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South Dakota Dental Jurisprudence Practice Test

Unofficial practice on South Dakota's dental statutes and administrative rules, every answer marked with its section.

How many meetings must the South Dakota dental board hold each year?

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The State Board of Dentistry 12

  • Besides its dentists, who fills the other two seats on the South Dakota State Board of Dentistry? SDCL § 36-6A-1.1. Topic: The State Board of Dentistry.
  • Dentists in active practice hold how many of the seven seats on the South Dakota dental board? SDCL § 36-6A-1.1. Topic: The State Board of Dentistry.
  • Each year the South Dakota dental board elects three officers from among its members. Which three? SDCL § 36-6A-5. Topic: The State Board of Dentistry.
  • For terms of how many years does the Governor appoint members of the South Dakota dental board? SDCL § 36-6A-4. Topic: The State Board of Dentistry.
  • How many meetings must the South Dakota dental board hold each year? SDCL § 36-6A-10. Topic: The State Board of Dentistry.
  • The lay member of the South Dakota dental board must have lived in the state for at least how long? SDCL § 36-6A-1.1. Topic: The State Board of Dentistry.
  • On what date do terms on the South Dakota dental board begin, unless the Governor designates otherwise? SDCL § 36-6A-4. Topic: The State Board of Dentistry.
  • SDCL 36-6A-1.1 fixes the South Dakota State Board of Dentistry at how many members? SDCL § 36-6A-1.1. Topic: The State Board of Dentistry.
  • Under SDCL 36-6A-11, what share of the South Dakota dental board makes a quorum? SDCL § 36-6A-11. Topic: The State Board of Dentistry.
  • What is the limit on consecutive full terms for a member of the South Dakota dental board? SDCL § 36-6A-4. Topic: The State Board of Dentistry.
  • Which kind of rule is the South Dakota dental board barred from making? SDCL § 36-6A-15. Topic: The State Board of Dentistry.
  • Within which department does the South Dakota State Board of Dentistry sit? SDCL § 36-6A-6. Topic: The State Board of Dentistry.
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Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education 19

  • After how many failures of approved clinical competency examinations is an applicant not eligible for a South Dakota dental license? ARSD § 20:43:03:01. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • For the South Dakota board to consider a dental license application at a meeting, how early must the complete application arrive? ARSD § 20:43:03:01. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • How many clinical practice hours in the past five years can qualify an out-of-state licensee for a South Dakota temporary registration? SDCL § 36-6A-49. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • How many dental clinical hours in the past five years does South Dakota ask of a dentist licensed in another state who applies for a license? SDCL § 36-6A-47. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • How many extra hours of anesthesia-related continuing education must a South Dakota sedation permit holder complete in a five-year cycle? ARSD § 20:43:03:07. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • How many of a South Dakota dentist's required continuing education hours must be academic? ARSD § 20:43:03:07. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • How much home study may a South Dakota dentist count in a five-year continuing education cycle? ARSD § 20:43:03:07. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • How much practice management may a South Dakota dentist count in a five-year continuing education cycle? ARSD § 20:43:03:07. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • How often must a South Dakota licensee give the board evidence of continuing education or continuing competency? SDCL § 36-6A-55. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • How often must a South Dakota sedation, nitrous oxide or local anesthesia permit be renewed? ARSD § 20:43:09:08. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • South Dakota counts continuing education over five-year licensure cycles. How many hours does a dentist owe in each? ARSD § 20:43:03:07. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • South Dakota dental licenses and registrations fall due for renewal on or before which date each year? SDCL § 36-6A-52. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • What cut score must an applicant reach on South Dakota's written examination on dental statutes and administrative rules? ARSD § 20:43:03:01. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • What is South Dakota's jurisprudence examination fee for a dental hygienist? ARSD § 20:43:03:05. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • What is the effect of failing to renew a South Dakota dental license by the due date? SDCL § 36-6A-52. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • Where must a South Dakota licensee post his or her name and annual certificates? SDCL § 36-6A-54. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • Which check must every applicant for a South Dakota dentist license submit to? SDCL § 36-6A-44.1. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • Within how long must a South Dakota licensee tell the board of a change of name, residence or place of employment? SDCL § 36-6A-58. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • Within what time before applying must a South Dakota dental applicant have passed the clinical examination? SDCL § 36-6A-44. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.

