California Code of Regulations
Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 10 - Dental Board of California
Chapter 3 - Dental Auxiliaries
Article 4 - Examinations
Section 1081 - RDA Examination
An applicant for licensure as an RDA shall complete a written, task-oriented examination encompassing all duties assignable to RDAs and the settings in which they may be performed. Such examination may also include any or all of the following subjects:
Nutrition and preventive dentistry; materials; oral anatomy and physiology; oral pathology; pharmacology; morphology; microbiology; dental assisting procedures in general and special dentistry; principles of business and practice management; legal/ethical aspects of dentistry; patient-dental personnel psychology; four-handed chairside dental assisting; X-ray; sterilization; laboratory and office emergency procedures.
1. Editorial correction filed 7-17-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 29).
Note: Authority cited: Section 1614, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 1614 and 1753, Business and Professions Code.