.
  • When do North Dakota dental assistant registrations expire? N.D.C.C. § 43-20-13.1. Topic: Dental assistants, registration and permits.
  • Where must every margin lie when a North Dakota restorative care permitholder places a direct restoration? N.D.A.C. § 20-03-01-01.1. Topic: Dental assistants, registration and permits.
  • Which duty may a North Dakota dental assistant who is not registered with the board perform under direct supervision? N.D.A.C. § 20-03-01-01. Topic: Dental assistants, registration and permits.
  • Which examination must an applicant for North Dakota registered dental assistant pass within one year of application? N.D.A.C. § 20-03-01-05. Topic: Dental assistants, registration and permits.
  • Which service is prohibited to every dental assistant in North Dakota? N.D.A.C. § 20-03-01-02. Topic: Dental assistants, registration and permits.
  • Which supervision does North Dakota require for a dental anesthesia assistant working under a class I permit? N.D.A.C. § 20-03-01-01.1. Topic: Dental assistants, registration and permits.

Discipline, reporting and unlawful acts 14

  • A North Dakota dentist has not released records a patient asked for. Within how long must the dentist send a written statement of the cause of delay? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-18. Topic: Discipline, reporting and unlawful acts.
  • After an ex parte temporary suspension in North Dakota, the full hearing on the merits must be held within how long? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-18.3. Topic: Discipline, reporting and unlawful acts.
  • By what standard must the North Dakota board find a risk of harm before ordering a temporary suspension ex parte? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-18.3. Topic: Discipline, reporting and unlawful acts.
  • For how long may the heir or personal representative of a deceased North Dakota dentist operate the office under the dentist's name? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-25. Topic: Discipline, reporting and unlawful acts.
  • How does North Dakota classify practicing dentistry without a license and certificate of registration? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-25. Topic: Discipline, reporting and unlawful acts.
  • What form must a person's complaint against a dentist take when filed with the North Dakota board? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-18.2. Topic: Discipline, reporting and unlawful acts.
  • What is the largest share of a North Dakota dental practice that a person who is not a dentist may own? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-25. Topic: Discipline, reporting and unlawful acts.
  • When may a licensed and registered dentist issue a death certificate in North Dakota? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-16.1. Topic: Discipline, reporting and unlawful acts.
  • Where does a North Dakota dentist file an appeal of an ex parte temporary suspension order? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-18.3. Topic: Discipline, reporting and unlawful acts.
  • Which arrangement does the fee-sharing ground of N.D.C.C. 43-28-18 expressly allow? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-18. Topic: Discipline, reporting and unlawful acts.
  • Which form may a North Dakota dentist not require a patient to sign? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-25.1. Topic: Discipline, reporting and unlawful acts.
  • Which of these must a North Dakota dentist report to the board under the duty to report? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-18.1. Topic: Discipline, reporting and unlawful acts.
  • Which telehealth evaluation fails the standard of care under N.D.C.C. 43-28-11.3? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-11.3. Topic: Discipline, reporting and unlawful acts.
  • Within how long must a North Dakota dentist report a malpractice judgment or settlement to the board in writing? N.D.C.C. § 43-28-18.1. Topic: Discipline, reporting and unlawful acts.

Records, advertising, prescribing and sedation 20

  • A North Dakota dentist closes a practice that no other dentist is assuming. How must notice be published in a newspaper? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-08. Topic: Records, advertising, prescribing and sedation.
  • A North Dakota dentist ends a dentist-patient relationship. The notice must name a place for emergency care for how long? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-08. Topic: Records, advertising, prescribing and sedation.
  • Before first prescribing a controlled substance, a North Dakota dentist reviews prescription drug monitoring data on the patient for what period? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-12. Topic: Records, advertising, prescribing and sedation.
  • By what date each year must a non-dentist with an ownership interest in a North Dakota dental practice file its statement with the board? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-15. Topic: Records, advertising, prescribing and sedation.
  • For how long must a North Dakota dentist keep an adult patient's dental record after the last examination, prescription or treatment? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-09. Topic: Records, advertising, prescribing and sedation.
  • For how long must a North Dakota dentist keep the duplicate of a written prescription sent to a dental laboratory? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-10. Topic: Records, advertising, prescribing and sedation.
  • For North Dakota's discontinuance rule, an active patient is one the dentist saw within what period before closing? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-08. Topic: Records, advertising, prescribing and sedation.
  • For which level of sedation does North Dakota require no permit? N.D.A.C. § 20-01-02-01. Topic: Records, advertising, prescribing and sedation.
  • How does North Dakota's patient records rule say an incorrect entry is corrected? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-09. Topic: Records, advertising, prescribing and sedation.
  • How long is the board-approved course that North Dakota requires for a nitrous oxide administration permit? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-05. Topic: Records, advertising, prescribing and sedation.
  • How long must a North Dakota dentist keep a recorded copy of a radio or television advertisement after it stops running? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-01. Topic: Records, advertising, prescribing and sedation.
  • How long must a North Dakota dentist keep the dental record of a minor? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-09. Topic: Records, advertising, prescribing and sedation.
  • How many live patient intravenous cases must North Dakota's moderate sedation course include? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-05. Topic: Records, advertising, prescribing and sedation.
  • In North Dakota, administering intranasal versed or fentanyl is treated as which level of sedation? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-05. Topic: Records, advertising, prescribing and sedation.
  • Nitrous oxide equipment in a North Dakota dental office must not be able to deliver less than what share of oxygen? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-05. Topic: Records, advertising, prescribing and sedation.
  • No monitoring program review is required in North Dakota when a controlled substance is prescribed after oral surgery in a supply of no more than what? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-13. Topic: Records, advertising, prescribing and sedation.
  • Under N.D.A.C. 20-02-01-05(4), the staff a North Dakota dentist has present for deep sedation or general anesthesia includes at least how many trained dental sedation staff members? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-05. Topic: Records, advertising, prescribing and sedation.
  • What may a North Dakota dentist do when a patient who still owes fees asks for a transfer of records? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-09. Topic: Records, advertising, prescribing and sedation.
  • What must a complete denture made on a North Dakota dentist's work order be marked with? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-07. Topic: Records, advertising, prescribing and sedation.
  • What must a North Dakota general dentist state when advertising a practice limited to one area of dentistry? N.D.A.C. § 20-02-01-01. Topic: Records, advertising, prescribing and sedation.