Dental hygienists, general and collaborative supervision 15

  • A South Dakota hygienist with a local anesthesia permit may work under general supervision for patients of what age? ARSD § 20:43:09:06.01. Topic: Dental hygienists, general and collaborative supervision.
  • For how long may a South Dakota hygienist serve a person under collaborative supervision without a complete evaluation or oral health review by a dentist? SDCL § 36-6A-40. Topic: Dental hygienists, general and collaborative supervision.
  • For South Dakota general supervision, the patient must have had a complete evaluation within how long before the procedures are delegated? SDCL § 36-6A-1. Topic: Dental hygienists, general and collaborative supervision.
  • How many of a South Dakota hygienist's required continuing education hours must be in dental radiography? ARSD § 20:43:03:07.01. Topic: Dental hygienists, general and collaborative supervision.
  • How often must a South Dakota dentist and hygienist review their collaborative agreement? ARSD § 20:43:10:04. Topic: Dental hygienists, general and collaborative supervision.
  • In each five-year cycle, a South Dakota dental hygienist owes how many hours of board approved continuing education? ARSD § 20:43:03:07.01. Topic: Dental hygienists, general and collaborative supervision.
  • What does South Dakota's collaborative supervision of a dental hygienist require? SDCL § 36-6A-1. Topic: Dental hygienists, general and collaborative supervision.
  • What may the services of a South Dakota dental hygienist never include? SDCL § 36-6A-40. Topic: Dental hygienists, general and collaborative supervision.
  • What must accompany a dentist's authorization of treatment procedures under South Dakota general supervision? SDCL § 36-6A-1. Topic: Dental hygienists, general and collaborative supervision.
  • When a South Dakota collaborative agreement is ended, within how long must the board be told in writing? ARSD § 20:43:10:04. Topic: Dental hygienists, general and collaborative supervision.
  • When a South Dakota hygienist performs a service permitted to registered dental assistants, which supervision applies? ARSD § 20:43:04:06. Topic: Dental hygienists, general and collaborative supervision.
  • Which of these is a practice setting South Dakota lists for collaborative supervision of a hygienist? ARSD § 20:43:10:01. Topic: Dental hygienists, general and collaborative supervision.
  • Which services may a South Dakota hygienist not provide under collaborative supervision? ARSD § 20:43:10:04. Topic: Dental hygienists, general and collaborative supervision.
  • Which supervision lets a permitted South Dakota hygienist give local anesthesia to a dental patient of any age? ARSD § 20:43:09:06.01. Topic: Dental hygienists, general and collaborative supervision.
  • With how many dental hygienists may one South Dakota dentist hold collaborative agreements? ARSD § 20:43:10:04. Topic: Dental hygienists, general and collaborative supervision.

Dental assistants, registered assistants and radiographers 16

  • Before an authorized South Dakota assistant injects medication through an intravenous site, what must the assistant do? ARSD § 20:43:09:10.01. Topic: Dental assistants, registered assistants and radiographers.
  • Besides dentists and dental hygienists, who may perform dental radiography in South Dakota? ARSD § 20:43:07:12. Topic: Dental assistants, registered assistants and radiographers.
  • How do South Dakota's rules define expanded functions? ARSD § 20:43:08:01. Topic: Dental assistants, registered assistants and radiographers.
  • How long is the anesthetic assisting course South Dakota requires for a permit to monitor sedated patients? ARSD § 20:43:09:10. Topic: Dental assistants, registered assistants and radiographers.
  • How many hours of continuing education must a South Dakota registered dental assistant complete in each five-year cycle? ARSD § 20:43:08:09.01. Topic: Dental assistants, registered assistants and radiographers.
  • How many hours of radiography continuing education must a South Dakota dental radiographer complete in each five-year cycle? ARSD § 20:43:07:10. Topic: Dental assistants, registered assistants and radiographers.
  • How many hours of training must a South Dakota dental radiography program include? ARSD § 20:43:07:06. Topic: Dental assistants, registered assistants and radiographers.
  • Under South Dakota's direct supervision, what must a dentist do before the patient is dismissed? SDCL § 36-6A-1. Topic: Dental assistants, registered assistants and radiographers.
  • Under which supervision does a South Dakota registered dental assistant perform expanded functions? ARSD § 20:43:08:01. Topic: Dental assistants, registered assistants and radiographers.
  • Under which supervision may a permitted South Dakota registered dental assistant administer nitrous oxide sedation and analgesia? ARSD § 20:43:09:06. Topic: Dental assistants, registered assistants and radiographers.
  • What is the minimum age for registration as a South Dakota registered dental assistant? ARSD § 20:43:08:03. Topic: Dental assistants, registered assistants and radiographers.
  • Which duty is prohibited to a South Dakota dental assistant who is not registered? ARSD § 20:43:08:02.01. Topic: Dental assistants, registered assistants and radiographers.
  • Which duty may a South Dakota dental assistant perform when the dentist is not in the clinic but has authorized it? ARSD § 20:43:08:02. Topic: Dental assistants, registered assistants and radiographers.
  • Which procedure is barred to a South Dakota registered dental assistant? ARSD § 20:43:08:10. Topic: Dental assistants, registered assistants and radiographers.
  • Which South Dakota supervision level has the dentist or hygienist treating the patient while the assistant performs a supportive procedure at the same time? SDCL § 36-6A-1. Topic: Dental assistants, registered assistants and radiographers.
  • Who issues the annual license for a South Dakota dental office that houses a radiographic machine? ARSD § 20:43:07:11. Topic: Dental assistants, registered assistants and radiographers.

Discipline, unlawful acts and advertising 16

  • A dentist in another state treats a patient located in South Dakota through teledentistry. How does the chapter treat this? SDCL § 36-6A-49.3. Topic: Discipline, unlawful acts and advertising.
  • A person practices as a dentist in South Dakota without a license. Which offense is that under SDCL 36-6A-28? SDCL § 36-6A-28. Topic: Discipline, unlawful acts and advertising.
  • After a summary suspension in South Dakota, the licensee is entitled to a hearing before the board within how long? SDCL § 36-6A-24. Topic: Discipline, unlawful acts and advertising.
  • Against which standard does South Dakota measure professional incompetence for services commonly provided in the state? SDCL § 36-6A-59. Topic: Discipline, unlawful acts and advertising.
  • For how long may the estate of a deceased South Dakota dentist employ a dentist to manage the practice? SDCL § 36-6A-33. Topic: Discipline, unlawful acts and advertising.
  • For how long must a South Dakota dental technician or laboratory keep a record of work orders? SDCL § 36-6A-43. Topic: Discipline, unlawful acts and advertising.
  • For how long must a South Dakota dentist keep a copy of every advertisement sent by print or electronic media? ARSD § 20:43:04:01.01. Topic: Discipline, unlawful acts and advertising.
  • For what may a South Dakota dentist prescribe or administer drugs? SDCL § 36-6A-32.3. Topic: Discipline, unlawful acts and advertising.
  • From whom must authorization to operate a mobile dental office in South Dakota be secured? ARSD § 20:43:04:07. Topic: Discipline, unlawful acts and advertising.
  • How does South Dakota classify dividing a fee with a person who sends patients for treatment? SDCL § 36-6A-39. Topic: Discipline, unlawful acts and advertising.
  • How far ahead must a registered South Dakota dental corporation give the board notice of a change in ownership or management? ARSD § 20:43:06:04. Topic: Discipline, unlawful acts and advertising.
  • How long must the post-doctoral program be for a South Dakota dentist to advertise as a specialist? ARSD § 20:43:04:01. Topic: Discipline, unlawful acts and advertising.
  • On which basis alone may the South Dakota dental board not impose sanctions? SDCL § 36-6A-59. Topic: Discipline, unlawful acts and advertising.
  • What proof must support a disciplinary sanction against a South Dakota dental licensee? SDCL § 36-6A-59. Topic: Discipline, unlawful acts and advertising.
  • When may the South Dakota dental board suspend a license before a final adjudication? SDCL § 36-6A-24. Topic: Discipline, unlawful acts and advertising.
  • Within how long may a complaining party appeal the dismissal of a complaint to the South Dakota dental board? SDCL § 36-6A-22. Topic: Discipline, unlawful acts and advertising.