How this list was compiled: Our own questions on the law the North Dakota jurisprudence examination covers. N.D.C.C. 43-28-10.1(4) requires that an applicant "has passed, within one year of making application, a written examination on the laws and rules governing the practice of dentistry in this state" (43-20-01.2 says the same for dental hygienists, and N.D.A.C. 20-03-01-05 for registered and qualified dental assistants); the board's licensing page (https://www.nddentalboard.org/practitioners/Dentist/Initial/index.asp, opened 2026-10-16) calls it the online Jurisprudence examination. The statutes, the rules and that page give no question count, time limit, pass mark or content outline, so the six topics here are this site's own sorting. Every fact was read on 2026-10-16 on the North Dakota Legislative Branch's site: N.D.C.C. chapters 43-28 and 43-20 (https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t43c28.pdf, https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t43c20.pdf) and N.D.A.C. chapters 20-01-01, 20-01-02, 20-02-01, 20-03-01, 20-04-01 and 20-05-01 as amended effective April 1, 2026 (https://ndlegis.gov/information/acdata/html/Title20.html). Each question names its section. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site, written from the public text of the North Dakota Century Code and the North Dakota Administrative Code. Nothing is taken from the jurisprudence examination, a prep company or a review book.

How it works

An unofficial North Dakota dental jurisprudence practice test: 95 of our own questions on N.D.C.C. chapters 43-28 and 43-20 and N.D.A.C. Title 20. The North Dakota State Board of Dental Examiners gives the real examination and is not affiliated.

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What is left out

Law only, and each question cites its section. Fees, the site evaluation and equipment lists for sedation permits, dermal filler permits, the dentists' loan repayment program and the code of ethics the rules adopt are not asked. Statutes and rules are as they stood on the Legislative Branch's site on October 16, 2026, with the rule changes of April 1, 2026. Practice for an exam, not medical advice.

  • Dentist and hygienist licenses expire December 31 of odd-numbered years; dental assistant registrations in even-numbered years (N.D.C.C. 43-28-16.2, 43-20-01.4, 43-20-13.1).
  • Dentists owe 32 hours of continuing education per two-year cycle, hygienists and registered assistants 16 (N.D.A.C. 20-02-01-06, 20-04-01-08, 20-03-01-06).
  • A person who is not a dentist may own no more than 49 percent of a dental practice (N.D.C.C. 43-28-25).

Questions and answers

Is there a North Dakota dental jurisprudence exam?

Yes. N.D.C.C. 43-28-10.1 requires a written examination on the laws and rules governing the practice of dentistry in the state, passed within one year of applying. The board's licensing page calls it the online Jurisprudence examination.

How many questions are on the North Dakota jurisprudence exam?

The statutes, the rules and the board's licensing page give no question count, time limit or pass mark, so this page does not guess them. A scored run here asks 25 questions and reports a score with no verdict.

Who has to take the North Dakota dental jurisprudence exam?

Applicants for a dentist license (N.D.C.C. 43-28-10.1 and 43-28-15), a dental hygienist license (43-20-01.2 and 43-20-01.3) and registration as a registered or qualified dental assistant (N.D.A.C. 20-03-01-05).

Does the North Dakota jurisprudence exam count as continuing education?

Yes. N.D.A.C. 20-02-01-06 says passing the laws and rules examination is the equivalent of two hours of ethics or jurisprudence, and the hygienist and dental assistant rules, 20-04-01-08 and 20-03-01-06, say the same.

Is this the board's exam?

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

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