Records and sedation 12

  • A South Dakota dentist advertises sedation in terms other than minimal sedation or nitrous oxide. What must the dentist hold? ARSD § 20:43:09:02. Topic: Records and sedation.
  • A South Dakota dentist closing a practice must try to notify patients treated within how long before the notice? ARSD § 20:43:11:04. Topic: Records and sedation.
  • A South Dakota dentist's records are part of a board investigation. How long must they be kept? ARSD § 20:43:11:03. Topic: Records and sedation.
  • A South Dakota permit holder falls short of the required annual sedation cases. How much continuing education is owed for each case not completed? ARSD § 20:43:09:08. Topic: Records and sedation.
  • After receiving an authorization for release, within how long must a South Dakota dentist furnish copies of medical records? ARSD § 20:43:11:04. Topic: Records and sedation.
  • For how long must a South Dakota dentist retain an adult patient's medical records after the last treatment, examination or prescription? ARSD § 20:43:11:03. Topic: Records and sedation.
  • From what patient age may a South Dakota dentist give an oral drug for minimal sedation without a permit? ARSD § 20:43:09:06.02. Topic: Records and sedation.
  • How many cases of general anesthesia or deep sedation must a South Dakota permit holder complete each year? ARSD § 20:43:09:08. Topic: Records and sedation.
  • What must a South Dakota dentist keep with an electronic medical record so that changes can be traced? ARSD § 20:43:11:02. Topic: Records and sedation.
  • When a South Dakota dentist is employed by a dental entity, who is responsible for maintaining the medical records? ARSD § 20:43:11:03. Topic: Records and sedation.
  • Which molds or study models must a South Dakota dentist retain as part of the clinical record? ARSD § 20:43:11:01. Topic: Records and sedation.
  • Within how long must a South Dakota dentist notify the board of a death or injury tied to sedation or anesthesia? ARSD § 20:43:09:09. Topic: Records and sedation.

How this list was compiled: Our own questions on the law the South Dakota jurisprudence examination covers. SDCL 36-6A-44(5) requires that an applicant "has passed an examination concerning the state laws and rules relating to dentistry" (36-6A-44.2, 47 and 47.1 say the same for hygienists and for applicants licensed in another state); ARSD 20:43:03:01 asks for "a written examination administered by the State Board of Dentistry on the relevant administrative rules and statutes with a cut score of at least seventy percent", and ARSD 20:43:03:05 is headed "Jurisprudence examination -- Fee". Neither gives a question count, a time limit or a content outline, so the six topics here are this site's own sorting. Every fact was read on 2026-10-16 on the South Dakota Legislature's site: SDCL chapter 36-6A (https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/36-6A) and ARSD article 20:43 (https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules/Administrative/20:43). Each question names its section. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site, written from the public text of the South Dakota Codified Laws and the Administrative Rules of South Dakota. Nothing is taken from the jurisprudence examination, a prep company or a review book.

How it works

An unofficial South Dakota dental jurisprudence practice test: 90 of our own questions on SDCL chapter 36-6A and the rules in ARSD article 20:43. The South Dakota State Board of Dentistry 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 other than the exam fee, application forms, dental corporations under SDCL 47-12, the equipment and inspection rules for sedation permits and radiation control (ARSD 44:03:01) are not asked. Statute and rules are as they stood on the Legislature's site on October 16, 2026. Practice for an exam, not medical advice.

  • Licenses and registrations renew by July 1 each year, and a missed renewal is a suspension (SDCL 36-6A-52).
  • Continuing education runs in five-year cycles: 100 hours for dentists, 75 for hygienists, 60 for registered dental assistants (ARSD article 20:43).
  • General supervision needs a complete evaluation within the previous thirteen months (SDCL 36-6A-1).

Questions and answers

What is the passing score on the South Dakota dental jurisprudence exam?

At least 70 percent. ARSD 20:43:03:01 asks a dentist applicant to pass a written examination on the relevant administrative rules and statutes with a cut score of at least seventy percent, and 20:43:03:08 says the same for dental hygienists.

How many questions are on the South Dakota jurisprudence exam?

The statute and the rules give no question count or time limit, so this page does not guess them. A scored run here asks 25 questions and applies the 70 percent cut score, with no clock.

Who has to take the South Dakota dental jurisprudence exam?

Applicants for a dentist or dental hygienist license, whether new or already licensed in another state. SDCL 36-6A-44, 36-6A-44.2, 36-6A-47 and 36-6A-47.1 each require an examination concerning the state laws and rules relating to dentistry.

How much is the South Dakota jurisprudence exam?

ARSD 20:43:03:05 sets the jurisprudence examination fee at three hundred dollars for a dentist and one hundred thirty-five dollars for a dental hygienist. Ask the board for the fee in force when you apply.

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 South Dakota State Board of Dentistry has not reviewed this page.

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